diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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+# Code owners for And Voila
+* @ambi-dar @rradice13 @srizvi
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diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/project_issue.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/project_issue.yml
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+name: 🛠 Project Issue
+description: Got a project issue? Let's sort it out.
+title: 'issue: '
+labels: ['🔧 project issue']
+assignees: ['srizvi']
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        Hey team, let's get this sorted.
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: What's up?
+      description: Give us the lowdown. Why's this an issue?
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: What's the plan?
+      description: Got a solution in mind? Share it here.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: What's the current state of play?
+      description: Any other info or links? Pop them here.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: What's the goal?
+      description: What are we aiming for? Let's visualize the win.
+    validations:
+      required: true
diff --git a/.github/labels.yml b/.github/labels.yml
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+- name: '🚧 blocked'
+  color: 'D93F0B'
+  description: 'This issue is blocked by something else'
+- name: '🏗️ build'
+  color: 'FEF2C0'
+  description: 'Changes that affect the build system or external dependencies.'
+- name: '🔧 chore'
+  color: '420663'
+  description: 'Regular code maintenance.'
+- name: '📝 content'
+  color: 'E99695'
+  description: 'Issues related to creating or updating content.'
+- name: '❌ decided against'
+  color: 'B60205'
+  description: 'Stuff that we reviewed and decided not to do'
+- name: '🔗 dependencies'
+  color: 'cfd3d7'
+  description: 'Pull requests that update a dependency file.'
+- name: '📚 docs'
+  color: 'E99695'
+  description: 'For issues related to the docs site.'
+- name: '📖 documentation'
+  color: 'F9D0C4'
+  description: 'Improvements or additions to documentation.'
+- name: '🔍 dupe'
+  color: 'FEF2C0'
+  description: 'This issue or pull request already exists.'
+- name: '✨ feat'
+  color: 'C2E0C6'
+  description: 'New feature or request.'
+- name: '🔨 fix'
+  color: 'D93F0B'
+  description: "Something isn't working."
+- name: '🙋 help'
+  color: 'BFDADC'
+  description: 'Extra attention is needed.'
+- name: '💡 idea'
+  color: 'C5DEF5'
+  description: 'A possible idea or for future reference.'
+- name: '⚡ perf'
+  color: 'C5DEF5'
+  description: 'A code change that improves performance.'
+- name: '📝 planning'
+  color: '46FD25'
+  description: 'For research, scoping, and planning tasks'
+- name: '🔧 project issue'
+  color: 'D93F0B'
+  description: 'Issues related to project management or organization.'
+- name: '🔧 refactor'
+  color: 'D4C5F9'
+  description: 'A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature.'
+- name: '🔖 reference'
+  color: '5319E7'
+  description: 'Something to review or consider in the future.'
+- name: '↩️ revert'
+  color: 'B60205'
+  description: 'Reverts a previous commit.'
+- name: '🎨 style'
+  color: 'D9FDB3'
+  description: 'Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code.'
+- name: '🧪 test'
+  color: '068E45'
+  description: 'Adding missing or correcting existing tests.'
+- name: '❌ wontfix'
+  color: 'ffffff'
+  description: 'This will not be worked on'