Link to Specific Issue Template

Issue & PR templates

To create a link in GitHub that opens a specific issue template, you can use a URL with query parameters that pre-fill the issue form and specify the template to use. Here's how you can do it:

✅ Prerequisites

Make sure:

1. You have a .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ folder in your repository.
2. Your issue templates are in YAML format (e.g., bug_report.yml, feature_request.yml).
3. Each template has a name and a title defined in its front matter.

🔗 URL Format to Open a Specific Template

https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/issues/new?template=TEMPLATE_NAME.yml

• Replace OWNER with your GitHub username or organization.
• Replace REPO with your repository name.
• Replace TEMPLATE_NAME.yml with the exact filename of your issue template.

🧠 Example

If you have a template file at .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml, the link would be:

https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml

📝 Optional: Pre-fill Title and Body

You can also pre-fill the issue title and body using query parameters:

https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml&title=Bug+in+login+flow&body=Steps+to+reproduce%3A%0A1.+Go+to+login+page%0A2.+Enter+credentials%0A3.+Click+login

Let me know if you want help generating a link for your specific repo and template!