diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f538ab
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+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+### Summary
+<!-- Provide a clear explanation of why these changes were made and the problem they solve. -->
+
+### Key Changes
+<!-- Provide a bulleted list of modified modules/files and what was updated. -->
+- 
+
+### Verification
+<!-- Document successful test/run commands executed during verification (e.g. ./pants lint ::). -->
+- 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92262a2..11d261a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ I manage this monorepo using **Pantsbuild (Pants)**, targeting **Python 3.10.x**
 ```text
 data-engineering/
 ├── .github/
-│   └── workflows/
-│       └── ai-review.yml      # CI pipeline for automated AI code reviews
+│   ├── workflows/
+│   │   └── ai-review.yml      # CI pipeline for automated AI code reviews
+│   └── pull_request_template.md # Template for standardizing PR descriptions
 ├── .gitignore                 # Python, Pants, and OS ignore rules
 ├── .pre-commit-config.yaml    # Configures the local pre-commit hook
 ├── .python-version            # Sets project-local Python to 3.10.9
diff --git a/agents.md b/agents.md
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--- a/agents.md
+++ b/agents.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ This repository is a **Python Data Engineering Monorepo** managed by the **Pants
 
 ### Project Structure
 * `.github/workflows/ai-review.yml`: Automated Gemini AI PR reviewer workflow on GitHub Actions.
+* `.github/pull_request_template.md`: Template for standardizing PR descriptions.
 * `.pre-commit-config.yaml`: Pre-commit hooks configuration to run `./pants fmt` and `./pants lint` locally.
 * `3rdparty/`: Contains requirements (`requirements.txt`) and Pants lockfiles (`user_reqs.lock`).
 * `projects/essentials/`: First sub-project (derived generic implementation from *Hello Modern Data Pipelines*, Chapter 2).