diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
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+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-If you would like to contribute to the development of OpenStack,
-you must follow the steps documented at:
+The source repository for this project can be found at:
- https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html
+ https://opendev.org/openstack/python-mistralclient
-Once those steps have been completed, changes to OpenStack
-should be submitted for review via the Gerrit tool, following
-the workflow documented at:
+Pull requests submitted through GitHub are not monitored.
- https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#development-workflow
+To start contributing to OpenStack, follow the steps in the contribution guide
+to set up and use Gerrit:
-Pull requests submitted through GitHub will be ignored.
+ https://docs.openstack.org/contributors/code-and-documentation/quick-start.html
-Bugs should be filed on Launchpad, not GitHub:
+Bugs should be filed on Launchpad:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-mistralclient
+
+For more specific information about contributing to this repository, see the
+python-mistralclient contributor guide:
+
+ https://docs.openstack.org/python-mistralclient/latest/contributor/contributing.html
diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst b/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst
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+============================
+So You Want to Contribute...
+============================
+For general information on contributing to OpenStack, please check out the
+`contributor guide `_ to get started.
+It covers all the basics that are common to all OpenStack projects: the accounts
+you need, the basics of interacting with our Gerrit review system, how we
+communicate as a community, etc.
+Below will cover the more project specific information you need to get started
+with python-mistralclient.
+
+Communication
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* IRC channel #openstack-mistralclient at OFTC
+* Mailing list (prefix subjects with ``[mistral]`` for faster responses)
+ http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-discuss
+
+Contacting the Core Team
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Please refer the `python-mistralclient Core Team
+`_ contacts.
+
+New Feature Planning
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+python-mistralclient features are tracked on `Launchpad `_.
+
+Task Tracking
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+We track our tasks in `Launchpad `_.
+If you're looking for some smaller, easier work item to pick up and get started
+on, search for the 'low-hanging-fruit' tag.
+
+Reporting a Bug
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+You found an issue and want to make sure we are aware of it? You can do so on
+`Launchpad `_.
+
+Getting Your Patch Merged
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+All changes proposed to the python-mistralclient project require one or two +2 votes
+from python-mistralclient core reviewers before one of the core reviewers can approve
+patch by giving ``Workflow +1`` vote.
+
+Project Team Lead Duties
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+All common PTL duties are enumerated in the `PTL guide
+`_.
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
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@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ Python API Reference
.. _REST API Specification: https://docs.openstack.org/mistral/latest/api/v2.html
-Contributing
-------------
+For Contributors
+----------------
-Code is hosted `on GitHub`_. Submit bugs to the python-mistralclient project on
-`Launchpad`_. Submit code to the openstack/python-mistralclient project
-using `Gerrit`_.
+* If you are a new contributor to python-mistralclient please refer: :doc:`contributor/contributing`
-.. _on GitHub: https://github.com/openstack/python-mistralclient
-.. _Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/python-mistralclient
-.. _Gerrit: https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#development-workflow
+ .. toctree::
+ :hidden:
+
+ contributor/contributing