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CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Python CWMS Portable Environment
+
+A portable, Windows, Python environment bundled with CWMS libraries and dependencies.
+
+## To Update Python Build
+
+### Build Locally
+1. Clone this repository
+2. Optionally, modify WinPython variables (`WINPYTHON_VERSION`, `WINPYTHON_FILENAME`, and `WINPYTHON_DOWNLOAD_URL`) in the [release.yml](.github\workflows\release.yml) if upgrading python.
+3. Modify `requirements_binary_only.txt` with your dependencies
+4. Push a tag to trigger the build: `git tag v0.8` and `git push origin v0.8`
+
+### Manual Build
+You can also trigger a build manually from the Actions tab.
+
+## Requirements File
+
+The `requirements_binary_only.txt` file contains all Python packages to be installed. Only binary wheels are used to ensure compatibility and faster installation.
+

README.md

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 - To run a python script in the CAVI, edit the `python_script_path` and `args` variables in the [`example_python_script_launcher.py`](./jython_scripts/example_python_script_launcher.py) jython script to point to your python script and save in the CAVI script editor. You can pass arguments from your jython environment (e.g. watershed path etc...), but this is optional. Leave `args` as `None` or `''` if arguments are not needed.
 - Output of the python script will be passed to the CAVI console after the process is completed. 
 
-## To Update Python Build
-
-### Build Locally
-1. Clone this repository
-2. Optionally, modify WinPython variables (`WINPYTHON_VERSION`, `WINPYTHON_FILENAME`, and `WINPYTHON_DOWNLOAD_URL`) in the [release.yml](.github\workflows\release.yml) if upgrading python.
-3. Modify `requirements_binary_only.txt` with your dependencies
-4. Push a tag to trigger the build: `git tag v0.8` and `git push origin v0.8`
-
-### Manual Build
-You can also trigger a build manually from the Actions tab.
-
-## Requirements File
-
-The `requirements_binary_only.txt` file contains all Python packages to be installed. Only binary wheels are used to ensure compatibility and faster installation.
+## To help maintain the python builds
 
+See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md)