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This pull request introduces significant improvements to project infrastructure, automation, and documentation. It adds comprehensive GitHub Actions workflows for testing, releasing, and documentation deployment, provides a detailed contributing guide, modernizes the Docker build process, and updates licensing information. These changes streamline CI/CD, clarify contribution standards, and improve maintainability.

Continuous Integration and Deployment:

• Introduced .github/workflows/test.yml for automated testing and coverage reporting on pull requests and non-main branch pushes, supporting multiple Python versions and uploading coverage to Codecov.
• Added .github/workflows/release.yml to automate testing, linting, and Docker image building/publishing on releases, including multi-registry support for Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry.
• Created .github/workflows/pages.yml to automatically build and deploy documentation to GitHub Pages using MkDocs, including steps to generate default documentation files if missing.

Documentation and Contribution Guidelines:

• Added a detailed CONTRIBUTING.md outlining code standards, development setup, testing practices, naming conventions, and PR process to help onboard new contributors and maintain code quality.

Build and Packaging:

• Added a modern Dockerfile leveraging Python 3.11, Poetry for dependency management, and exposing the default service port, improving reproducibility and deployment.
• Removed legacy Pipfile in favor of Poetry, reflecting a shift to more robust dependency management.

Licensing:

• Updated the LICENSE to reflect new copyright ownership under CIRCLE cyber.