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Issue Triage skill
Runs by itself, untriaged issues pile up.

Sort open issues, act after approval.

Install the Issue Triage skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/rtk-ai/issue-triage.md

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  2. 2Paste into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor
  3. 3It runs by itself

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Issue Triage

by rtk-ai · 1K installs

The skill

The issue triage skill audits open GitHub issues with gh, categorizes them, finds likely duplicates, links PRs, rates risk and staleness, then drafts comments, labels and closes that it runs only after you approve.

Only when you ask.

The habit

Sort open issues, act after approval.

↻ Runs by itselfuntriaged issues pile up

How the habit works.
You don't have to.

Three questionsWhen does it start? How does it check its work? What does it remember?

01

It starts by itself

untriaged issues pile up. Runs in Claude Code routine.

  • ↻ untriaged issues pile up
  • manual /issue-triage, or more than 10 untriaged issues, or an issue stale over 30 days

02

It checks its work

preconditions and your approval. If a check fails, it stops.

  • ✓git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree succeeds
  • ✓gh auth status succeeds
  • ✓no label added twice
  • ✓no close proposed for a collaborator's issue

03

It remembers

triage tables. The next run reads it first: last tables, duplicates and stale issues.

loops/issue-triage-loop/triage.md

One run, step by step.
Then it stops.

Stop ruleStops after one triage pass, at most 100 open issues listed.

  1. 01

    Check preconditions

    Your agent confirms the git repo and gh login, or stops.

  2. 02

    Gather data

    It lists open issues, open PRs, recently closed issues and collaborators with gh.

  3. 03

    Analyze

    It categorizes, links PRs, scores duplicates with Jaccard similarity, colors risk and marks stale issues.

  4. 04

    Show tables

    It prints critical, PR-linked, active, duplicate and stale tables and copies them to the clipboard.

  5. 05

    Deep analysis

    For issues you choose, parallel agents rate scope, missing info, effort and priority.

  6. 06

    Draft actions

    It drafts English comments from templates/issue-comment.md, plus labels or closes.

  7. 07

    Run on approval

    It asks which to run, then comments, labels and closes in that order.

What it may do.
Nothing more.

Safe by defaultIt writes only in its own folder and asks you before anything goes out.

Is it for you?
Use it when it fits.

Quick checkRead both lists. If the left one sounds like you, the Issue Triage skill helps.

Use it when

  • ✓ Many issues have no triage
  • ✓ You suspect duplicate issues
  • ✓ You want stale issues cleaned up

Skip it when

  • – You only need a general repo recap
  • – gh is not logged in

Questions

Issue Triage skill, answered.

Does it close duplicates on suspicion?

No. Deep analysis must confirm a duplicate first.

When is an issue stale?

After 30 days without activity; after 90 days it is very stale.

How do I install the Issue Triage skill?

Copy the prompt at the top into your agent. It installs the skill from rtk-ai/rtk and sets up the habit. Or run npx skills add rtk-ai/rtk --skill issue-triage.

Is the Issue Triage skill free?

Yes. It is published under Apache-2.0. Habit is free too.

Issue Triage. Now as a habit.

Install the Issue Triage skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/rtk-ai/issue-triage.md

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Works in

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude app

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