---
title: Using templates to encourage useful issues and pull requests
shortTitle: Issue & PR templates
intro: Repository maintainers can add templates in a repository to help contributors create high-quality issues and pull requests.
redirect_from:
  - /github/building-a-strong-community/using-issue-and-pull-request-templates
  - /articles/using-templates-to-encourage-high-quality-issues-and-pull-requests-in-your-repository
  - /articles/using-issue-and-pull-request-templates
  - /github/building-a-strong-community/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghec: '*'
topics:
  - Community
children:
  - /about-issue-and-pull-request-templates
  - /configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository
  - /syntax-for-issue-forms
  - /syntax-for-githubs-form-schema
  - /creating-a-pull-request-template-for-your-repository
  - /manually-creating-a-single-issue-template-for-your-repository
  - /common-validation-errors-when-creating-issue-forms
---