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, seeAccessing 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, seeBuilding community in the Open Source Guides.

If a project doesn't have one of the recommended files, you can click the associatedAdd 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, seeAdding 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 validname: andabout: keys in the YAML frontmatter (for issue templates defined in.md files) or validname: anddescription: keys (for issue forms defined in.yml files). For more information, seeAbout 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, seeHow to contribute in the Open Source Guides.

If a project doesn't have a recommended file, you can clickPropose to draft and submit a file to the repository maintainer for approval.

Further reading

• Adding a code of conduct to your project
• Setting guidelines for repository contributors
• Adding a license to a repository
• About issue and pull request templates
• Open Source Guides
• GitHub Skills