From acc54987fa009e9a3f15b66feeede5f0a45e8372 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mason Daugherty <mason@langchain.dev>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:08:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update PR template (#36918)

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 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index c64f571ecb6..ef903ab111d 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Fixes #
 
-<!-- Replace everything above this line with a 1-2 sentence description of your change. Keep the "Fixes #xx" keyword and update the issue number. -->
+---
+
+<!-- Keep the `Fixes #xx` keyword at the very top and update the issue number — this auto-closes the issue on merge. Replace this comment with a 1-2 sentence description of your change. No `# Summary` header; the description is the summary. -->
 
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