# Pull Request Requirements

## Mandatory pull request template

All pull requests must use the repository's pull request template exactly as

provided in:

    .github/pull_request_template.md

AI agents and automated contributors MUST:

- Preserve every heading, field, checkbox, comment, and section in the template.

- Complete the requested fields without renaming, deleting, reordering, or

  replacing them.

- Not submit a shortened, reformatted, summarized, or independently generated

  pull request description.

- Not remove sections because they appear inapplicable.

- Enter "Not applicable" where appropriate instead of deleting a section.

- Preserve all hidden HTML comments.

- Treat modification of the template structure as a pull request validation

  failure.

A pull request whose description does not conform to the repository template

must not be submitted.  Non-conforming pull requests that alter the repository

template will be closed.
