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@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ triage role. The initial expectation is that the person in the role for the week
 
 Review and label [open issues missing either the `enhancement`, `bug`, or `docs` label](https://github.com/cli/cli/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+-label%3Abug%2Cenhancement%2Cdocs+).
 
+Any issue that is accepted to be done as either an `enhancement`, `bug`, or `docs` requires explicit Acceptance Criteria in a comment on the issue before it is triaged.
+
 To be considered triaged, `enhancement` issues require at least one of the following additional labels:
 
 - `core`: reserved for the core CLI team