Issue Triage

by decebals

Issue Triage is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by decebals in claude-code-java.

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Install Issue Triage

Copy Issue Triage into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/decebals/claude-code-java/tree/main/.claude/skills/issue-triage ~/.claude/skills/issue-triage

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/decebals/claude-code-java.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/issue-triage/SKILL.md in decebals/claude-code-java
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/issue-triage
Collection: One of 18 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Issue Triage does

Issue Triage categorizes open issues as bugs, feature requests, questions, duplicates, or unclear reports, then assigns priority labels. Use it during backlog reviews and regular issue maintenance.

Issue Triage is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Issue Triage comes from a repository tagged ai-assisted-development, claude-code, claude-code-skills, developer-tools and java.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Issue Triage Skill

Efficiently triage GitHub issues for Java projects with categorization and prioritization.

When to Use

User says "triage issues" / "check recent issues"
Regular maintenance workflow
After vacation/break (backlog processing)
Weekly/monthly issue review

Prerequisites

Recommended: GitHub MCP server configured for optimal token usage

claude mcp add github --transport http \
  https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/

Alternative: Use gh CLI (less token-efficient)

Workflow

1. Fetch Issues

With GitHub MCP (recommended):

Tool: list_issues
Parameters: {
  "state": "open",
  "sort": "updated", 
  "per_page": 10
}

With gh CLI:

gh issue list --state open --limit 10 --json number,title,labels,body,url

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Issue Triage

What else does decebals publish alongside Issue Triage?
Issue Triage is one of 18 skills that DirSkills catalogs from decebals/claude-code-java, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Contract Review, Architecture Review and Changelog Generator. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Issue Triage does, and is maintained by decebals in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the decebals/claude-code-java page.
How does Issue Triage compare to other Automation skills?
Issue Triage ranks #1054 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Issue Triage against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.