From 8b86743c4520385d8830fe1f1200ced2b3a9940f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Wooding <12938082+joshwooding@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:37:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions around contributing icons (#2836)

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2224c55c85c..398021dfe34 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ To do: intro.
 
 ## How to's
 
+### How to add a new icon
+
+1. Add the icon to the `packages/icons/src/SVG` folder. The icon should be named using kebab casing e.g. `icon-name.svg`.
+2. Navigate to `packages/icons` e.g. `cd packages/icons`.
+3. Run `yarn build` to build the icons.
+4. Write a changeset using `yarn changeset`, this should have the format:
+
+```md
+Added:
+
+- IconName
+```
+
 ### Prop deprecation
 
 To do.