Decide whether issue templates should carry deterministic type labels in frontmatter

[ashleyshaw]

Context

The numbered issue templates currently rely on guidance plus validator checks for type intent. There is still an open policy question about whether templates should explicitly carry deterministic type/labels frontmatter so routing is fully declarative.

Scope

• Review the current template frontmatter shape.
• Decide whether to add deterministic type and labels metadata to the numbered templates.
• If adopted, define the canonical template-to-type map and update the validator/contracts accordingly.

Acceptance Criteria

• The repository has a documented decision on whether templates should encode deterministic type/label frontmatter.
• If the answer is yes, the mapping is explicit and enforceable.
• If the answer is no, the validator and docs explain why the heuristic-plus-guidance model is the chosen contract.

Notes

• Keep this separate from the project-field automation work.

[linear-code]

LS-956

[github-actions]

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