issue-triage

Classify GitHub issues into labels, priority, owner hints, and next actions.

Updated May 6, 2026

Search Tags:#github #prioritization #backlog #gh cli #duplicate detection #issue triage #labeling

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npx skills add https://github.com/UnionStreetAI/unionstreet --skill issue-triage-unionstreetai

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Skill: issue-triage
Source: https://github.com/UnionStreetAI/unionstreet/tree/main/plugins/github/skills/issue-triage
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/UnionStreetAI/unionstreet --skill issue-triage-unionstreetai

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What problem does it solve? Maintainers face growing issue backlogs that are hard to prioritize, deduplicate, and route to the right owners, leading to stale issues and slow response times. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Issue Classification: Categorize issues as bug, feature, docs, question, chore, security, or support using the GitHub CLI. - Priority & Ownership Estimation: Score priority from impact, reproducibility, affected users, and blocking status, then suggest owner or team hints. - Duplicate Detection: Search for duplicate or related issues and link them in the triage output. - Use Case: Before a weekly maintainer review, run triage across all open issues in a repository to produce a backlog summary grouped by priority with suggested labels and next actions. ## Quick Start Triage the open issues in this repository and produce a prioritized backlog summary with suggested labels and owners.

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How do I triage GitHub issues automatically?▼

Fetch issue titles, bodies, labels, comments, and linked PRs with gh issue view and gh issue list, then classify each issue by type and priority. The workflow outputs suggested labels, owner hints, duplicate links, and next actions per issue.

How to find duplicate GitHub issues with the gh CLI?▼

Use gh search issues with keywords from the issue title and body to surface duplicate candidates. The triage workflow reviews these candidates and links confirmed duplicates or related issues in its output.

Does this skill apply labels directly to GitHub issues?▼

No, write actions such as applying labels are kept as proposals by default. They are only executed if the plugin configuration explicitly allows write operations.

What criteria determine issue priority during triage?▼

Priority is estimated from impact, reproducibility, number of affected users, and whether the issue blocks other work. Issues are then grouped by priority in a compact backlog summary.

What are the limitations of automated issue triage?▼

Automated triage depends on issue quality; vague titles or missing reproduction steps reduce classification accuracy. It proposes labels and owners as hints, so maintainer judgment is still required for final decisions.