diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 Thanks for your interest in making the Monkey -- and therefore, your network -- a better place!
 
-Are you about to report a bug? Sorry to hear it. Here's our [Issue tracker](https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/issues).
+Are you about to report a bug? Sorry to hear it. Here's our 
+[Issue tracker](https://github.com/guardicore/monkey/issues).
 Please try to be as specific as you can about your problem; try to include steps
 to reproduce. While we'll try to help anyway, focusing us will help us help you faster.
 
-If you want to contribute new code or fix bugs..
+If you want to contribute new code or fix bugs, please read the following sections. You can also contact us (the 
+maintainers of this project) at our [Slack channel](https://join.slack.com/t/infectionmonkey/shared_invite/enQtNDU5MjAxMjg1MjU1LTM2ZTg0ZDlmNWNlZjQ5NDI5NTM1NWJlYTRlMGIwY2VmZGMxZDlhMTE2OTYwYmZhZjM1MGZhZjA2ZjI4MzA1NDk). 
 
 
 ## Submitting code
@@ -20,7 +22,17 @@ The following is a *short* list of recommendations. PRs that don't match these c
 * **Don't** leave your pull request description blank.
 * **Do** license your code as GPLv3.
 
-Also, please submit PRs to the develop branch.
+Also, please submit PRs to the `develop` branch.
+
+#### Unit tests
+**Do** add unit tests if you think it fits. We place our unit tests in the same folder as the code, with the same 
+filename, followed by the _test prefix. So for example: `somefile.py` will be tested by `somefile_test.py`.
+
+Please try to read some of the existing unit testing code, so you can see some examples.
+
+#### Branch naming scheme
+**Do** name your branches in accordance with GitFlow. The format is `ISSUE_#/BRANCH_NAME`; For example, 
+`400/zero-trust-mvp` or `232/improvment/hide-linux-on-cred-maps`.
 
 ## Issues
 * **Do** write a detailed description of your bug and use a descriptive title.