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+# Project Overview
+This project contains the public documentation for the Government of Alberta's Design System.
+
+## Libraries and Frameworks
+- The site is built with React components from the Government of Alberta's UI Components library.
+
+## Folder Structure
+- `src/routes/home.tsx`: The home page.
+- `src/routes/get-started`: The pages for starting with the design system.
+- `src/routes/examples/ExamplesOverview.tsx`: The page listing all examples.
+- `src/examples`: Examples of patterns, pages, tasks, component configurations, flows, and more.
+- `src/routes/components/AllComponents.tsx`: The page listing all components.
+- `src/routes/components`: The pages for each UI component.
+- `src/routes/design-tokens`: The pages for design tokens.
+- `src/routes/foundations`: The pages for design foundations.
+
+## Component versions
+- Documentation for the most recent version of components are shown with `version === "new"`.
+- Documentation for old Long-Term Support (LTS) components are shown with `version === "old"`.
+
+## Commits & Pull Requests
+- Use Conventional Commits format for commit messages.
+- Use the present tense.
+- Use the imperative mood.
+- Limit the first line to 72 characters or less.
+- Start the commit message with a reference to the GitHub Issue number, such as `feat(#1234):`
+- If the commit relates to an issue, include "Closes #ISSUE_NUMBER" in the commit message.
+- If the commit relates to a breaking change, include "BREAKING CHANGE:" in the commit message.
+
+## Pull Requests
+- Only add a single commit to a Pull Request.
+- Start the Pull Request title with a reference to the GitHub Issue number, such as `feat(#1234):`
+
+## CSS and Design Tokens
+- Use CSS custom properties that are defined by our design tokens.
+- Name custom properties for global styles in this format: `--goa-[category]-[name]`, such as `--goa-color-primary`.
+- Name custom properties for component-specific styles in this format: `--goa-[component]-[category]-[name]`.