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+(Optional) When submitting an Issue, please consider using a "deep research" tool to sanity check your proposal. Then **before** submission, run your draft through a strong model with a prompt such as:
+
+> "Please review the AGENTS.md and README.md along with this draft Issue and check that it does not have any gaps — why it might be insufficient, incomplete, lacking a concrete example, duplicating prior issues or PRs, or not be aligned with the project goals or non‑goals."
+
+(Optional)  Please then attach both the prompt and the model's review to the bottom of this template under "Augmented Intelligence Review". 
+
+---
+
+## Describe the Issue or Feature Request
+
+**Title**:  
+*A short, descriptive title*
+
+**What happened / What you expected**:  
+*Please provide plenty of text*
+
+**Steps to reproduce** (for bugs):  
+1.  
+2.  
+3.  
+
+**Suggested solution / feature description**:  
+*Please ensure that they align with the stated goals and non-goals of the project*
+
+**Additional context / logs / screenshots**:  
+*screenshots and traces last, please ensure the details above work for anyone, and use this section for your specifics. 
+
+**(Optional) Augmented Intelligence Review**: 
+*Both prompt and model out, asking a strong model to double-check your submission, from the perspective of a maintainer of this repo* 
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+(Optional) When submitting an PR, please consider using a "deep research" tool to sanity check your proposal. Then **before** submission, run your draft through a strong model with a prompt such as:
+
+> "Please review the AGENTS.md and README.md along with this draft PR and check that it does not have any gaps — why it might be insufficient, incomplete, lacking a concrete example, duplicating prior issues or PRs, or not be aligned with the project goals or non‑goals."
+
+(Optional)  Please then attach both the prompt and the model's review to the bottom of this template under "Augmented Intelligence Review". 
+
+---
+## What changed
+
+- A summary of the changes in this PR
+
+## Why this change is needed
+
+- Motivation / context
+
+## How were these changes tested
+
+- Test plan / manual testing / automated tests etc.
+
+## Checklist
+
+- [ ] Code builds / passes tests  
+- [ ] New tests added if needed
+- [ ] Update to use `CODING_STYLE_LLM.md` convensions
+- [ ] Documentation updated if needed  
+- [ ] `AGENTS.md` updated if appropriate
+
+**(Optional) Augmented Intelligence Review**: 
+*Both prompt and model out, asking a strong model to double-check your submission, from the perspective of a maintainer of this repo* 
+