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+# Contributing to Travis-CI
+Issues for any Travis-CI repo should be submitted to https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues
+
+## Security Issues
+***Any security issues should be submitted directly to [security@travis-ci.org](mailto:security@travis-ci.org)***
+
+## Reporting Issues
+- Explain what you expected to happen vs the actual results
+- Include a screenshot if it helps illustrate the issue. https://github.com/blog/1347-issue-attachments
+- What steps are required to reproduce the issue
+- An example build that shows the issue
+
+## Submitting a PR to Travis-API
+
+See testing and setup notes in the base [README](https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-api)