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Find the open GitHub issues that need attention now
For project managers with a long issue list who want the urgent ones surfaced from what the threads say, by asking their AI assistant.
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Connect GitHub, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
Hundreds of open issues hide the urgent ones
A GitHub repository with hundreds of open issues hides the ones that need attention now: busy threads with no owner, blocked work and issues waiting on a reporter. Working through them by hand rarely gets past the first page.
Without PopdockAI
- Scroll through open issues page by page
- Look for ones with no owner
- Read threads to see what is blocked
- Stop after the first page
With PopdockAI
- Open issues are scored on owner, milestone, labels, discussion and age
- The latest comments on the top ten are read
- Each is judged blocked, waiting, needs an owner or in progress
- A recommended order of work is given, and nothing is changed
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** Triage the open issues in the `{repository}` repository updated in the last `{lookback-days}` days (default 30), optionally only those carrying a label containing `{label}`, and recommend what to pick up first.
**Step 1: Pull the open issues**
Call `github-get-issue` with company set to `{repository}`, status `open`, updated-date.from set to today minus the lookback, labels.contains set to `{label}` when it is given, and max-records 200. If exactly 200 come back, say the list was truncated.
**Step 2: Score each issue**
For every issue note:
* whether it has no assignee
* whether it has no milestone-title
* whether it has no labels
* its comments count (high discussion with no assignee is a strong signal)
* its age from created-date, and days since updated-date
For the top 10 by that signal, call `github-get-issue-comment` with the issue-number and read the latest comments to judge whether the issue is blocked, waiting on the reporter, or actively being worked.
**Step 3: Report**
* A table of the top 10: issue-number, title, assignee, milestone, labels, age in days, comments, and a one-line state (blocked, waiting on reporter, needs owner, in progress).
* Counts: open issues reviewed, unassigned, without a milestone, without labels.
* A short recommended order of work with the reason for each pick.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* This prompt is read-only. Do NOT call `github-add-issue`, `github-update-issue`, `github-add-issue-assignee`, `github-add-issue-label`, `github-add-issue-comment`, `github-update-issue-comment`, `github-lock-issue` or `github-unlock-issue`.
* Base the state on the comment text you read, not on guesswork. If the comments do not make it clear, say so.
**Validation:**
* If no issues are returned, say the repository has no open issues matching the filters and stop.
* If `{repository}` is not recognised and nothing returns, ask the user to confirm the repository name.Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Project managers
Plan the next sprint from the backlog
A recommended order of work, judged from the threads, gives you a starting point.
Which open issues in fabrikam/app labelled bug should we pick up first?
Maintainers
Find issues waiting on you
Issues that need an owner or are waiting on a reporter are called out.
Which open issues in contoso/sdk need an owner or are waiting on the reporter?
Team leads
Spot blocked work
Blocked issues in the top ten are flagged from what the comments say.
Triage open issues in northwind/api from the last 60 days and tell me which are blocked.
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You name the repository, a period and optionally a label, and your AI assistant ranks the open issues. It says so when a thread is unclear.
01
Ask
You name the repository, a lookback period and optionally a label.
02
Score
It scores each open issue on missing owner, milestone and labels, discussion and age.
03
Read
It reads the latest comments on the top ten to judge their state.
04
Report
You get counts and a recommended order of work, changing nothing.
What PopdockAI provides
The tools behind the answer
Ready made tools for GitHub and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.
github-get-issue
github-get-issue-comment
This report is built from Get data tools only. PopdockAI applies the row, field and parameter rules your admin sets, and every query is written to the audit trail.
The outcome
Know which issues to pick up first
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