issue-triage

name	issue-triage
description	Discover, analyze, and draft high-signal issue-thread responses and follow-up actions.
runx	{"category":"ops"}

Issue Triage

Turn noisy issue streams into bounded, evidence-backed action.

This skill is for issue selection and response drafting, not for silently mutating repositories. Use it to identify which threads are worth attention, understand the maintainer or contributor situation, and draft the next helpful response or remediation path.

Separate discovery from response. Discovery finds the thread worth engaging. Response drafting turns one chosen thread into a concrete answer, escalation, or change plan.

Ground selection and response in the actual thread, repository facts, receipts, and maintainer context; do not infer intent beyond what is visible. Lead with the decision, answer, or next action in the project's own voice. Return needs_more_evidence or needs_human when the thread is ambiguous, hostile, underspecified, unsafe, or outside the maintainer's declared posture.

Output

Discovery runner:

• issue_candidates: candidate issues or discussions worth attention.
• selection_rationale: why one candidate should be handled next.
• operator_notes: constraints, caveats, or escalation triggers.

Response runner:

• issue_profile: concise summary of the chosen thread.
• response_strategy: recommended response posture and next action.
• response_draft: post-ready draft or maintainer handoff.
• follow_up_actions: concrete next steps after the response.

Inputs

• repository (optional): repository slug or workspace reference.
• query (optional): search or queue objective for discovery.
• issue_url (optional): canonical issue URL for response drafting.
• issue_snapshot (optional): structured issue data when already fetched.
• maintainer_context (optional): project norms, release posture, and response constraints.
• operator_context (optional): operator-supplied context used by higher-level triage graphs.
• objective (optional): what the operator wants from this pass.