.github/workflows/scripts.yml

@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ jobs:
           # Analyze each file separately: recursive analysis can crash inside 1.25.0.
           foreach($script in Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath build -Recurse -File | Where-Object Extension -In '.ps1', '.psm1', '.psd1')
           {
-             $findings = @(Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path $script.FullName -Settings ./PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1)
+             # Run casing separately: the combined analyzer pass crashes in 1.25.0.
+             # Both passes together retain every configured rule and severity.
+             $findings = @(
+                Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path $script.FullName -Settings ./PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1 -IncludeRule PSUseCorrectCasing
+                Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path $script.FullName -Settings ./PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1 -ExcludeRule PSUseCorrectCasing
+             )
              if($findings.Count -gt 0) { $findings | Format-Table; throw "Script analysis failed: $($script.Name)" }
           }
       - name: Verify script boundary tests

README.md

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ The command-line tool ships in each release as a self-contained single-file
   startup update check on or off. Choices are saved immediately.
 - **Help → Activity log:** a live view of the app's log, with an errors-only filter and a
   shortcut to the log folder.
+- **Help → View on GitHub / Submit an issue… / Community support…:** this app's repository, bug/feature templates and GitHub Discussions.
 - **Help → Check for updates** and **Help → About**.
 <!--#if (cli) -->
 - **Command line:** `kof22-app greet --name Ada`, `kof22-app --version`, `kof22-app --help`.

TEMPLATE.md

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ repository files, and the shared CI, security, and release workflows. It impleme
 
 This file is not copied into generated apps.
 
+## Default Help menu
+
+Generated apps include gclo's repository, issue-template and community-support
+commands. Their URLs use the generated `AppInfo.RepositoryUrl`, so `--owner` and
+`-n` point to the new project. Repository setup enables and validates GitHub
+Discussions; this is required for Community support to work.
+
 ## Create an app
 
 ```powershell

build/GitHubRepository.Tests.ps1

@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ Describe 'Generated repository administration' `
          @($script:Writes | Where-Object { $_ -match 'POST|environments/release$' }).Count | Should -Be 0
       }
 
+      It 'requires community Discussions and detects disabled support without writing' `
+      {
+         Invoke-GitHubRepositorySetup -Plan $script:Plan -Mode Apply -CheckSha ('a' * 40) -Confirm:$false
+         $script:State[$script:Root].has_discussions | Should -BeTrue
+         $script:State[$script:Root].has_discussions = $false
+         $script:Writes.Clear()
+         { Invoke-GitHubRepositorySetup -Plan $script:Plan -Mode Validate } | Should -Throw '*Configuration mismatch: repos/Example/Notes*'
+         $script:Writes.Count | Should -Be 0
+      }
+
       It 'previews all mutations without writing' `
       {
          Invoke-GitHubRepositorySetup -Plan $script:Plan -Mode Apply -CheckSha ('a' * 40) -WhatIf

build/GitHubRepository.psm1

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function Get-GitHubRepositoryPlan
       @{ Method = 'PATCH'; Path = $root; Body = @{
             allow_squash_merge = $true; allow_merge_commit = $false; allow_rebase_merge = $false
             squash_merge_commit_title = 'PR_TITLE'; squash_merge_commit_message = 'PR_BODY'
-            delete_branch_on_merge = $true; has_issues = $true; has_wiki = $false
+            delete_branch_on_merge = $true; has_issues = $true; has_discussions = $true; has_wiki = $false
             homepage              = "https://github.com/$Repository#readme"
             security_and_analysis = @{
                secret_scanning = @{ status = 'enabled' }; secret_scanning_push_protection = @{ status = 'enabled' }

src/Kof22App.Core/AppIdentity.cs

@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ public static class AppIdentity
 
 
 
+   /// <summary>The app's bug/feature templates, independent of any upstream project credited in About.</summary>
+   public static Uri IssuesUrl { get; } = new(Info.RepositoryUrl!.AbsoluteUri.TrimEnd('/') + "/issues/new/choose");
+
+
+
+   /// <summary>Community questions and tips in the app's own repository.</summary>
+   public static Uri SupportUrl { get; } = new(Info.RepositoryUrl!.AbsoluteUri.TrimEnd('/') + "/discussions");
+
+
+
    /// <summary>Loads and saves <see cref="AppSettings"/> at <see cref="AppPaths.SettingsFile"/>.</summary>
    public static SettingsStore<AppSettings> SettingsStore { get; } = new(Paths.SettingsFile, AppSettingsContext.Default.AppSettings);
 

src/Kof22App/MainWindow.Help.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 James Maes
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
+
+
+namespace Kof22App;
+
+/// <summary>Opens only the app's fixed public Help destinations after deliberate native menu actions.</summary>
+public sealed partial class MainWindow
+{
+   /// <summary>Shows this Windows app's repository in the user's default browser.</summary>
+   private async void GitHub_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) => await OpenHelpPageAsync(AppIdentity.Info.RepositoryUrl!);
+
+
+
+   /// <summary>Offers the app's issue templates without sending private document data.</summary>
+   private async void SubmitIssue_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) => await OpenHelpPageAsync(AppIdentity.IssuesUrl);
+
+
+
+   /// <summary>Opens community questions and tips in this app's repository.</summary>
+   private async void CommunitySupport_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) => await OpenHelpPageAsync(AppIdentity.SupportUrl);
+
+
+
+   /// <summary>A missing browser or OS launch failure is visible; no document path/content is included.</summary>
+   private async Task OpenHelpPageAsync(Uri target)
+   {
+      try
+      {
+         if(!await global::Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(target))
+         {
+            StatusText.Text = "The link could not be opened. Check your default browser.";
+         }
+      }
+      catch(Exception exception) when(exception is System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException or InvalidOperationException or ArgumentException)
+      {
+         StatusText.Text = "The link could not be opened. Check your default browser.";
+         App.Log.Warning(FormattableString.Invariant($"A Help link could not be opened ({exception.GetType().Name}, 0x{exception.HResult:X8})."));
+      }
+   }
+}

src/Kof22App/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@
             <ToggleMenuFlyoutItem x:Name="SplashToggle" Text="Show splash at startup" Click="Splash_Click" />
             <ToggleMenuFlyoutItem x:Name="UpdateCheckToggle" Text="Check for updates at startup" Click="UpdateCheck_Click" />
          </MenuBarItem>
-         <MenuBarItem Title="Help">
+         <MenuBarItem Title="Help" AccessKey="H">
+            <MenuFlyoutItem Text="View on GitHub" AccessKey="G" AutomationProperties.AutomationId="MenuGitHub" Click="GitHub_Click" />
+            <MenuFlyoutItem Text="Submit an issue…" AccessKey="I" AutomationProperties.AutomationId="MenuSubmitIssue" ToolTipService.ToolTip="Report a bug or request a feature on GitHub" Click="SubmitIssue_Click" />
+            <MenuFlyoutItem Text="Community support…" AccessKey="S" AutomationProperties.AutomationId="MenuCommunitySupport" ToolTipService.ToolTip="Ask a question or share tips in GitHub Discussions" Click="CommunitySupport_Click" />
+            <MenuFlyoutSeparator />
             <MenuFlyoutItem x:Name="CheckForUpdatesMenuItem" Text="Check for updates" Click="CheckForUpdates_Click" />
             <MenuFlyoutItem x:Name="ActivityLogMenuItem" Text="Activity log" Click="ActivityLog_Click" />
             <MenuFlyoutSeparator />

tests/Kof22App.Core.Tests/AppIdentityTests.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ public class AppIdentityTests
       Assert.EndsWith("_DATA_DIR", AppIdentity.Info.DataDirectoryVariable, StringComparison.Ordinal);
       Assert.NotNull(AppIdentity.Info.RepositoryUrl);
       Assert.NotEmpty(AppIdentity.Info.Attributions);
+      Assert.Equal("https://github.com/KofTwentyTwo/windows-app-template/issues/new/choose", AppIdentity.IssuesUrl.AbsoluteUri);
+      Assert.Equal("https://github.com/KofTwentyTwo/windows-app-template/discussions", AppIdentity.SupportUrl.AbsoluteUri);
    }
 
 

tests/Kof22App.UiTests/AppSession.cs

@@ -151,7 +151,12 @@ public sealed class AppSession : IDisposable
    /// expand (its flyout opens before the menu is ready), so the menu is re-opened
    /// until the item appears.
    /// </summary>
-   public void InvokeMenuItem(string menuName, string itemAutomationId)
+   public void InvokeMenuItem(string menuName, string itemAutomationId) => Invoke(OpenMenuItem(menuName, itemAutomationId));
+
+
+
+   /// <summary>Opens an owned native menu and returns its item without launching an external destination.</summary>
+   public AutomationElement OpenMenuItem(string menuName, string itemAutomationId)
    {
       MainWindow.SetForeground();
       AutomationElement menu = WaitFor(
@@ -171,7 +176,7 @@ public sealed class AppSession : IDisposable
          Wait.UntilInputIsProcessed();
          item = Retry.WhileNull(() => FindInApp(cf => cf.ByAutomationId(itemAutomationId)), timeout: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3), interval: s_pollInterval, ignoreException: true).Result;
       }
-      Invoke(item ?? throw new TimeoutException($"Menu item '{itemAutomationId}' never appeared under '{menuName}'. (app exited: {App.HasExited})"));
+      return item ?? throw new TimeoutException($"Menu item '{itemAutomationId}' never appeared under '{menuName}'. (app exited: {App.HasExited})");
    }
 
 

tests/Kof22App.UiTests/AppTests.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,23 @@ public class AppTests
 
 
 
+   /// <summary>The real Help menu exposes the app's repository, issue reporting and community commands without launching a browser.</summary>
+   [Fact]
+   public void Help_PublicDestinations_AreAvailableInTheNativeMenu()
+   {
+      using var session = new AppSession();
+      _ = session.OpenMenuItem("Help", "MenuGitHub");
+      foreach((string identity, string label) in new[] { ("MenuGitHub", "GitHub"), ("MenuSubmitIssue", "issue"), ("MenuCommunitySupport", "support") })
+      {
+         AutomationElement item = session.WaitForElement(identity);
+         Assert.True(item.IsEnabled);
+         Assert.False(item.IsOffscreen);
+         Assert.Contains(label, item.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /// <summary>About: shows the build version.</summary>
    [Fact]
    public void About_ShowsTheBuildVersion()