diff --git a/.github/semantic.yml b/.github/semantic.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+titleOnly: true
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ This will create your own copy of our repository.
 The upstream source is the project under the Box organization on GitHub. To add an upstream source for this project, type:
 
 ```
-git remote add upstream git@github.com:box/box-node-sdk.git
+git remote add upstream git@github.com:box/boxcli.git
 ```
 
 This will come in useful later.
@@ -47,15 +47,41 @@ Create a branch with a descriptive name, such as `add-search`.
 
 ### Step 5: Push your feature branch to your fork
 
-As you develop code, continue to push code to your remote feature branch. Please make sure to include the issue number you're addressing in your commit message, such as:
+We use [semantic-versioning](https://semver.org/) and the [conventional commit message format](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/). Keep a separate feature branch for each issue you want to address. As you develop code, continue to push code to your remote feature branch. Example:
 
 ```
-git commit -m "Adding search (fixes #123)"
+tag: short description
+
+longer description here if necessary.
 ```
 
-This helps us out by allowing us to track which issue your commit relates to.
+The message summary should be a one-sentence description of the change, and it must be 72 characters in length or shorter. For a list of tags, please [click here](https://github.com/commitizen/conventional-commit-types/blob/master/index.json). Note that you must include the `!` for breaking changes (e.g. `feat!: removed old apis`).
+
+Shown below are examples of the release type that will be done based on a commit message.
+
+#### Commit Types
+
+"Semantic versioning" means that changes to the version number of the package (e.g. `3.42.11` to `3.43.0`) are done according to rules that indicate how the change will affect consumers. Read more on the [semver page](https://semver.org/).
+
+The version number is broken into 3 positions — `Major.Minor.Patch`. In semantic release terms, changes to the numbers follow `Breaking.Feature.Fix`. The `release` script parses commit messages and decides what type of release to make based on the types of commits detected since the last release.
+
+The rules for commit types are:
+
+- Anything that changes or removes an API, option, or output format is a breaking change denoted by `!`.
+- Anything that adds new functionality in a backwards-compatible way is a feature (`feat`). Consumers have to upgrade to the new version to use the feature, but nothing will break if they do so.
+- Bugfixes (`fix`) for existing behavior are a patch. Consumers don't have to do anything but upgrade.
+- Other prefixes, such as `docs` or `chore`, don't trigger releases and don't appear in the changelog. These tags signal that there are **no external changes to _any_ APIs** (including non-breaking ones).
+
+In most cases, commits will be a `feat` or `fix`. Make sure to include the `!` in the title if there are non-backwards-compatible changes in the commit.
 
-Keep a separate feature branch for each issue you want to address.
+| Commit message                                                                                                                                          | Release type       | New version |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------- |
+| `feat!: remove old files endpoints`                                                                                                                     | Major ("breaking") | `X+1.0.0`   |
+| `feat: add new file upload endpoint`                                                                                                                    | Minor ("feature")  | `X.Y+1.0`   |
+| `fix: file streaming during download`                                                                                                                   | Patch ("fix")      | `X.Y.Z+1`   |
+| `docs: document files api`                                                                                                                              | No release         | `X.Y.Z`     |
+| `chore: remove commented code from file upload`                                                                                                         | No release         | `X.Y.Z`     |
+| `refactor: rename a variable (invisible change)`                                                                                                        | No release         | `X.Y.Z`     |
 
 ### Step 6: Rebase