Triage repository issues through a maintainer decision tree. Use when the user asks to classify issues, apply labels, identify missing information, mark ready-for-agent work, split vague reports, or clean up an issue inbox.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Issue Triage
## Goal
Classify issues into actionable maintainer states, propose labels and responses, and identify what is needed before an agent or human should work on them.
## When to use
- The user asks to triage GitHub, GitLab, Linear, or markdown issues.
- An inbox needs labels, status, duplicate detection, or missing information checks.
- A vague issue needs to be split into smaller work items.
## When not to use
- The user asks for implementation rather than issue classification.
- The task is reviewing a pull request; use `pr-review`.
- The issue appears security-sensitive and should go through private reporting first.
## Inputs
- Issue title, body, comments, labels, assignees, linked PRs, and project state.
- Repository docs, contribution rules, issue templates, and label conventions.
- Live tracker data when the user asks for real issue changes.
## Inputs to inspect
- Inspect issue content, linked code/docs, existing labels, and tracker state needed to classify the issue.
- Check repository triage conventions before inventing labels.
## Process
1. Read the issue and linked context.
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The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.1.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_a6gmhch7n4icarof
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=stark-ai-de/agent-skills/issue-triage
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/da2929d8266762c7ae90ea123245fc0a5681b22269f9b260433d99e5df65c4ff
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