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Creating a team discussion

Any organization member can create a public team discussion post. To create a private team discussion post, you must be a member of the team or an organization owner.

Private posts are only visible to team members and organization owners, and public posts are visible to all members of the organization. For more information, see "About team discussions."

  1. In the upper-right corner of GitHub, select your profile photo, then click Your organizations.

  2. Click the name of your organization.

  3. Under your organization name, click Teams.

    Screenshot of the horizontal navigation bar for an organization. A tab, labeled with the people icon and "Teams," is outlined in dark orange.

  4. Click the name of the team.

  5. At the top of the team's page, click Discussions.

    Screenshot of the header of a team's page. A tab, labeled with a comment icon and "Discussions", is outlined in dark orange.

  6. Type a team discussion title and a comment to start a conversation.

  7. Optionally, select whether you want your post to be private or public using the drop-down menu.

  8. Click Comment.

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