# GitHub Docs: Configuring issue templates for your repository

- Canonical HTML: https://growth.iangoh.com/sources/github-docs-configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository-docs-github-/
- Original source: https://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository
- Domain: docs.github.com
- Latest check: 2026-06-05
- Channels: Community, GitHub, Security, Support

## Cited GrowthDex tactics

- [GitHub issue template chooser with blank issues disabled](/growth-ideas/github-issue-template-chooser-with-blank-issues-disabled/) - Disable blank issues for contributors so the GitHub issue chooser forces the public queue through the templates you are actually ready to process.
- [GitHub issue template contact links to discussions and security](/growth-ideas/github-issue-template-contact-links-to-discussions-and-security/) - Use GitHub issue-template contact links to push support questions and security reports onto the right routes before they become the wrong kind of issue.

## Related reading

- [GrowthDex Blog](/blog/)
- [All growth ideas](/growth-ideas/index.md)