Triage Issues

Note: If you have mcporter installed locally, you should use mcporter to invoke the MCP tool instead of directly calling the MCP tool. The mcporter CLI provides a more convenient interface and better error handling.

Triage Issues via Gitee MCP

Batch-process a repository's Issues: classify by priority, add labels, identify duplicates, and generate a clear action list.

Prerequisites

• Gitee MCP Server configured (tools: list_repo_issues, get_repo_issue_detail, update_issue, create_comment (resource_type: issue))
• User must provide: repository owner, repository name
• Optional: filter criteria (bugs only / unassigned only / specific milestone, etc.)

Steps

Step 1: Fetch the Issue List

Use list_repo_issues to retrieve open Issues:

• state: open (open Issues only)
• Paginate if there are many Issues (20 per page)

Step 2: Batch Analysis

For each Issue, quickly evaluate:

Type classification (use labels)

Common additional labels

Priority assessment

• P0 - Critical: affects core functionality, production bug, security vulnerability
• P1 - High: significant functional defect, affects many users
• P2 - Medium: general improvement, workaround exists
• P3 - Low: nice-to-have, cosmetic improvement

Status assessment

• Whether there are sufficient reproduction steps (for bugs)
• Whether more information is needed
• Whether a PR is already addressing it

Step 3: Generate Triage Report

Output a structured report:

## Issue Triage Report
Repository: [owner/repo]
Date: [date]
Total open issues: [N]

---

### 🔴 P0 Critical (needs immediate attention)
| # | Title | Type | Labels | Note |
|---|-------|------|--------|------|
| #N | [title] | bug | bug, security | [one sentence explaining urgency] |

### 🟠 P1 High Priority
| # | Title | Type | Labels | Note |
|---|-------|------|--------|------|

### 🟡 P2 Medium Priority
| # | Title | Type | Labels | Note |
|---|-------|------|--------|------|

### 🟢 P3 Low Priority
| # | Title | Type | Labels | Note |
|---|-------|------|--------|------|

---

### Needs More Information
- #N [title]: [what information is missing]

### Possible Duplicates
- #N may be a duplicate of #M: [explanation]

### Recommended for Closure
- #N [title]: [reason, e.g., long inactive / already resolved another way]

Step 4: Update Issue Labels (requires user confirmation)

Ask the user whether to automatically update labels and priorities.

After confirmation, use update_issue to:

• Add type labels (bug, feature, enhancement, question, docs, duplicate)
• Add additional labels based on context (help wanted, security, etc.)
• Add priority indicator (if supported by the repository)

Label assignment examples:

• A bug report → add bug label
• A feature request with good description → add feature label
• An enhancement suggestion → add enhancement label
• A simple question → add question label
• Needs external help → add help wanted

For Issues that need more information, use create_comment (resource_type: issue) to ask:

Thanks for submitting this issue!

To help us address it more effectively, could you please provide:
- [Missing reproduction steps]
- [Environment and version info]
- [Expected behavior vs. actual behavior]

Thank you!

Notes

• Triage focuses on classification and organization — no need to deep-dive into technical details of each Issue
• Always confirm with the user before performing bulk updates to avoid unintended changes
• If there are more than 50 Issues, consider processing in batches or filtering by a specific label
• Use consistent labels to help contributors find Issues matching their interests
• Check existing labels in the repository first — some projects may have custom label names