add contribution checklist to README and CHANGELOG

Author: oliche

CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+
+### Changed
+
+- The documentation endpoint `/docs` is only for the browser and uses openapiv3. The database schemes are accessed through `/api/schema`. For compatibility, if the headers require `coreapi`, the endpoint returns a frozen set of endpoint to the client. [#929](https://github.com/cortex-lab/alyx/pull/929)
+
+- narrative template is now available on the base action instead of only for surgeries [#938](https://github.com/cortex-lab/alyx/pull/938)
+
+
+### Removed
+
+- coreapi dependency is removed

README.md

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 * alyx-dev is sync with the **dev** branch
 * Migrations files are always provided by the repository
 
+Contribution checklist:
+- [ ] lint using ruff `ruff check .` at the root of the repository
+- [ ] tests pass (see below how to run tests)
+- [ ] migrations are provided with the commit
+- [ ] update version number in `./alyx/alyx/__init__.py`
+- [ ] update `CHANGELOG.md`
+
+
 ### Running tests
 
 Continuous integration is setup. But before submitting a PR or commit,the tests can run locally.