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Documents @mentioning collaborators with repository access in issues to draw attention to comments, alongside related issue links, assignment for responsibility, subscriptions, and issue notification context.

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Mentions Choose mentions when the interaction begins in prose or rich text and the user needs an inline reference that targets a recipient or audience. Typing @ opens a suggestion list scoped to the current workspace, channel, object, permission boundary, and caret location. GitHub issue guidance supports @mentioning collaborators who have access to draw attention to a comment.

Evidence Role

This source is treated as product-example evidence. Use it to validate the decision rules above, not as a visual style reference.

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