# Collaboration brief — reusable template

**Project / working title:**

**Proposer and contact channel:**

**Public or private?** Do not place sensitive information in public GitHub issues.

## What problem are we solving?

Describe a specific user need, publication question or technical defect. Link publicly available evidence where appropriate.

## What exists already?

Identify prior work, tested prototypes, relevant links, software licences and unresolved questions.

## Proposed contribution

State the smallest verifiable action, expected output, acceptance criteria, and what you can provide.

## Ownership, credit and permissions

Describe authorship, third-party licences, contribution attribution, consent and whether the proposed material can be published.

## Review and next steps

Who needs to review it? How will success be tested? What would cause a no-publish or no-merge decision?

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This template is dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Source: https://danielkhan.org/workshop/collaboration-brief/ — not legal advice.