How to use URL query params + a config.yml file to collect as much structured data as possible from the issue chooser

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GitHub.com does not (yet 🤞) support automatically adding milestones & project boards when setting up markdown issue templates (step 7 – here).

So the following is a way to create rows in the issue chooser that will use URL query params to create hard-coded 'contact links' to an issue submission form that automatically adds all structured data types in one go.

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1. Create a config.yml file on your repo
2. Populate the contact_links with URL query params. Here's an example:

contact_links:
  - name: File an issue with structured data pre-filled
    url: https://github.com/lukehefson/all-the-structured-data/issues/new?assignees=lukehefson&labels=enhancement%2C+question&title=A+pre-filled+title&milestone=a+milestone&projects=lukehefson/all-the-structured-data/1
    about: Automate every bit of structured data possible upon issue submission

If you look at the URL it breaks down like this:

Part of the URL	What it does
github.com
/lukehefson	User or Org name
/all-the-structured-data	Repo name
/issues/new?	Create a new issue
assignees=lukehefson	Assign someone
&labels=enhancement%2C+question	(and) Add the enhancement and question labels
&title=A+pre-filled+title	(and) Pre-fill the title with some text
&milestone=a+milestone	(and) Add it to a milestone
&projects=lukehefson/all-the-structured-data/1	(and) Add it to a project board