Add agentic issue triage workflow (#2484)#3012
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Adds a gh-aw Issue Triage Agent that classifies new/reopened issues, applies classification, area, and special labels, sets Issue Type and Priority fields, and posts a rationale comment with an owner recommendation. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds a new GitHub Agentic Workflow (gh-aw) to automatically triage newly opened/reopened issues by applying labels, setting issue type/fields, and posting a rationale comment. This fits alongside existing repo automation by focusing on semantic classification and metadata assignment.
Changes:
- Added gh-aw workflow source for issue triage (
issue-triage-agent.md) describing classification, labeling, field updates, and commenting behavior. - Added the compiled/locked GitHub Actions workflow (
issue-triage-agent.lock.yml) generated viagh aw compile. - Updated the gh-aw setup action pin in
.github/aw/actions-lock.json.
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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| .github/workflows/issue-triage-agent.md | Defines the agent prompt/spec for issue triage (labels, fields, rationale comment). |
| .github/workflows/issue-triage-agent.lock.yml | Generated workflow that executes the agent with firewall + safe-outputs enforcement. |
| .github/aw/actions-lock.json | Bumps the pinned github/gh-aw-actions/setup action version used by gh-aw compilation. |
Address PR review feedback: restrict the github MCP guard policy to the current repository via allowed-repos, and resolve the guardrail contradiction so the workflow only ever adds labels. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Disable gh-aw automatic report-incomplete issue creation and report unavailable triage configuration in the triggering issue comment instead. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Retain report-incomplete in a single tracking issue while skipping that issue's triage run to prevent recursion. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Declare the optional workflow-dispatch issue_number input required by gh aw trial trigger contexts. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Implements an agentic issue triage workflow for the repository (closes #2484). When an issue is opened or reopened, a GitHub Agentic Workflow (
gh-aw) analyzes the content and applies triage metadata, then posts a concise rationale comment.What it does
bug,enhancement,question, orengineering item.tools-*,server-*,packages-*), extension labels, and special labels (blocker,regression,customer-reported,automation,agentic-workflows) when the content supports them. Labels that do not exist in the repo are skipped.bug->Bug,enhancement->Feature,question/engineering item->Task.report-incomplete.Guardrails
report-incompleteinstead of guessing when required labels or field options are unavailable.Scope boundary
The existing
event-processorworkflow remains the owner of lifecycle automation (stale handling, close/lock, team-triage routing). This new workflow only handles semantic classification and issue-field assignment, so the two do not conflict.Files
.github/workflows/issue-triage-agent.md(workflow source).github/workflows/issue-triage-agent.lock.yml(compiled viagh aw compile).github/aw/actions-lock.json(setup action pin bumped by the compiler)Validation
gh aw compile issue-triage-agent: 0 errors, 0 warningsgh aw validate issue-triage-agent: passedInvoke-Cspell.ps1: passedInvoking Livetests
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writeaccess to the repo need to validate the contents of this PR before leaving a comment with the text/azp run mcp - pullrequest - live. This will trigger the necessary livetest workflows to complete required validation.