# Code of Conduct\n\n## Our Pledge\n\nWe, as members, contributors, and leaders, pledge to make participation in our project and community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of:\n\n- Age\n- Body size\n- Visible or invisible disability\n- Ethnicity\n- Sex characteristics\n- Gender identity and expression\n- Level of experience\n- Education\n- Socioeconomic status\n- Nationality\n- Personal appearance\n- Race\n- Caste\n- Color\n- Religion\n- Sexual identity and orientation\n\nWe pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.\n\n## Our Standards\n\nExamples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:\n\n- Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people\n- Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences\n- Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback\n- Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by mistakes\n- Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community\n\nExamples of unacceptable behavior include:\n\n- The use of sexualized language or imagery\n- Trolling, insulting, or derogatory comments\n- Personal or political attacks\n- Public or private harassment\n- Publishing others' private information (doxing)\n- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting\n\n## Enforcement Responsibilities\n\nProject maintainers are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate corrective action in response to unacceptable behavior.\n\nMaintainers have the right and responsibility to:\n\n- Remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, and other contributions\n- Ban contributors for behavior they deem inappropriate, threatening, or harmful\n\n## Scope\n\nThis Code of Conduct applies to:\n\n- All community spaces (GitHub, forums, chat, events, etc.)\n- Official project channels and representations\n- Interactions between community members related to the project\n\n## Enforcement\n\nInstances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to project maintainers:\n\n- Email: [project contact]\n- GitHub: Private security advisory\n- Issues: Report with `conduct` label (public discussions only)\n\nAll complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.\n\n### Enforcement Guidelines\n\n**1. Correction**\n\n- Community impact: Use of inappropriate language or unwelcoming behavior\n- Action: Private written warning with explanation and clarity on impact\n- Consequence: Warning and no further violations\n\n**2. Warning**\n\n- Community impact: Violation through single incident or series of actions\n- Action: Written warning with severity consequences for continued behavior\n- Consequence: Suspension from community interaction\n\n**3. Temporary Ban**\n\n- Community impact: Serious violation of standards\n- Action: Temporary ban from community interaction\n- Consequence: Revocation of ban after reflection period\n\n**4. Permanent Ban**\n\n- Community impact: Pattern of violating community standards\n- Action: Permanent ban from community interaction\n\n## Attribution\n\nThis Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org), version 2.1.\n\nFor answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at <https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq>.\n\n---\n\n**Thank you for being part of our community!**\n\nWe believe in creating a welcoming and inclusive space where everyone can contribute their best work. Together, we make this project better.
