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Knowledge Contribution Details

You can create a Git repository to host your knowledge contributions anywhere (GitLab, Gerrit, etc.) but it might be favorable to create one on GitHub. The following instructions show you how to create a knowledge repository in GitHub and contribute to the taxonomy.

Prerequisites

  • You have a GitHub account
  • You have a forked copy of the taxonomy repository
  • You have verified that the model does not already know the knowledge you want to submit

Creating your own knowledge repository

To create a new GitHub repository, follow the GitHub documentation in Creating a new repository.

The specific steps are listed as follows:

  1. In your GitHub profile page, navigate to the repositories tab. You will see a search bar where you can search your repositories or create a new one.
  2. This takes you to a page titled “Create a new repository”. Create a custom name for your repository and add a README.md file. For example, “knowlege_contributions” could be a good name for your repository.
  3. Click “Create” when you are all set.

Convert your knowledge documentation to markdown

There are many online tools that can help you convert your documents to markdown. If you are using a wiki page for your contributions, you can use pandocs to convert the documents. For wikipedia sources on pandoc, use from: mediawiki and convert to: markdown_strict to access the proper markdown format.

Add the markdown file to your repository

To add a file to your GitHub repository, follow the GitHub documentation in Adding a file to a repository.

The specific steps are listed as follows:

  1. Navigate to “Add files”. Click “Create new file” if you want to manually add your markdown content. Click “Upload files” if you have a file locally to add.

  2. Add a description and commit your changes.

    Since this is your own repository, you can commit directly to the main branch.

  3. You can then see your new content in your repository.

Important

Make a note of your commit SHA; you'll need it for your qna.yaml.

Create a pull request in the taxonomy repository

Navigate to your forked taxonomy repository and ensure it is up-to-date.

There are a few ways you can create a pull request:

Verification

Here are a few things to check before seeking reviews for your contribution:

  • Your qna.yaml follows the proper formatting. See examples in Knowledge: YAML examples
  • Ensure all parameters are set. Especially the document, repo, commit and pattern keys; these parameters are specific to knowledge contributions and require more analysis.
  • Include an attribution.txt file for citing your sources. see For your attribution.txt file for more information.

PR Upstream Workflow

The following table outlines the expected timing for the PRs you have submitted. The PRs go through a few steps, and checks, but you should be able to map your label to the place that it is in.

Label Actor Action Duration
Contributor Submit PR -
Contributor Fix failed PR checks -
https://github.com/instructlab/taxonomy/labels/triage-needed Triager Review PR, ask for changes Days
https://github.com/instructlab/taxonomy/labels/triage-requested-changes Contributor Make requested changes Days
https://github.com/instructlab/taxonomy/labels/precheck-generate-ready Triager Run prechecks and generate Days
https://github.com/instructlab/taxonomy/labels/community-build-ready Backend Model gets retrained Weeks
Triager Check the numbers and PR merged or closed -