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 ## Contributing
 
-Contributions welcome! See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.
+Contributions welcome! See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines. All contributors must agree to the [AgenticAdvertising.Org IPR Policy](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp/blob/main/IPR_POLICY.md) — the bot prompts new contributors on their first PR and a single signature covers all AAO repositories.
 
 ## License