diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml
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+name: Bug report
+description: Something benilla gets wrong, or does differently from 1.12.1.
+body:
+  - type: textarea
+    id: what
+    attributes:
+      label: What happened
+      description: Screenshots or a clip help a lot; drag them in here.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: expected
+    attributes:
+      label: What 1.12.1 does instead
+  - type: textarea
+    id: steps
+    attributes:
+      label: How to see it
+      placeholder: Where you were and what you did.
+  - type: input
+    id: build
+    attributes:
+      label: Build and setup
+      description: The `benilla build` line from the start of the terminal output, your OS, and the server you play on.
+      placeholder: "benilla build 64cca13 · 2026-09-24 · release, macOS 15, vmangos"
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
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+blank_issues_enabled: true
+contact_links:
+  - name: Discord
+    url: https://discord.gg/wJSJx467G4
+    about: Questions, ideas and chat.
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
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+<!-- One change per pull request. docs/CONTRIBUTING.md says what gets in. -->
+
+**What this changes**
+
+**What 1.12.1 does, and how you know** (the client's behaviour, a DBC field, a FrameXML line, a capture)
+
+**How you checked it** (`scripts/check.sh` or `scripts/gates.sh`, and before and after)