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name: triage-issue-reports
description: Triage incoming software issue reports using available repository and runtime evidence, without editing code. Use for automated or manual first-pass issue validation and routing.
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# Triage issue reports

1. Normalize the report into product area, environment, steps, expected behavior, observed behavior, frequency, and supplied evidence.
2. Search for duplicates and known limitations when issue/search capabilities exist.
3. Inspect the relevant code/feature map enough to judge plausibility without making edits.
4. Classify as confirmed-enough-to-reproduce, needs-reporter-information, duplicate, expected behavior, or currently untriageable.
5. Reply in the source thread/ticket when available with concise rationale and the next action. Do not invent a reproduction.