Sync eng/common directory with azure-sdk-tools for PR 13478 (#36983)

Sync eng/common directory with azure-sdk-tools for PR
Azure/azure-sdk-tools#13478 See [eng/common
workflow](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-tools/blob/main/eng/common/README.md#workflow)

Co-authored-by: Summer Warren <summerwarren@microsoft.com>

Author: azure-sdk

eng/common/instructions/azsdk-tools/create-release-plan.instructions.md

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ If any details are missing, prompt the user accordingly:
 - If SDK pull requests exist:
     - Collect the pull request links from the user
     - Use `azsdk_link_sdk_pull_request_to_release_plan` to link each SDK pull request to the release plan
+        > **GitHub CLI Authentication Required:**  
+        > Before running any SDK PR linking steps, ensure you are authenticated with GitHub CLI.  
+        > Run: `gh auth login`  
+        > You can check authentication status with `gh auth status`. 
     - Confirm successful linking for each SDK pull request
 
 ## Step 7: Summary