Tell us what broke
Every bug, crash, and feature request for Manifest Chess Lite is tracked in the open on GitHub. Anyone can read it. Filing takes a free GitHub account and a few details that make the problem reproducible.
Crashes, a game that will not open, a move that reads wrong, a theme that looks off, and anything you wish the app did instead. All of it belongs here, where it stays visible and you can follow what happens to it.
Search before you file. If your problem is already on the tracker, adding your version and your steps to that thread is worth more than opening a second one.
Most bugs live or die on one thing: whether someone else can make them happen again. These six habits are what turn a report into a fix.
Look through the open issues and the closed ones. A closed issue often already carries the answer, and adding what you are seeing to an open thread helps more than a second copy of it.
Two bugs in one thread means one of them gets lost. File them separately, and link them to each other if they are related.
Exact steps, in order, from opening the app to the moment it went wrong. This is the part that decides whether anyone else can reproduce it.
The app version is in the menu bar under Manifest Chess Lite, then About. Add your macOS version and which Mac you are on.
For anything about a game that will not open, a move that reads wrong, or a file that saves oddly, a small .pgn that shows the problem beats any description. Trim it down to the one game that fails.
A screenshot or a short screen recording settles most questions about the board, the layout, or a theme.
Describe the problem before the solution. What were you trying to do, what got in the way, and what would have made it work? That makes the case on its own, and it leaves room for a better answer than the one you had in mind.
Labels go on once the issue has been read, so you do not need to pick one. If you are looking for somewhere to start contributing, good first issue and help wanted are the two to filter by.
Everything on the tracker is public, and stays public. Some things belong in email for that reason alone.
Keep your email address, your order number, and anything else you would not post in public out of an issue. Send those to us directly.
These need details that should not go on a public thread. Email us, or read the Complaints Policy for how a complaint is handled.
Email us before filing anything public, so the problem can be looked at first.
Ask in the community at r/manifestchess, or just email and we will work out what it is.
No GitHub account, and you would rather not make one? Email hello@manifestchess.com and we will take it from there.
