# Using templates to encourage useful issues and pull requests

Repository maintainers can add templates in a repository to help contributors create high-quality issues and pull requests.

## Links

* [About issue and pull request templates](/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/about-issue-and-pull-request-templates)

  With issue and pull request templates, you can customize and standardize the information you'd like contributors to include when they open issues and pull requests in your repository.

* [Configuring issue templates for your repository](/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository)

  You can customize the templates that are available for contributors to use when they open new issues in your repository.

* [Syntax for issue forms](/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/syntax-for-issue-forms)

  You can define different input types, validations, default assignees, and default labels for your issue forms.

* [Syntax for GitHub's form schema](/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/syntax-for-githubs-form-schema)

  You can use GitHub's form schema to configure forms for supported features.

* [Creating a pull request template for your repository](/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-template-for-your-repository)

  When you add a pull request template to your repository, project contributors will automatically see the template's contents in the pull request body.

* [Common validation errors when creating issue forms](/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/common-validation-errors-when-creating-issue-forms)

  You may see some of these common validation errors when creating, saving, or viewing issue forms.