triage
Triage issues through a state machine driven by triage roles. Use when user wants to create an issue, triage issues, review incoming bugs or feature requests, prepare issues for an AFK agent, or manage issue workflow.
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✦overview.md
Key Features
- ·Two category roles: bug and enhancement
- ·Five state roles: needs-triage to wontfix
- ·Enforces disclaimer on AI-generated comments
- ·Handles role conflicts with maintainer prompt
Use Cases
- →Classifying incoming bugs and feature requests
- →Moving issues through triage workflow states
- →Preparing issues for an AFK agent
- →Reviewing issue role assignments
Best for
- ✓issue triage
- ✓maintainer teams
- ✓structured workflow
Not ideal for
- !ad-hoc discussions
- !single-person projects
FAQs
name
triage
description
Triage issues through a state machine driven by triage roles. Use when user wants to create an issue, triage issues, review incoming bugs or feature requests, prepare issues for an AFK agent, or manage issue workflow.
Triage
Move issues on the project issue tracker through a small state machine of triage roles.
Every comment or issue posted to the issue tracker during triage must start with this disclaimer:
> *This was generated by AI during triage.*
Reference docs
- AGENT-BRIEF.md — how to write durable agent briefs
- OUT-OF-SCOPE.md — how the
.out-of-scope/knowledge base works
Roles
Two category roles:
bug— something is brokenenhancement— new feature or improvement
Five state roles:
needs-triage— maintainer needs to evaluateneeds-info— waiting on reporter for more informationready-for-agent— fully specified, ready for an AFK agentready-for-human— needs human implementationwontfix— will not be actioned
Every triaged issue should carry exactly one category role and one state role. If state roles conflict, flag it and ask the maintainer before doing anything else.
These are canonical role names — the actual label strings used in the issue tracker may differ. The mapping should have been provided to you - run /setup-matt-pocock-skills if not.
$install
1-click copynpx skills add mattpocock/skills --skill triageSafety assessment
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Clarity score
How clear and easy to understand the SKILL.md instructions are, rated from 1 to 5.
3/ 5
goodMostly clear, but there are still a few confusing or poorly structured parts.
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Actionability score
How directly an agent can act on the SKILL.md instructions, rated from 1 to 5.
3/ 5
mediumPartially actionable with several concrete steps, but still missing important details.