The community profile checklist checks to see if a project includes recommended community health files, such as README, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, LICENSE, or CONTRIBUTING, in a supported location. For more information, see Accessing a project's community profile.
Using the community profile checklist as a repository maintainer
As a repository maintainer, you can use the community standards checklist to see if your project meets the recommended community standards to help people use and contribute to your project. For more information, see Building community in the Open Source Guides.
If a project doesn't have one of the recommended files, you can click the associated Add button to draft and submit a file.
You can create a security policy to give people instructions for reporting security vulnerabilities in your project. For more information, see Adding a security policy to your repository.
To be displayed with a checkmark in the community profile checklist, issue templates must be located in the .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE folder and contain valid name: and about: keys in the YAML frontmatter (for issue templates defined in .md files) or valid name: and description: keys (for issue forms defined in .yml files). For more information, see About issue and pull request templates.
Using the community profile checklist as a community member or collaborator
As a potential contributor, use the community profile checklist to see if a project meets the recommended community standards and decide if you'd like to contribute. For more information, see How to contribute in the Open Source Guides.
If a project doesn't have a recommended file, you can click Propose to draft and submit a file to the repository maintainer for approval.
