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 name: Epic
 about: Create a new Epic
 labels: kind/epic
+title: <Epic> - Title
 ---
 
 <!-- markdownlint-disable MD041 -->
-**Description**
-This is a short text that just acts as an example for your epic. Please be as precise and verbose as required, so that people understand what larger picture the epic should frame.
+<!-- This is a short text that just acts as an example for your epic. Please be as precise and verbose as required, so that people understand what larger picture the epic should frame. -->
+## Goal
+
+Describe the overall objective and value proposition
+<!--  -->
+As a [user type],
+I want [capability/feature],
+so that [business value/benefit]
+
+## Scope
+
+### In Scope
+
+List features/capabilities that are part of this epic
+
+- 
+
+### Out of Scope
+
+List explicitly what will not be included
+
+- 
+
+## User Stories
+List the main user stories that make up this epic. Each should later be created as separate issues and linked (just mention the number of the related user stories here (if in another repo add org and repo as prefix, e.g. open-component-model/ocm#1105), it will appear as clickable link later)
+- #1242 
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+List the high-level conditions that must be met for this epic to be considered complete
+- [ ] Criteria 1
+- [ ] Criteria 2
+
+## Additional Links and Notes