[Good First Issue]: styling test

[exploreriii]

🆕🐥 Newcomer Friendly

Welcome 👋

This Good First Issue is a beginner-friendly starting point for the Hiero Python SDK.

You don’t need any background in:

• Hiero or Hedera
• distributed ledger technology

If you’re comfortable with basic Python and Git, you’re ready to get started.

👾 Issue description

Edit here. Example provided below.

💡 Proposed Solution

Edit here. Example provided below.

🛠️ Implementation Steps

Edit here. Example provided below.

📋 Step-by-Step Setup Guide

Suggestions:

• Visual Studio (VS) Code Guide.

• GitHub Desktop Guide.

• Hedera Testnet Account with root .env file Guide.

• Create a GPG key linked to GitHub Guide.

Setup the Hiero Python SDK for development

• Fork Create an online and local copy of the repository Guide.

• Connect origin with upstream Guide.

• Install Packages Install packages and protobuffs Guide.

• Sync Main pull any recent upstream changes Guide.

You are set up! 🎉

📋 Step-by-step contribution guide

✅ Get ready

• Claim the issue: Comment /assign Guide.

• Double check the Issue and AI plan:. Carefully re-read the issue description and the CodeRabbit AI plan.

• Ask questions early: Ask on Discord, your @mentor (Python SDK help) and the @good_first_issue_support_team (setup and workflow help).

• Sync with main: Pull the latest upstream changes Guide.

🛠️ Solve the Issue

• Create a branch from main: Guide.

• Implement the solution: Follow the implementation steps in the issue description.

• Commit with DCO and GPG signing: Commit changes using: git commit -S -s -m "chore: your message" Guide.

• Add a .CHANGELOG.md entry: under the appropriate [UNRELEASED] section and commit as git commit -S -s -m "chore: changelog entry" Guide.

🚀 Create the pull request

• Push your commits: Push your branch to your fork git push origin your-branch-name.

• Open a pull request: here Guide.

• Complete the PR description: Briefly describe your changes and link the issue Guide.

• Submit the pull request: Click **Create pull request** 🎉.

🤔 What to expect after submitting a PR

Once you open a pull request, here’s what happens next:

🤖 Automated checks

A few automated checks will run and all must pass before your PR can be merged, such as:

• signing
• changelog entry
• solo unit and integration tests
• examples
• code quality checks

👉 You can open each check to see detailed results and error messages if anything fails.

🤝 AI feedback (CodeRabbit)

You’ll receive quick feedback from CodeRabbit AI, which may:

• point out potential issues
• suggest improvements or alternatives

AI feedback is advisory — it can make mistakes - use what’s helpful and feel free to ask questions.

👀 Maintainer review

A Python SDK team member will review your PR, typically within 1–3 days.

• You may be asked to make changes, or
• Your PR may be approved as-is ✅

🚀 Merge

Once approved, PRs are usually merged within one day.

🔄 Merge conflicts

Merge conflicts can occasionally happen as the SDK updates. This is normal and fixable.

• Changelog conflicts
  These are common and can usually be resolved directly using GitHub’s online editor in the pull request.

• Other conflicts
  More complex conflicts may require rebasing your branch and resolving them locally.
  👉 Follow the step-by-step Rebasing Guide for help.

🤔 Additional Help

First Points of Contact:

• Discord
• Comment with @mentor_name (for Python SDK questions)
• Comment with @hiero-ledger/hiero-sdk-good-first-issue-support (for setup and workflow questions)
  The more you ask, the more you learn and so do we!

Documentation:

• Project Structure

• DCO and Verified Signing Guide

• Changelog Guide

• Merge Conflicts Guide

• Linking Issues Guide

• Rebasing Guide

• Workflow Guide

• Pin Github Actions Guide

• Running Examples

• Testing on Forks

• General Training

• General SDK Developer Docs

Calls:

• Get hands-on-help by our expert team at our Office Hours
• Learn, raise issues and provide feedback at Community Calls

✅ Acceptance criteria

To be able to close this issue, the following criteria must be met:

• The issue is solved: I’ve carefully read and implemented the issue requirements.

• I did not add extra changes: I did not modify anything beyond what is described in the issue.

• Behavior: All other existing features continue to work as before.

• Checks and feedback: All checks pass and any requested changes have been made.

🤖 AI usage guidelines

You’re welcome to use AI tools while working on this issue.

Use AI responsibly:

• Verify suggestions before applying them, such as by looking at similar examples
• Work one small change at a time
• Create small tests/checks as you go

For Hiero Python SDK expert guidance:

• Ask a mentor/maintainer, they are happy to guide you on our best practices