inspector/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
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docs: replace the markdown bug template with GitHub issue forms (#1894)
* docs: replace the markdown bug template with issue forms (#1844)

Issues are the only intake channel now that external pull requests are off
(#1820), so the chooser is where the contribution policy has to be stated —
GitHub gives a would-be contributor no explanation when the "New pull request"
button isn't there.

The one existing template was a legacy **markdown** template, whose fields are
prose headings a reporter can delete or ignore. Most reports still arrive
missing the client and the transport, which are the two facts that decide where
to look. Issue forms enforce them: this replaces `bug_report.md` with
`1-bug_report.yml`, where client (web/cli/tui/core), version line (v1/v2),
Inspector version, Node version, transport, MCP server, repro, expected, and
actual are all `validations.required`. It auto-labels `bug`, and its intro says
maintainers implement the fix, so a prompt plus screenshots beats a diff —
with a field for exactly that.

Adds `2-feature_request.yml` (auto-labels `enhancement`), which puts the
problem statement first and marks the solution optional, since the problem is
what survives when a specific solution turns out not to fit.

Neither form applies a `v1`/`v2` label: GitHub can't map a form answer to a
label, so the version line is a required dropdown and a maintainer still labels
at triage. v1 takes security fixes only, so routing that answer early is the
point.

`config.yml` disables blank issues and carries the contact links. **There is
deliberately no security *template*** — a template still opens a public issue,
which is precisely what a vulnerability report must not do. The redirect is a
contact link straight to the private advisory form (`/security/advisories/new`,
verified enabled on this repo) plus one to `SECURITY.md`, which covers the v1
line too. The remaining links deflect the recurring misfiled classes: the
specification repo and the TypeScript SDK for reports that aren't about this
tool, the docs site, the contribution policy, and `#inspector-dev`.

Also fixes three links the #1884 rename left dangling — `SECURITY.md` and the
PR template still pointed at `CONTRIBUTORS.md`, which no longer exists on this
branch. A policy nobody can open is the same as no policy.

Validated against GitHub's issue-forms schema (unique ids, allowed `type`s,
`markdown` blocks carrying no `id`/`validations`, `checkboxes` marking
`required` per option rather than under `validations`).

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: address Copilot review on the issue forms (#1844)

- PR template said `v2` targets `main`; the v2 base branch is `v2/main`.
  Correct on its face, and the one line in that template a reader acts on.
- Scoped the Node floor on the bug form to v2, since the form serves both
  lines and v1's floor is older — reading `>= 22.19.0` as universal would
  make a legitimate v1 report look out of support.
- Both the CONTRIBUTING.md paragraph and the AGENTS.md section now say the
  chooser is served from the **default branch**, so neither claims a form
  added on `v2/main` is live before the milestone merge.

* docs: re-wrap the CONTRIBUTING chooser paragraph (#1844)

Round-2 Copilot nit: the previous wrap left a dangling "The" at end of
line, splitting a phrase mid-sentence in the raw markdown.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: clarify the protocol-era prompt on the bug form (#1844)

Round-3 Copilot nit. "the protocol era (legacy / modern) if you selected
one" reads as referring to a field on this form, which has none — the era is
selected on the *connection*, in the Inspector's server settings. Reworded to
"the protocol era you connected with (auto / legacy / modern)", which also
picks up `auto`, the default the previous list omitted.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: stop describing the feature form as sharing the bug form's fields (#1844)

Round-4 Copilot nits, and it was right three times over — I had described
"client, version line, transport" as the required set for *both* forms in
CONTRIBUTING.md, AGENTS.md, and the config.yml header. The feature form has
neither a version-line dropdown nor a transport field, and cannot have the
first: v1 takes security fixes only, so a feature request is v2 by
construction.

Each of the three now distinguishes the two forms rather than generalizing
from the bug form.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: declare v2 statically on the feature form (#1844)

Round-5 Copilot nit caught a real contradiction: the AGENTS.md paragraph said
no form can apply a version label, then asserted the feature form "is always
labeled v2". Both halves can't be true.

Resolved in the direction that makes the claim true rather than softer. A
form's `labels:` is static, which is only an obstacle when the value depends
on a reporter's answer — and for the feature form it doesn't: v1 takes security
fixes only, so a feature request is v2 by construction. So it now declares
`["enhancement", "v2"]` outright, which also satisfies AGENTS.md's
label-at-create-time rule without a triage step.

The bug form still can't, and shouldn't: its version line is genuinely the
reporter's to answer.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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# Issue chooser configuration.
#
# Blank issues are disabled so every report lands in a form. The bug form
# requires the facts triage needs first (client, version line, transport); the
# feature form requires the client and a problem statement, and is v2-only.
#
# Security reports are deliberately a *contact link* rather than a template:
# a template would still open a public issue, which is exactly what a
# vulnerability report must not do. These links leave GitHub's issue flow and
# go straight to the private advisory form. See SECURITY.md.
blank_issues_enabled: false
contact_links:
- name: 🔒 Security vulnerability (v1 or v2) — report privately
url: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/security/advisories/new
about: >
Never report a vulnerability in a public issue. Private vulnerability
reporting is enabled on this repository — this link opens the advisory
form, which is the fastest route to a maintainer. v1 is deprecated and
takes security fixes only, so this is the channel for a v1 security
issue.
- name: 📜 Security policy (supported versions, what to include)
url: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/blob/main/SECURITY.md
about: >
Which versions are supported, how reports are handled, and what to
include in one.
- name: 🤝 Contribution policy — why there is no "New pull request"
url: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
about: >
This repository accepts issues, not pull requests — maintainers do the
implementation. If you already built a change locally, open an issue and
share the prompt you used rather than a diff.
- name: 📖 MCP documentation
url: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
about: >
Guides and reference for the Model Context Protocol itself. Start here
for "how does MCP work" questions.
- name: 📐 MCP specification — protocol questions and proposals
url: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/issues
about: >
If the behavior you're reporting is defined by the protocol rather than
by this tool, file it against the specification repository instead.
- name: 🧰 MCP TypeScript SDK
url: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues
about: >
The Inspector is built on the TypeScript SDK. If the bug reproduces
against the SDK directly (outside the Inspector), file it there.
- name: 💬 MCP Contributor Discord (#inspector-dev)
url: https://discord.gg/6CSzBmMkjX
about: >
Questions, usage help, and day-to-day Inspector development discussion.
Also where to say hello if you'd like to work on the Inspector with us.