diff --git a/.github/scripts/fuzz_report/templates/new_issue.md b/.github/scripts/fuzz_report/templates/new_issue.md
index 435eb9bf8da..c5694543879 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/fuzz_report/templates/new_issue.md
+++ b/.github/scripts/fuzz_report/templates/new_issue.md
@@ -33,9 +33,14 @@
- **Commit**: {{COMMIT}}
- **Crash Artifact**: {{ARTIFACT_URL}}
-### Reproduction
+### Reproduce
+
+```bash
+cargo +nightly fuzz run -D --sanitizer=none {{FUZZ_TARGET}} ./fuzz/artifacts/{{FUZZ_TARGET}}/{{CRASH_FILE}} -- -rss_limit_mb=0
+```
+First-time setup: download and extract the crash artifact
1. Download the crash artifact:
- **Direct download**: {{ARTIFACT_URL}}
@@ -44,52 +49,16 @@
- You can create a `./fuzz/artifacts` directory that will be git-ignored in the `vortex` repo
- Full path would be `./fuzz/artifacts/{{FUZZ_TARGET}}/{{CRASH_FILE}}`
-2. Reproduce locally:
-
-```bash
-cargo +nightly fuzz run -D --sanitizer=none {{FUZZ_TARGET}} /path/to/crash_file -- -rss_limit_mb=0
-```
-
-3. Get a backtrace:
-
-```bash
-RUST_BACKTRACE=1 cargo +nightly fuzz run -D --sanitizer=none {{FUZZ_TARGET}} /path/to/crash_file -- -rss_limit_mb=0
-```
-
-```bash
-RUST_BACKTRACE=full cargo +nightly fuzz run -D --sanitizer=none {{FUZZ_TARGET}} /path/to/crash_file -- -rss_limit_mb=0
-```
-
-
-
-### Workflow Example
-
-Assuming you download the zipfile to `~/Downloads`, and your working directory is the repository
-root, you can follow these steps:
-
-
+2. Assuming you download the zipfile to `~/Downloads`, and your working directory is the repository root:
```bash
-# Create the artifacts directory if you haven't already.
mkdir -p ./fuzz/artifacts
-
-# Move the zipfile.
mv ~/Downloads/{{FUZZ_TARGET}}-crash-artifacts.zip ./fuzz/artifacts/
-
-# Unzip the zipfile.
unzip ./fuzz/artifacts/{{FUZZ_TARGET}}-crash-artifacts.zip -d ./fuzz/artifacts/
-
-# You can remove the zipfile now if you want to.
rm ./fuzz/artifacts/{{FUZZ_TARGET}}-crash-artifacts.zip
```
-You can now reproduce with:
-
-```bash
-cargo +nightly fuzz run -D --sanitizer=none {{FUZZ_TARGET}} ./fuzz/artifacts/{{FUZZ_TARGET}}/{{CRASH_FILE}} -- -rss_limit_mb=0
-```
-
-If you want a backtrace:
+3. Get a backtrace:
```bash
RUST_BACKTRACE=1 cargo +nightly fuzz run -D --sanitizer=none {{FUZZ_TARGET}} ./fuzz/artifacts/{{FUZZ_TARGET}}/{{CRASH_FILE}} -- -rss_limit_mb=0