diff --git a/.github/workflows/app-build-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/app-build-verify.yml
index f0c5e15..bba0afd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/app-build-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/app-build-verify.yml
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ jobs:
         startsWith(inputs.runner-os, 'ubuntu')
         && contains(fromJSON('["", "Linux"]'), inputs.target-platform)
         && contains(fromJSON('["", "system", "appimage"]'), inputs.target-format)
-      uses: docker/login-action@v4.1.0
+      uses: docker/login-action@v4.2.0
       with:
         registry: ghcr.io
         username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ jobs:
         startsWith(inputs.runner-os, 'ubuntu')
         && contains(fromJSON('["", "Linux"]'), inputs.target-platform)
         && contains(fromJSON('["", "system", "appimage"]'), inputs.target-format)
-      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4.0.0
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4.1.0
 
     - name: Docker Caching Configuration
       id: docker
diff --git a/.github/workflows/app-create-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/app-create-verify.yml
index 2a51e98..c013b56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/app-create-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/app-create-verify.yml
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ jobs:
           **/pyproject.toml
           .pre-commit-config.yaml
 
+    - name: Update pip
+      run: python -m pip install -U pip
+
     - name: Install Dependencies
-      # must install before Briefcase below since requirements.txt contains an entry for Briefcase
-      run: python -m pip install -Ur ./briefcase-template/requirements.txt
+      run: python -m pip install --group './briefcase-template/pyproject.toml:create-verify'
 
     - name: Get Briefcase Package
       # Briefcase will build and package itself in a previous step in its CI
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pr-template.yml b/.github/workflows/check-pr-template.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9196bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pr-template.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: PR Checklist
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, edited, reopened, synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  check-pr-template:
+    name: Check PR template
+    uses: beeware/.github/.github/workflows/pr-checklist.yml@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
index e23e231..43f34a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ./targetrepo
       run: |
         git config --local user.email "brutus@beeware.org"
-        git config --local user.name "Brutus (robot)"
+        git config --local user.name "Brutus[bot]"
     - name: Replace Code of Conduct
       working-directory: ./targetrepo
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-changenote.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-changenote.yml
index a39ba59..24c8bef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-changenote.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-changenote.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ jobs:
           CHANGENOTE_FILEPATH="./changes/${PR_NUM}.misc.${{ inputs.changenote-format }}"
 
           # Create change note from first line of dependabot commit
-          NEWS=$(printf "%s" "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}" | head -n1 | sed -e 's/Bump/Updated/')
+          # Replace "Bump" with "Updated", and add markup to URLs.
+          NEWS=$(printf "%s" "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}" | head -n1 | sed -e 's|Bump|Updated|' | sed -e 's|\(https://[^/]*/[^ .]*\)|<\1>|')
           printf "%s.\n" "${NEWS}" > "${CHANGENOTE_FILEPATH}"
 
           # Commit the change note
diff --git a/.github/workflows/new-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/new-issue.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4a99c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/new-issue.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: New issue
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - transferred
+
+jobs:
+  add-to-project:
+    name: Add issue to BeeWare project
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/add-to-project@v2.0.0
+        with:
+          project-url: https://github.com/orgs/beeware/projects/1
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.BRUTUS_PAT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checklist.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checklist.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f535130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checklist.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: PR Checklist
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, edited, reopened, synchronize]
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  check-pr-template:
+    name: Check PR template
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'Brutus[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Check PR body
+        env:
+          PR_BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+        run: |
+          require() {
+              if ! grep -qE -- "$1" <<< "$PR_BODY"; then
+                  echo "::error::$2"
+                  exit 1
+              fi
+          }
+
+          require "^[[:space:]]*## PR Checklist:" \
+            "Could not find the BeeWare PR checklist in the pull request comment. This probably means you've used a tool to submit your PR, rather than the GitHub UI. The BeeWare project provides and requires the use of a standard template for all PRs. Your PR will be ignored until/unless you add the required components of the template. See https://beeware.org/contributing/guide/how/submit-pr/#pr-content for details."
+
+          require "^[[:space:]]*- \[\s*[xX]\s*\] I will abide by the BeeWare Code of Conduct" \
+            "The 'Code of Conduct' checkbox in the PR checklist must be checked."
+
+          require "^[[:space:]]*- \[\s*[xX]\s*\] I have read and have followed the \*\*CONTRIBUTING.md\*\* file" \
+            "The 'CONTRIBUTING.md' checkbox in the PR checklist must be checked."
+
+          if grep -qE -- "^[[:space:]]*- \[\s*[xX]\s*\] This PR was generated or assisted using an AI tool" <<< "$PR_BODY"; then
+              require "^[[:space:]]*(-\s+)?Assisted-by:" "'Assisted-by:' line is missing."
+
+              # Extract the value, strip HTML comments and whitespace
+              ASSISTED_BY_VAL=$(grep -E "^[[:space:]]*(-\s+)?Assisted-by:" <<< "$PR_BODY" | sed -r -e 's/^[[:space:]]*(-\s+)?Assisted-by://' -e 's/<!--.*-->//' | tr -d '[:space:]')
+              if [ -z "$ASSISTED_BY_VAL" ]; then
+                  echo "::error::You checked the AI tool checkbox in the PR template, but did not specify the tool that was used in 'Assisted-by:'."
+                  exit 1
+              fi
+          fi
+
+          echo "PR Checklist verification passed."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-run.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-run.yml
index c1addbb..56fc535 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-run.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-run.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         echo '::error:: '
         echo '::error::Visit the docs below to configure pre-commit in your dev environment:'
         echo '::error:: '
-        echo '::error::    https://beeware.org/contributing/how/process#code-style'
+        echo '::error::    https://beeware.org/contributing/guide/style/code-style-guide/'
         echo '::error:: '
         echo '::error::*************************************************************************'
         exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 489ee4d..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-name: Update pre-commit
-
-#######
-# Updates pre-commit's hooks, runs pre-commit, and commits all changes into a PR.
-#######
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 20 * * SUN"  # Sunday @ 2000 UTC
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      python-version:
-        description: "Python version to use; defaults to latest Python release."
-        default: "3.13"  # TODO: restore to 3.x once docformatter is compatible with 3.14
-        type: string
-      pre-commit-source:
-        description: "The arguments for `pip install` to install pre-commit; use ./path/to/package[dev] for the repo's pinned version."
-        default: ".[dev]"
-        type: string
-      create-changenote:
-        description: "Defaults 'true' to create a misc changenote in the './changes' directory."
-        default: true
-        type: boolean
-      changenote-format:
-        description: "Markup format for the changenote."
-        default: "rst"
-        type: string
-    secrets:
-      BRUTUS_PAT_TOKEN:
-        required: true
-
-permissions:
-  pull-requests: write
-
-env:
-  BRANCH_PREFIX: "autoupdates/pre-commit"
-  CHANGENOTE_DIR: "./changes"
-  FORCE_COLOR: "1"
-
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: bash
-
-jobs:
-  pre-commit-hooks:
-    name: Pre-commit hooks
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-    outputs:
-      hook-repos: ${{ steps.hooks.outputs.repos }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Get Pre-commit Hooks
-        id: hooks
-        run: |
-          REPOS=$(yq .repos[].repo < .pre-commit-config.yaml | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')
-          echo "repos=${REPOS}" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
-
-  pre-commit-update:
-    name: Update Pre-commit hook
-    needs: pre-commit-hooks
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        hook-repo: ${{ fromJson(needs.pre-commit-hooks.outputs.hook-repos) }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-          token: ${{ secrets.BRUTUS_PAT_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Configure git
-        run: |
-          git config user.email "brutus@beeware.org"
-          git config user.name "Brutus (robot)"
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6.2.0
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
-          allow-prereleases: true
-          cache: pip
-          cache-dependency-path: |
-            **/setup.cfg
-            **/pyproject.toml
-            .pre-commit-config.yaml
-
-      - name: Install pre-commit
-        run: python -m pip install ${{ inputs.pre-commit-source || 'pre-commit' }}
-
-      - name: Update pre-commit hooks
-        id: update
-        run: |
-          pre-commit autoupdate --repo ${{ matrix.hook-repo }} | tee update.log
-          echo "vers-bump-str=$(grep -ohE '([^ ]+ -> [^ ]+)' update.log | sed 's/->/to/')" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
-          rm -f update.log
-          pre-commit install-hooks
-
-      - name: Run pre-commit
-        # pre-commit returns non-zero when files are changed and fails the job
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: pre-commit run --all-files
-
-      - name: PR Needed?
-        id: pr
-        run: |
-          if [[ $(git status --porcelain) ]]; then
-            echo "needed=true" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
-          else
-            echo "needed=false" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
-          fi
-          REPO="${{ matrix.hook-repo }}"
-          echo "hook-name=${REPO##*/}" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        id: created-pr
-        if: steps.pr.outputs.needed == 'true'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8.1.1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.BRUTUS_PAT_TOKEN }}
-          title: "Bump ${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }} from ${{ steps.update.outputs.vers-bump-str }}"
-          branch: "${{ env.BRANCH_PREFIX }}/${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}"
-          commit-message: "Bump ${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }} from ${{ steps.update.outputs.vers-bump-str }}"
-          committer: "Brutus (robot) <brutus@beeware.org>"
-          author: "Brutus (robot) <brutus@beeware.org>"
-          body: "Bumps `pre-commit` hook for `${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}` from ${{ steps.update.outputs.vers-bump-str }} and ran the update against the repo."
-          labels: "dependencies"
-
-      - name: Add changenote
-        if: (inputs.create-changenote == true) && (steps.created-pr.outputs.pull-request-number != '')
-        run: |
-          BRANCH_NAME="${{ env.BRANCH_PREFIX }}/${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}"
-
-          git fetch origin
-          git checkout "${BRANCH_NAME}"
-
-          FILENAME="${{ env.CHANGENOTE_DIR }}/${{ steps.created-pr.outputs.pull-request-number }}.misc.${{ inputs.changenote-format }}"
-          printf 'The `pre-commit` hook for `${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}` was updated to its latest version.\n' > "${FILENAME}"
-
-          git add "${FILENAME}"
-          git commit -m "Add changenote."
-          git push --set-upstream origin "${BRANCH_NAME}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/towncrier-run.yml b/.github/workflows/towncrier-run.yml
index 3f6b3e2..356209c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/towncrier-run.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/towncrier-run.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ on:
         default: "ubuntu-latest"
         type: string
 
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash
@@ -71,6 +74,25 @@ jobs:
       id: tox
       run: tox -e towncrier-check
 
+    - name: Add PR comment if change note is missing
+      if: always() && github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.tox.outcome == 'failure'
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        PR_NUM: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+      run: |
+        MESSAGE="Thank you for your pull request! Unfortunately, CI checks for this pull request are failing because you haven't included a change note in your contribution. Details on creating a change note can be found in the [BeeWare Contribution Guide](https://beeware.org/contributing/guide/how/change-note/).
+
+        <!-- towncrier-missing-change-note -->"
+
+        COMMENTS=$(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues/${PR_NUM}/comments)
+        HAS_COMMENT=$(jq -r '.[] | select(.body | contains("<!-- towncrier-missing-change-note -->")) | .body' <<< "$COMMENTS")
+
+        if [ -z "$HAS_COMMENT" ]; then
+          gh api --method POST repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues/${PR_NUM}/comments -f body="$MESSAGE"
+        else
+          echo "Comment already exists."
+        fi
+
     - name: Towncrier Check Resolution Instructions
       if: always() && steps.tox.outcome == 'failure'
       run: |
@@ -83,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         echo '::error:: '
         echo '::error::Visit the docs below to learn how to add a change note:'
         echo '::error:: '
-        echo '::error::    https://beeware.org/contributing/how/process#change-notes'
+        echo '::error::    https://beeware.org/contributing/guide/how/change-note/'
         echo '::error:: '
         echo '::error::*************************************************************************'
         exit 1
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 227d0b9..8a2ddc9 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ repos:
       - id: check-json
       - id: check-xml
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.15.13
+    rev: v0.15.14
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-check
         args: [ --fix ]
       - id: ruff-format
   - repo: https://github.com/rvben/rumdl-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.1.93
+    rev: v0.2.0
     hooks:
       - id: rumdl
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9bd7e8a..2f62390 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ We require that all new features have full user documentation. We have a [docume
 
 ### Pull Requests
 
-We have a [process for submitting a PR](https://beeware.org/contributing/guide/how/submit-pr/) that all contributions must follow.
+We have a [process for submitting a PR](https://beeware.org/contributing/guide/how/submit-pr/) that all contributions must follow. This includes the use of a [pull request template](https://github.com/beeware/.github/blob/main/.github/pull_request_template.md) that *all* pull requests must include and complete as appropriate.