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+Thank you for contributing to LangGraph! Follow these steps to mark your pull request as ready for review. **If any of these steps are not completed, your PR will not be considered for review.**
+
+- [ ] **PR title**: Follows the format: {TYPE}({SCOPE}): {DESCRIPTION}
+  - Examples:
+    - feat(core): add multi-tenant support
+    - fix(cli): resolve flag parsing error
+    - docs(openai): update API usage examples
+  - Allowed `{TYPE}` values:
+    - feat, fix, docs, style, refactor, perf, test, build, ci, chore, revert, release
+  - Allowed `{SCOPE}` values (optional):
+    - langgraph, docs, cli, checkpoint, checkpoint-postgres, checkpoint-sqlite, prebuilt, scheduler-kafka, sdk-py
+  - Once you've written the title, please delete this checklist item; do not include it in the PR.
+
+- [ ] **PR message**: ***Delete this entire checklist*** and replace with
+  - **Description:** a description of the change. Include a [closing keyword](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/using-issues/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue#linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue-using-a-keyword) if applicable.
+  - **Issue:** the issue # it fixes, if applicable
+  - **Dependencies:** any dependencies required for this change
+  - **Twitter handle:** if your PR gets announced, and you'd like a mention, we'll gladly shout you out!
+
+- [ ] **Add tests and docs**: If you're adding a new integration, you must include:
+  1. A test for the integration, preferably unit tests that do not rely on network access,
+  2. An example notebook showing its use. It lives in `docs/docs/integrations` directory.
+
+- [ ] **Lint and test**: Run `make format`, `make lint` and `make test` from the root of the package(s) you've modified. We will not consider a PR unless these three are passing in CI. See [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more.
+
+Additional guidelines:
+
+- Make sure optional dependencies are imported within a function.
+- Please do not add dependencies to `pyproject.toml` files (even optional ones) unless they are **required** for unit tests.
+- Most PRs should not touch more than one package.
+- Changes should be backwards compatible.
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@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ While LangGraph can be used standalone, it also integrates seamlessly with any L
 
 - [Guides](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/how-tos/): Quick, actionable code snippets for topics such as streaming, adding memory & persistence, and design patterns (e.g. branching, subgraphs, etc.).
 - [Reference](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/reference/graphs/): Detailed reference on core classes, methods, how to use the graph and checkpointing APIs, and higher-level prebuilt components.
-- [Examples](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/tutorials/overview/): Guided examples on getting started with LangGraph.
+- [Examples](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/examples/): Guided examples on getting started with LangGraph.
 - [LangChain Forum](https://forum.langchain.com/): Connect with the community and share all of your technical questions, ideas, and feedback.
 - [LangChain Academy](https://academy.langchain.com/courses/intro-to-langgraph): Learn the basics of LangGraph in our free, structured course.
 - [Templates](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/concepts/template_applications/): Pre-built reference apps for common agentic workflows (e.g. ReAct agent, memory, retrieval etc.) that can be cloned and adapted.