GitHub Discussions documentation
GitHub Discussions is a collaborative communication forum for the community around an open source or internal project. Community members can ask and answer questions, share updates, have open-ended conversations, and follow along on decisions affecting the community's way of working.
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Use discussions to ask and answer questions, share information, make announcements, and conduct or participate in a conversation about a project.
Participating in a discussion
You can converse with the community and maintainers in a forum within the repository for a project on GitHub.
Moderating discussions
You can promote healthy collaboration by marking comments as answers, locking or unlocking discussions, converting issues to discussions, and editing or deleting comments, discussions, and categories that don't align with your community's code of conduct.
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Granting higher permissions to top contributors
Repository administrators can promote any community member to a moderator and maintainer.
Best practices for community conversations on GitHub
You can use discussions to brainstorm with your team, and eventually move the conversation to an issue when you are ready to scope out the work.
Finding your discussions
You can easily access every discussion you've created or participated in.
Collaborating with maintainers using discussions
You can contribute to the goals, plans, health, and community for a project on GitHub by communicating with the maintainers of the project in a discussion.
About discussions
Use discussions to ask and answer questions, share information, make announcements, and conduct or participate in a conversation about a project.
Participating in a discussion
You can converse with the community and maintainers in a forum within the repository for a project on GitHub.
Moderating discussions
You can promote healthy collaboration by marking comments as answers, locking or unlocking discussions, converting issues to discussions, and editing or deleting comments, discussions, and categories that don't align with your community's code of conduct.