PR #84003: chore: move Motivation section above Change Type in PR template

• Repository: openclaw/openclaw
• Author: seraphjiang
• State: closed | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/84003

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Summary

• Problem: The Motivation section appears after Change Type and Scope, making it easy to skip when filling out a PR — reviewers often want to understand why before what.
• Solution: Move Motivation to immediately after Summary, so the first two things a contributor writes are the description and the rationale.
• What changed: Section order in .github/pull_request_template.md only.
• What did NOT change: No section content, wording, or checklist items were modified.

Motivation

Closes #83939. The motivation section is the most important context for reviewers, but it currently sits after two checklists. Moving it up front encourages contributors to articulate why before diving into what type and what scope.

Change Type (select all)

• Docs

Scope (select all touched areas)

• UI / DX

Linked Issue/PR

• Closes #83939

Real behavior proof (required for external PRs)

• Behavior or issue addressed: PR template section order
• Real environment tested: GitHub web UI + local markdown preview
• Exact steps or command run after this patch: Open a new PR in the repo — Motivation now appears as the second section.
• Evidence after fix: Section order in this PR's own template reflects the change.
• Observed result after fix: Motivation is the second section, immediately after Summary.
• What was not tested: N/A (pure template change, no code execution)

Root Cause (if applicable)

N/A — this is a UX improvement, not a bug fix.

Security Impact (required)

• New permissions/capabilities? No
• Secrets/tokens handling changed? No
• New/changed network calls? No
• Command/tool execution surface changed? No
• Data access scope changed? No

Compatibility / Migration

• Backward compatible? Yes
• Config/env changes? No
• Migration needed? No

Risks and Mitigations

• Risk: None — template-only change with no behavioral impact.

Changed files

• .github/pull_request_template.md (modified, +7/-7)

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PR #84098: chore: move Motivation section above Change Type in PR template

• Repository: openclaw/openclaw
• Author: clawsweeper[bot]
• State: closed | merged: True
• Link: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/84098

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Makes https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/84003 merge-ready for the ClawSweeper automerge loop. The edit pass should inspect the live PR diff, review comments, and failing checks; rebase if needed; keep the contributor branch credited; and stop only when validation is green or an external blocker is proven.

ClawSweeper 🐠 replacement reef notes:

• Cluster: automerge-openclaw-openclaw-84003
• Source PRs: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/84003
• Credit: Source PR: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/84003
• Validation: pnpm check:changed
• Replacement reason: ClawSweeper could not update the source PR branch directly, so it opened a writable replacement PR instead.
• Automerge requested by: @Takhoffman

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• Repair fallback: GitHub rejected the repair branch push because it updates workflow files and the ClawSweeper app token does not have workflows permission

Inherited issue-closing references from the source PR: Closes #83939

Co-author credit kept:

• @seraphjiang: Co-authored-by: Huan Jiang [email protected]

fish notes: model gpt-5.5, reasoning high; reviewed against 6c68583faccb.

Changed files

• .github/pull_request_template.md (modified, +6/-6)