How to understand GitHub saved replies

What this covers

Saved replies cut repetitive typing when you answer the same kinds of issues and pull requests. This page is the conceptual overview from About saved replies; the create / edit / delete / use flows live in the sibling how-tos.

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    Settings["User Account Settings -> Saved Replies"] --> Create["Define Title & Template Content"]
    Create --> Comment["Open Issue or PR Comment Box"]
    Comment --> Insert["Select Saved Reply or Press Ctrl+."]

How saved replies work

• You author a title plus body once under your account Settings.
• The reply is yours personally, not per repository.
• After it exists, you can insert it while commenting on issues, pull requests, and discussions in any repository or organization you can comment in.
• Maximum: 100 saved replies. At the limit, delete unused ones or edit existing replies.

Built-in duplicate reply

GitHub provides a Duplicate issue saved reply you can use to mark an issue as a duplicate and point at a similar issue.

Where to go next

• Creating a saved reply
• Using saved replies
• Editing a saved reply
• Deleting a saved reply