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+The documentation is built from the markdown files in the [docs](https://github.com/vabene1111/recipes/tree/develop/docs)
+folder of the GitHub repository.
+
+In order to contribute to the documentation, there are a couple of methods that you can use.
+
+## Directly on GitHub
+
+You can fork the develop repository and edit the markdown files directly on the GitHub website.
+
+## With an IDE
+
+You can fork the develop repository and edit the markdown files from your favorite IDE such as VSCode or PyCharm.
+One advantage of using as IDE is that you can preview your changes by:
+
+### Installing mkdocs
+
+Now install mkdocs and dependencies: `pip install mkdocs-material mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin`.
+
+### Serving Documetation
+
+If you want to test the documentation, locally run `mkdocs serve` from the project root.
+
+## Super Low Tech
+
+Create your documentation in any work processor (or even create a video!) and [open a feature request](https://github.com/vabene1111/recipes/issues)
+attaching your document and requesting that someone add the documentation to Tandoor.