Add contributing guidelines (camel-ai#140)

Co-authored-by: Benjamin-eecs <[email protected]>

Author: lightaime

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ What types of changes does your code introduce? Put an `x` in all the boxes that
 Go over all the following points, and put an `x` in all the boxes that apply.
 If you are unsure about any of these, don't hesitate to ask. We are here to help!
 
+- [ ] I have read the [CONTRIBUTION](https://github.com/camel-ai/camel/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) guide. (**required**)
 - [ ] My change requires a change to the documentation.
 - [ ] I have updated the tests accordingly. (*required for a bug fix or a new feature*)
 - [ ] I have updated the documentation accordingly.

README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-[![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1AzP33O8rnMW__7ocWJhVBXjKziJXPtim?usp=sharing)
-<a href="https://huggingface.co/camel-ai"><img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/brand-assets/resolve/main/hf-logo-with-title.png" alt="Hugging Face" width="100"/></a>
+[![Open In Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1AzP33O8rnMW__7ocWJhVBXjKziJXPtim?usp=sharing) 
+[![slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/Slack-CAMEL-green)](https://join.slack.com/t/camel-kwr1314/shared_invite/zt-1vy8u9lbo-ZQmhIAyWSEfSwLCl2r2eKA)
+<a href="https://huggingface.co/camel-ai"><img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/brand-assets/resolve/main/hf-logo-with-title.png" alt="Hugging Face" width="100"/></a> 
 # CAMEL: Communicative Agents for “Mind” Exploration of Large Scale Language Model Society
 
 <p align="center">
+   <a href="https://github.com/camel-ai/camel#community">Community</a> |
   <a href="https://github.com/camel-ai/camel#installation">Installation</a> |
   <a href="https://camel-ai.github.io/camel/">Documentation</a> |
   <a href="https://github.com/camel-ai/camel/tree/HEAD/examples">Examples</a> |
   <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.17760">Paper</a> |
   <a href="https://github.com/camel-ai/camel#citation">Citation</a> |
+  <a href="https://github.com/camel-ai/camel#contributing-to-camel-">Contributing</a> |
   <a href="https://www.camel-ai.org/">CAMEL-AI</a>
 </p>
 
@@ -18,6 +21,9 @@
 ## Overview
 The rapid advancement of conversational and chat-based language models has led to remarkable progress in complex task-solving. However, their success heavily relies on human input to guide the conversation, which can be challenging and time-consuming. This paper explores the potential of building scalable techniques to facilitate autonomous cooperation among communicative agents and provide insight into their "cognitive" processes. To address the challenges of achieving autonomous cooperation, we propose a novel communicative agent framework named *role-playing*. Our approach involves using *inception prompting* to guide chat agents toward task completion while maintaining consistency with human intentions. We showcase how role-playing can be used to generate conversational data for studying the behaviors and capabilities of chat agents, providing a valuable resource for investigating conversational language models. Our contributions include introducing a novel communicative agent framework, offering a scalable approach for studying the cooperative behaviors and capabilities of multi-agent systems, and open-sourcing our library to support research on communicative agents and beyond. The GitHub repository of this project is made publicly available on: [https://github.com/camel-ai/camel](https://github.com/camel-ai/camel).
 
+## Community
+🐫 CAMEL is an open-source library designed for the study of autonomous and communicative agents. We believe that studying these agents on a large scale offers valuable insights into their behaviors, capabilities, and potential risks. To facilitate research in this field, we implement and support various types of agents, tasks, prompts, models, and simulated environments. Join us [(slack)](https://join.slack.com/t/camel-kwr1314/shared_invite/zt-1vy8u9lbo-ZQmhIAyWSEfSwLCl2r2eKA) in pushing the boundaries of simulating AI Society with CAMEL.
+
 ## Try it yourself
 We provide a [![Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1AzP33O8rnMW__7ocWJhVBXjKziJXPtim?usp=sharing) demo showcasing a conversation between two ChatGPT agents playing roles as a python programmer and a stock trader collaborating on developing a trading bot for stock market.
 
@@ -137,5 +143,8 @@ The source code is licensed under Apache 2.0.
 
 The datasets are licensed under CC BY NC 4.0, which permits only non-commercial usage. It is advised that any models trained using the dataset should not be utilized for anything other than research purposes.
 
+## Contributing to CAMEL 🐫
+We appreciate your interest in contributing to our open-source initiative. We provide a document of [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/camel-ai/camel/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) which outlines the steps for contributing to CAMEL. Please refer to this guide to ensure smooth collaboration and successful contributions. 🤝🚀
+
 ## Contact
 For more information please contact [email protected].