GitHub Issue Triage Agent

Replaces a $45k DevOps Coordinator by auto-labeling, prioritizing, and assigning GitHub issues in real-time.

The Problem

Engineering teams waste 5-10 hours weekly manually sorting, labeling, and assigning incoming GitHub issues. A junior DevOps coordinator or tech lead spends their day context-switching between Slack, email, and GitHub instead of shipping features. This costs SMBs $45k+ annually in lost productivity.

The Outcome

The agent monitors your GitHub repository, automatically labels issues by type (bug, feature, enhancement, documentation), assigns priority based on keywords and issue history, routes to the right team member, and posts a summary comment with next steps. It integrates with Slack to notify assignees instantly.

Day in the Life

Mon 9am: Agent detects 7 new GitHub issues → labels 3 as 'critical-bug', 2 as 'feature-request', 2 as 'documentation' → assigns to backend and frontend leads based on codebase ownership

Tue 2pm: High-priority security issue arrives → agent flags as 'security', assigns to on-call engineer, posts Slack alert with severity score and suggested fix area

Wed 10am: Agent batches 12 low-priority issues, suggests 'good-first-issue' label for 4 suitable for interns, routes to backlog grooming queue

Deploy Specs

Runtime

python

Pattern

native-agent

Tier

low

Setup Time

hours

Integrations

via Composiomanual setup

✓GitHub✓Slack

GitHub Source

Repository

Stars

License

MIT

Last Commit

Replace

DevOps Coordinator

$45,000/yr

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$99/month

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Also Replaces

×GitHub Projects $0/mo (built-in, but manual)

×Linear $10/mo

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