arcade-mcp/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
Eric Gustin d6200c9d53
chore: add PR template aligned with engineering standards (#835)
## Summary

Adds a PR template at `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md` encoding the 6
hard gates and section scaffolding from the 2026-04-24 engineering
announcement ("What a Good Pull Request Looks Like"), and lightly
updates `CONTRIBUTING.md` to point at it. The repo had no PR template;
recent PR descriptions have been inconsistent in structure and ticket
linking.

Resolves: _(driven by the 2026-04-24 engineering announcement; no Linear
ticket but happy to file one if preferred)_

## Design decisions

- Single template, not a multi-template directory.

## Scope

In scope:
- `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md` (new)
- `CONTRIBUTING.md` "Pull Request Guidelines" section (additive update;
existing 3 bullets preserved)

Not in scope:
- CI enforcement of template fields or ticket-linking

## Author checklist

- [x] `make check`/`make test` n/a — no Python touched; pre-commit hooks
pass
- [x] Reviewed my own diff top-to-bottom
- [x] I'd merge it myself

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Summary

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Design decisions

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Author checklist

Before moving this PR from Draft to Ready for Review:

  • Linked to a Linear ticket or GitHub issue (above)
  • I understand every change in the diff — not "an agent wrote it, I'm not sure why"
  • Runs locally, exercised through the end-user path (not just unit tests)
  • make check and make test are green locally; CI is expected to pass
  • I've pulled the branch fresh and reviewed my own diff top-to-bottom
  • I'd merge it myself if a teammate said LGTM right now