diff --git a/.github/AUTO_ISSUE_TEMPLATE/README.md b/.github/AUTO_ISSUE_TEMPLATE/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d652488c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/AUTO_ISSUE_TEMPLATE/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This directory is intended for templates to automatically create issues with the [create-an-issue](https://github.com/JasonEtco/create-an-issue) action.
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/nightly-build-fail.md b/.github/AUTO_ISSUE_TEMPLATE/nightly-build-fail.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/nightly-build-fail.md
rename to .github/AUTO_ISSUE_TEMPLATE/nightly-build-fail.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
index f462c20f3c..30ce068601 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         update_existing: true
         search_existing: open
-        filename: .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/nightly-build-fail.md
+        filename: .github/AUTO_ISSUE_TEMPLATE/nightly-build-fail.md
 
     - name: Set Outputs of Short SHA
       id: vars