chore: swap Discord for GitHub Discussions

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 blank_issues_enabled: true
 contact_links:
-  - name: Discord
-    # TODO: replace with actual Discord invite link
-    url: https://discord.gg/YOUR_INVITE
+  - name: Discussions
+    url: https://github.com/zenchantlive/beadboard/discussions
     about: Chat with the community, coordinate on contributions, get help
   - name: Available work
     url: https://github.com/zenchantlive/beadboard/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Acontrib%3Aopen

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 We welcome contributions — from humans, AI agents, or both working together. This guide covers how to contribute well regardless of how you write your code.
 
-<!-- TODO: replace with actual Discord invite link -->
-**[Join the Discord](https://discord.gg/YOUR_INVITE)** if you want to discuss ideas, coordinate on larger work, or just say hi.
+**[Join the Discussion](https://github.com/zenchantlive/beadboard/discussions)** if you want to discuss ideas, coordinate on larger work, or just say hi.
 
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@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ You can paste this into your agent's context:
 - Your agent should be able to run the quality gates and fix failures autonomously
 - If your agent creates a PR, you (the human) are responsible for it — check that it makes sense before submitting
 - Agent PRs follow the same size guidelines as human PRs
-- If you want your agent to take on larger work, join the Discord and coordinate with us first
+- If you want your agent to take on larger work, start a Discussion and coordinate with us first
 
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@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ This is an open source project maintained by volunteers. That means:
 - Respond to review feedback. If a maintainer asks you to change something, change it or explain why not.
 - Don't argue with rejections. If your PR is closed, it's not personal.
 - Don't open the same PR twice after it's been closed.
-- If you're stuck or unsure, ask in the Discord before submitting.
+- If you're stuck or unsure, ask in [Discussions](https://github.com/zenchantlive/beadboard/discussions) before submitting.
 
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README.md

@@ -356,8 +356,7 @@ Quick version:
 3. Run the gates: `npm run typecheck && npm run lint && npm run test`
 4. PR against `main`
 
-<!-- TODO: replace with actual Discord invite link -->
-**[Join the Discord](https://discord.gg/YOUR_INVITE)** to discuss contributions, get help, or coordinate on larger work.
+**[Join the Discussion](https://github.com/zenchantlive/beadboard/discussions)** to coordinate on contributions, get help, or discuss ideas.
 
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