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Add hyperlink to 'New SSH key' in instructions#44318

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@mcfedr mcfedr commented May 18, 2026

why are there no links in the docs? its so annoying

Updated the link for creating a new SSH key in GitHub.
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Pull request overview

This PR updates the “Adding a new SSH key to your GitHub account” instructions to include a direct hyperlink to the New SSH key settings page, making it easier for readers to navigate to the correct UI location.

Changes:

  • Adds a direct link to the “New SSH key” page in the web UI steps.

{% data reusables.user-settings.ssh %}

1. Click **New SSH key** or **Add SSH key**.
1. Click [**New SSH key**](https://github.com/settings/ssh/new) or **Add SSH key**.
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@mcfedr I'm checking in about what Copilot is talking about with versioning. It may be why we don't have a link if it would need to be a different link depending on the version of the article.

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mcfedr commented May 21, 2026

@Sharra-writes its clearly not a very good PR to be honest - its probably somewhere in that include block is where to put the link - but its just super frustrating - and its throughtout the docs - no links to the actual pages - and its particurly because if you google 'add ssh key to github' or similar, you always end up on the docs pages, but its not where you wanna be

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@mcfedr The rest of the team says we're not going to do this one, both because of the versioning problem and because our research says that too many inline links hurt the average user experience. That's why we tend to avoid them.

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