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Orchestrator: Contribution

Phase: Artifacts
Time: ~15 minutes

Purpose

Create a pull request with your changes to the ballpark repository.

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Prerequisites

• Changes made to your notebook (at minimum: added yourself as coauthor)
• GitHub account
• Fork of ballpark repository

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Ask Cursor to Review

Before creating the PR:

“I’m about to create a pull request. Can you review my staged changes and tell me if anything looks wrong?”

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Workflow sequence

1. Fork the repository (if not already done)

1. Go to https://github.com/econ-ark/ballpark
2. Click Fork
3. Add your fork as a remote:

   git remote add myfork https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/ballpark.git
   

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2. Create a branch

git checkout -b add-coauthor-YOURNAME

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3. Git add, commit, and PR

Stage changes, commit, and create a pull request for your modifications.

Key steps:

1. Stage: git add models/We_Would_Like_In_Econ-ARK/[YourPaperFolder]/
2. Commit: git commit -m "Add [Your Name] as coauthor to [Paper Name]"
3. Push: git push myfork add-coauthor-YOURNAME
4. Create PR on GitHub

Deliverable: PR URL (e.g., https://github.com/econ-ark/ballpark/pull/42)

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Checkpoint

Your PR is successful if:

• The PR appears on https://github.com/econ-ark/ballpark/pulls
• The PR shows your notebook change
• There are no merge conflicts

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Assignment

This orchestrator completes:

• Assignment 050: Add Coauthor + PR

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What happens next

Your PR will be reviewed. Once approved and merged, you’ll officially be a contributor to the Econ-ARK ballpark repository!