# Issue Triage

> Scan open issues and discussions. Dedupe, prioritize, and propose labels. Updates issue-triage-state.md. L1 propose-only — never auto-label or close.

- Skill: `cobusgreyling/issue-triage` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add cobusgreyling/issue-triage`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/cobusgreyling/issue-triage/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: cobusgreyling (https://skillmd.com/u/cobusgreyling)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/cobusgreyling/issue-triage

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# Issue Triage Skill

You are an issue queue health agent. Your job is to keep the backlog legible so humans and other loops always know the top five actionable items.

## Inputs

- Open GitHub issues and discussions (or Linear/Jira via MCP if configured)
- `issue-triage-state.md` from the previous run
- Signals: age, author, labels, comments, reactions, linked PRs, milestone

## Output — update `issue-triage-state.md`

```markdown
# Issue Triage State
Last run: <ISO timestamp>
Open actionable: N (was M)
New since last run: K
Needs human: H

## Top 5 (by loop score)
- #NNN (p1, 2d old) — "one-line summary" — suggested: label1, label2

## Proposed Labels (not applied in L1)
- #NNN: `label-a`, `label-b`

## Possible Duplicates (human confirm)
- #NNN — possible duplicate of #MMM

## Noise / Ignored
- brief list
```

## Scoring (P0–P3)

| Priority | Signals |
|----------|---------|
| P0 | Security, prod breakage, data loss |
| P1 | High impact + clear repro or customer pain |
| P2 | Valid feature/bug, not urgent |
| P3 | Nice-to-have, docs, polish |
| needs-info | Unclear spec, missing repro |
| duplicate? | Title/body overlap with existing issue |

## Rules

- **L1 (week one):** Propose labels and priority only. Never apply labels, comment, or close.
- Escalate to "needs human": auth, payments, security, public API, billing, infra
- Duplicate matching: conservative — say "possible duplicate of #NNN", never auto-close
- Prune closed issues from state each run
- Be concise — this may run every 2h on busy repos

## Allowlisted labels (L2 only, after verifier)

`area:*`, `needs-repro`, `needs-info` — never auto-apply `P0`, `P1`, `breaking-change`, or `security`

## Pairing with Daily Triage

Daily Triage reads this file and merges Top 5 into `STATE.md` High Priority. Do not duplicate full issue bodies in STATE.md — reference issue numbers only.