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+# Contributing to pip
+
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to pip! There are many ways to
+contribute, and we appreciate all of them.
+
+As a reminder, all contributors are expected to follow our [Code of Conduct][coc].
+
+[coc]: https://www.pypa.io/en/latest/code-of-conduct/
+
+
+## Bot Commands
+
+We have a bot monitoring the [pypa/pip](https://github.com/pypa/pip) repository
+to help manage the state of issues and pull requests to keep everything running
+smoothly. Each command given to the bot should be on its own line and is
+generally case sensitive. Multiple commands may be listed in a single comment
+(but they must each be on their own line) and the comments may also include
+other, non command content.
+
+Command | Who can run it | Description
+--- | --- | ---
+`/request-review` | anyone | Dismisses all of the current reviews on a pull request, making it appear back in the review queue.