diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 224dc4d14..e639328f0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ You can install `uv` by following this [guide](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting
 You can install the dependencies by running:
 
 ```bash
-$ cd llama-stack
-$ uv sync --extra dev
-$ uv pip install -e .
-$ source .venv/bin/activate
+cd llama-stack
+uv sync --extra dev
+uv pip install -e .
+source .venv/bin/activate
 ```
 
 Note that you can create a dotenv file `.env` that includes necessary environment variables:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ LLAMA_STACK_CONFIG=
 
 And then use this dotenv file when running client SDK tests via the following:
 ```bash
-$ uv run --env-file .env -- pytest -v tests/api/inference/test_text_inference.py
+uv run --env-file .env -- pytest -v tests/api/inference/test_text_inference.py
 ```
 
 ## Pre-commit Hooks
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ $ uv run --env-file .env -- pytest -v tests/api/inference/test_text_inference.py
 We use [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) to run linting and formatting checks on your code. You can install the pre-commit hooks by running:
 
 ```bash
-$ uv run pre-commit install
+uv run pre-commit install
 ```
 
 After that, pre-commit hooks will run automatically before each commit.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ After that, pre-commit hooks will run automatically before each commit.
 Alternatively, if you don't want to install the pre-commit hooks, you can run the checks manually by running:
 
 ```bash
-$ uv run pre-commit run --all-files
+uv run pre-commit run --all-files
 ```
 
 > [!CAUTION]
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ $ uv run pre-commit run --all-files
 To add a new dependency to the project, you can use the `uv` command. For example, to add `foo` to the project, you can run:
 
 ```bash
-$ uv add foo
-$ uv sync
+uv add foo
+uv sync
 ```
 
 ## Coding Style
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ Building a stack image (conda / docker) will use the production version of the `
 
 Example:
 ```bash
-$ cd work/
-$ git clone https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack.git
-$ git clone https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack-client-python.git
-$ cd llama-stack
-$ LLAMA_STACK_DIR=$(pwd) LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_DIR=../llama-stack-client-python llama stack build --template <...>
+cd work/
+git clone https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack.git
+git clone https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack-client-python.git
+cd llama-stack
+LLAMA_STACK_DIR=$(pwd) LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_DIR=../llama-stack-client-python llama stack build --template <...>
 ```
 
 
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ If you have made changes to a provider's configuration in any form (introducing
 If you are making changes to the documentation at [https://llama-stack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/](https://llama-stack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), you can use the following command to build the documentation and preview your changes. You will need [Sphinx](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/) and the readthedocs theme.
 
 ```bash
-$ cd llama-stack/docs
-$ uv sync --extra docs
+cd llama-stack/docs
+uv sync --extra docs
 
 # This rebuilds the documentation pages.
-$ uv run make html
+uv run make html
 
 # This will start a local server (usually at http://127.0.0.1:8000) that automatically rebuilds and refreshes when you make changes to the documentation.
-$ uv run sphinx-autobuild source build/html --write-all
+uv run sphinx-autobuild source build/html --write-all
 ```
 
 ### Update API Documentation
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ $ uv run sphinx-autobuild source build/html --write-all
 If you modify or add new API endpoints, update the API documentation accordingly. You can do this by running the following command:
 
 ```bash
-$ uv sync --extra dev
-$ uv run ./docs/openapi_generator/run_openapi_generator.sh
+uv sync --extra dev
+uv run ./docs/openapi_generator/run_openapi_generator.sh
 ```
 
 The generated API documentation will be available in `docs/_static/`. Make sure to review the changes before committing.
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/ui/README.md b/llama_stack/distribution/ui/README.md
index 8fceb5c63..f3df3f07a 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/ui/README.md
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/ui/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ llama stack run together
 2. (Optional) Register datasets and eval tasks as resources. If you want to run pre-configured evaluation flows (e.g. Evaluations (Generation + Scoring) Page).
 
 ```bash
-$ llama-stack-client datasets register \
+llama-stack-client datasets register \
 --dataset-id "mmlu" \
 --provider-id "huggingface" \
 --url "https://huggingface.co/datasets/llamastack/evals" \
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $ llama-stack-client datasets register \
 ```
 
 ```bash
-$ llama-stack-client benchmarks register \
+llama-stack-client benchmarks register \
 --eval-task-id meta-reference-mmlu \
 --provider-id meta-reference \
 --dataset-id mmlu \
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/tests/README.md b/llama_stack/providers/tests/README.md
index f2c527f6d..8daaa4718 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/tests/README.md
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/tests/README.md
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ dependencies. Below is the full configuration:
 
 
 ```bash
-$ cd llama-stack
-$ uv sync --extra dev --extra test
-$ uv pip install -e .
-$ source .venv/bin/activate
+cd llama-stack
+uv sync --extra dev --extra test
+uv pip install -e .
+source .venv/bin/activate
 ```
 
 ## Common options