diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
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--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-<!-- For GitHub staff: Remember that this is a public repository. -->
+<!--
+    For GitHub staff: Remember that this is a public repository. Do not link to internal resources.
+                      If necessary, link to this PR from an internal issue and include further details there.
+
+    Everyone: Include a summary of the context of this change, what it aims to accomplish, and why you
+              chose the approach you did if applicable. Indicate any open questions you want to answer
+              during the review process and anything you want reviewers to pay particular attention to.
+
+    See https://github.com/github/codeql-action/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md for additional information.
+-->
 
 ### Risk assessment
 
@@ -7,6 +16,44 @@ For internal use only. Please select the risk level of this change:
 - **Low risk:** Changes are fully under feature flags, or have been fully tested and validated in pre-production environments and are highly observable, or are documentation or test only.
 - **High risk:** Changes are not fully under feature flags, have limited visibility and/or cannot be tested outside of production.
 
+#### Which use cases does this change impact?
+
+<!-- Delete options that don't apply. -->
+
+- **Advanced setup** - Impacts users who have custom workflows.
+- **Default setup** - Impacts users who use default setup.
+- **Code Scanning** - Impacts Code Scanning (i.e. `analysis-kinds: code-scanning`).
+- **Code Quality** - Impacts Code Quality (i.e. `analysis-kinds: code-quality`).
+- **Third-party analyses** - Impacts third-party analyses (i.e. `upload-sarif`).
+- **GHES** - Impacts GitHub Enterprise Server.
+
+#### How did/will you validate this change?
+
+<!-- Delete options that don't apply. -->
+
+- **Test repository** - This change will be tested on a test repository before merging.
+- **Unit tests** - I am depending on unit test coverage (i.e. tests in `.test.ts` files).
+- **End-to-end tests** - I am depending on PR checks (i.e. tests in `pr-checks`).
+- **Other** - Please provide details.
+- **None** - I am not validating these changes.
+
+#### If something goes wrong after this change is released, what are the mitigation and rollback strategies?
+
+<!-- Delete strategies that don't apply. -->
+
+- **Feature flags** - All new or changed code paths can be fully disabled with corresponding feature flags.
+- **Rollback** - Change can only be disabled by rolling back the release or releasing a new version with a fix.
+- **Other** - Please provide details.
+
+#### How will you know if something goes wrong after this change is released?
+
+<!-- Delete options that don't apply. -->
+
+- **Telemetry** - I rely on existing telemetry or have made changes to the telemetry.
+    - **Dashboards** - I will watch relevant dashboards for issues after the release. Consider whether this requires this change to be released at a particular time rather than as part of a regular release.
+    - **Alerts** - New or existing monitors will trip if something goes wrong with this change.
+- **Other** - Please provide details.
+
 ### Merge / deployment checklist
 
 - Confirm this change is backwards compatible with existing workflows.