GitHub Discussions category form before question submit
Turn repeated support or setup questions into structured discussion forms so the first post arrives with the repro details, environment, and expected outcome you actually need.
Why this can grow a startup
A community archive gets expensive when every useful answer starts with the same cleanup questions. GitHub discussion category forms let the maintainer turn a category into a structured intake step with required fields and YAML-backed templates. That matters because the first post becomes easier to answer, easier to search later, and less likely to die in a vague back-and-forth. The quality gain is operational, but it compounds into better documentation and a stronger public answer inventory too.
Source-backed example
GitHub Docs says discussion category forms use customizable web form fields, live in `/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/`, and can be created per repository or organization to collect structured information before a discussion is posted.
Source-reported evidence
Source: GitHub Docs: Creating discussion category forms
GitHub requires the form file in `/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/FORM-NAME.yml`, mapped to the discussion category slug.
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When to use it
Use this when GitHub, Community, Support is relevant to community intake, support quality, documentation ops and you can run a bounded test with a free budget.
When not to use it
Do not use it as a substitute for customer evidence, a clear owner, or a measurable stop condition. Local platform rules and market behavior still need checking.
How to do it
- Choose one target segment and define the exact next action this tactic should prompt.
- Adapt the tactic to GitHub and Community, using evidence from GitHub Docs: Creating discussion category forms as context—not as a promised result.
- Record a baseline for: Users who resolve the issue and complete the next useful action. Set a guardrail that would make you pause the test.
- Run a narrow pilot and choose a test window that fits the normal decision or use cycle; do not scale before you have observed the full cycle.
- Compare the signal with its baseline. Scale only if the intended action improves without crossing the guardrail; otherwise revise one variable or stop and record what you learned.
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