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To incorporate std::hash into a class template, follow these steps:

1. Include the <functional> header file in your code.

2. Define a specialization of std::hash for your class template. To do this, you need to define a struct with a templated operator() function that takes a single argument of your class type and returns a std::size_t hash value.

For example, if you have a class template MyClass, you can define a specialization of std::hash for it as follows:

namespace std {
    template<typename T>
    struct hash<MyClass<T>> {
        std::size_t operator()(const MyClass<T>& obj) const {
            // compute the hash value for obj and return it
        }
    };
}

1. Compute the hash value of your class object in the operator() function. You can use any hash function to compute the hash value, but the function should ensure that equal objects have equal hash values.

For example, you can use the std::hash function for the members of your class and combine the hash values using the XOR operation:

namespace std {
    template<typename T>
    struct hash<MyClass<T>> {
        std::size_t operator()(const MyClass<T>& obj) const {
            std::size_t hash_value = 0;
            hash_value ^= std::hash<T>()(obj.member1);
            hash_value ^= std::hash<int>()(obj.member2);
            // ... calculate hash value for other members
            return hash_value;
        }
    };
}

1. Use std::hash to compute the hash value of your class objects. You can use the std::hash function object for your class as follows:

MyClass<int> obj;
std::size_t hash_value = std::hash<MyClass<int>>()(obj);