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+## About
+
 JSON filter is a small, lightweight filter-library that allows to evaluate JSON payload against a filter consisting of
 operators.
 Operators can be defined programmatically or in JSON- or YAML-files.
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 | contains         | `ct`     | comparison | Valid if `field` contains `value`.                        |
 | nct              | `nct`    | comparison | Valid if `field` does not contain `value`.                |
 
+## Contributing
+
+### Code of Conduct
+
+This project has adopted the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/) in version 2.1 as our code of conduct. Please see the details in our [CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). All contributors must abide by the code of conduct.
+
+By participating in this project, you agree to abide by its [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) at all times.
+
 ## Licensing
 
 This project follows the [REUSE standard for software licensing](https://reuse.software/).