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 Before you commit any changes, check your work against these requirements:
 
 - All communication to external devices or services must be wrapped in an external Python library hosted on [pypi](https://pypi.python.org/pypi).
+  - Issue trackers must be enabled for external Python libraries that has communication with external devices or services.
+  - If the library is mainly used for Home Assistant and you are a code owner of the integration it is encouraged to use an issue template picker with links to [Home Assistant Core Issues](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues). For example: [zwave-js-server-python - New Issue](https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/zwave-js-server-python/issues/new/choose)
 - New dependencies are added to `requirements_all.txt` (if applicable), using `python3 -m script.gen_requirements_all`
 - New codeowners are added to `CODEOWNERS` (if applicable), using `python3 -m script.hassfest`
 - The `.coveragerc` file is updated to exclude your platform if there are no tests available or your new code uses a third-party library for communication with the device, service, or sensor. `config_flow.py` can't be excluded as it must be fully tested (100% coverage).