diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml
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+name: Implementation bug
+description: Report reproducible behavior in this implementation.
+title: "[bug] "
+labels: ["bug"]
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: Do not include credentials, private topology, production records, task payloads, personal data, or unmitigated vulnerabilities.
+  - type: textarea
+    id: observed
+    attributes:
+      label: Observed behavior
+      description: Describe the behavior using a local, test, or disposable environment.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: expected
+    attributes:
+      label: Expected behavior
+      description: Link the applicable specification, public contract, or documentation when possible.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: reproduction
+    attributes:
+      label: Content-free reproduction
+      description: Provide minimal steps, a failing test, or sanitized fixtures.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: environment
+    attributes:
+      label: Released version and environment
+      description: Include the released component version, runtime/toolchain, operating system, and relevant non-sensitive configuration.
+    validations:
+      required: true
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
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+blank_issues_enabled: false
+contact_links:
+  - name: Protocol or cross-component proposal
+    url: https://github.com/RobLe3/IICP/issues/new?template=protocol-proposal.yml
+    about: Propose normative or ecosystem-wide changes in the public protocol repository.
+  - name: Community discussion
+    url: https://iicp.network/forum/
+    about: Discuss use cases and questions that are not yet actionable implementation work.
+  - name: Security vulnerability
+    url: https://github.com/RobLe3/iicp-web-node/security/advisories/new
+    about: Report vulnerabilities privately. Do not disclose them in a public issue.
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation.yml
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+name: Documentation defect
+description: Report unclear, stale, contradictory, or inaccessible implementation documentation.
+title: "[docs] "
+labels: ["documentation"]
+body:
+  - type: input
+    id: location
+    attributes:
+      label: Document and section
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: problem
+    attributes:
+      label: Problem and reader impact
+      description: Explain the concrete decision, command, or behavior that becomes unclear.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: correction
+    attributes:
+      label: Suggested correction or authoritative evidence