# Contributing and security

Canonical repository guidance lives with the code:

- [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md): development setup, focused changes, safe tests, and pull requests.
- [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/blob/dev/SECURITY.md): private vulnerability-reporting guidance and scope.
- [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/issues): reproducible bugs and focused feature requests.

Do not disclose suspected vulnerabilities, credentials, private target data, or exploit details in a public issue or wiki page. Follow `SECURITY.md` and include no vulnerability details if you must ask maintainers for a private reporting contact.

For a new discovery provider, also read [How to add a new discovery module](How-to-add-a-new-module).
