dgx-spark-playbooks/CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing to DGX Spark Playbooks

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the DGX Spark Playbooks! This repository provides step-by-step guides for AI/ML workloads on NVIDIA DGX Spark devices, and we welcome contributions from the community.

Table of Contents

• Types of Contributions
• Issue Tracking
  • Pull Requests
  • Signing Your Work
• Playbook Guidelines
• License
• Questions?

Types of Contributions

We welcome the following types of contributions:

🆕 New Playbooks

• Step-by-step guides for AI/ML frameworks not yet covered
• Optimization techniques for existing frameworks
• Integration guides between multiple tools
• Performance benchmarking tutorials Refer to community/PLAYBOOK-GUIDELINES.md for publishing guidelines.

📝 Documentation Improvements

• Corrections to existing playbooks
• Additional troubleshooting sections
• Enhanced examples and code snippets
• Better explanations of complex concepts

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Corrections to incorrect commands or configurations
• Updates for deprecated software versions
• Fixes to broken links or references

🔧 Other Ideas

• Create a discussion topic!

Issue Tracking

We use GitHub Issues to track bugs, feature requests, and general discussions about the DGX Spark Playbooks.

Before Opening an Issue

1. Search existing issues to avoid duplicates
2. Test on the latest version of DGX Spark software
3. Gather system information (DGX Spark version, hardware config, etc.)

Bug Reports

When reporting bugs, please include:

**Playbook**: [Name of the affected playbook]
**DGX Spark Version**: [e.g., 24.10]
**Hardware**: [GPU model, memory, etc.]
**Steps to Reproduce**:
1. Step one
2. Step two
3. ...

**Expected Behavior**: [What should happen]
**Actual Behavior**: [What actually happens]
**Error Messages**: [Full error messages and logs]
**Additional Context**: [Screenshots, related issues, etc.]

Feature Requests

For new playbook requests or enhancements:

**Feature Type**: [New Playbook / Enhancement / Integration]
**Framework/Tool**: [Name and version]
**Use Case**: [Why this would be valuable]
**Priority**: [High / Medium / Low]
**Additional Context**: [Links, examples, related work]

Pull Requests

Developer workflow for code contributions is as follows:

1. Developers must first fork the upstream DGX Spark Playbook repository.

2. Git clone the forked repository and push changes to the personal fork.

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_FORK.git dgx-spark-playbooks
# Checkout the targeted branch and commit changes
# Push the commits to a branch on the fork (remote).
git push -u origin <local-branch>:<remote-branch>

3. Once the code changes are staged on the fork and ready for review, a Pull Request (PR) can be requested to merge the changes from a branch of the fork into a selected branch of upstream.

• Exercise caution when selecting the source and target branches for the PR.
• Creation of a PR creation kicks off the code review process.
• Atleast one repository owner will be assigned for the review.
• While under review, mark your PRs as work-in-progress by prefixing the PR title with [WIP].

4. Since there is no CI/CD process in place yet, the PR will be accepted and the corresponding issue closed only after adequate testing has been completed, manually, by the developer and/or repository owner reviewing the change.

Signing Your Work

• We require that all contributors "sign-off" on their commits. This certifies that the contribution is your original work, or you have rights to submit it under the same license, or a compatible license.

  • Any contribution which contains commits that are not Signed-Off will not be accepted.

• To sign off on a commit you simply use the --signoff (or -s) option when committing your changes:

  $ git commit -s -m "Add cool feature."
  

  This will append the following to your commit message:

  Signed-off-by: Your Name <your@email.com>
  

• Full text of the DCO:

    Developer Certificate of Origin
    Version 1.1
  
    Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
    1 Letterman Drive
    Suite D4700
    San Francisco, CA, 94129
  
    Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
  

    Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
  
    By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
  
    (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in the file; or
  
    (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or
  
    (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
  
    (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public and that a record of the contribution (including all personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source license(s) involved.
  

Playbook Guidelines

For detailed information on creating high-quality playbooks, please refer to community/PLAYBOOK-GUIDELINES.md.

License

By contributing to this project, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the same license as the project. See LICENSE for details.

Questions?

If you have questions about contributing, please:

1. Check existing GitHub Discussions
2. Review this contributing guide thoroughly
3. Open a new discussion with the "Contributing" category
4. Tag maintainers if you need urgent assistance

Thank you for helping make DGX Spark more accessible to the AI/ML community! 🚀