# Feature Improvement

This **Recommended Template** lets you record potential improvements to existing features to help your team iterate faster.

| Setting                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                           |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name                              | ⬆️ Feature Improvement                                                                                                                                                                |
| Overview                          | Suggest an idea for a way to improve a feature.                                                                                                                                       |
| Description                       | <ul><li><code>What is the current functionality?</code></li><li><code>What problems are you facing with the current feature?</code></li><li><code>What is your idea?</code></li></ul> |
| Repository                        | \<your default repository>                                                                                                                                                            |
| Default labels                    | `bug`                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Default assignees                 | \<add any default assignees>                                                                                                                                                          |
| Default project column            | \<add any project column>                                                                                                                                                             |
| Issue Feed                        | `#feed-feature-improvements`                                                                                                                                                          |
| Create Issue Rooms automatically? | ✅                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Issue Room Prefix                 | `#improvement-`                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Show label field?                 | ✅                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Show assignee field?              | ✅                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Show milestone field?             | ❌                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Show project field?               | ✅                                                                                                                                                                                     |

Here are all of the [Template](https://good-alchemy.gitbook.io/fabric-documentation/reference/templates) settings you can configure:

| Setting                           | Description                                                                                                                                  | Required? |
| --------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| Name                              | The name that issue creators will see when selecting a template.                                                                             | Yes       |
| Overview                          | The template overview that issue creators will see when selecting a template.                                                                | Yes       |
| Description                       | The default text that will show in the body field once a template is selected.                                                               | Yes       |
| Repository                        | The GitHub repository to create issues in.                                                                                                   | Yes       |
| Default labels                    | The labels Fabric will automatically apply to each new issue.                                                                                | No        |
| Default assignees                 | The assignees Fabric will automatically add to each new issue.                                                                               | No        |
| Default project column            | The project column Fabric will send each new issue to.                                                                                       | No        |
| Issue Feed                        | The Slack channel that new issues will be sent to.                                                                                           | No        |
| Create Issue Rooms automatically? | Whether or not to create an Issue Room for each new issue.                                                                                   | No        |
| Issue Room Prefix                 | Choose a prefix for your Issue Rooms for this Template. ex. choosing `bug` will create channels in the format `#bug-1234--typo-on-homepage`. | No        |
| Show label field?                 | Whether to show the label field in the issue message.                                                                                        | No        |
| Show assignee field?              | Whether to show the assignees field in the issue message.                                                                                    | No        |
| Show milestone field?             | Whether to show the milestone field in the issue message.                                                                                    | No        |
| Show project field?               | Whether to show the project column field in the issue message.                                                                               | No        |

{% content-ref url="../reference/templates" %}
[templates](https://good-alchemy.gitbook.io/fabric-documentation/reference/templates)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../guides/setting-up-your-first-templates" %}
[setting-up-your-first-templates](https://good-alchemy.gitbook.io/fabric-documentation/guides/setting-up-your-first-templates)
{% endcontent-ref %}
