Overview
github-triage is an open-source integrations skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by trailofbits. Its author describes it as: “Triages a repository's open GitHub issues and pull requests via the gh CLI. Optionally reviews and merges ready PRs — incrementally merging passing automated/bot PRs and maintainer-approved ones, and spawning review s…”. The project has 6.6k stars on GitHub and is available under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills`.
What github-triage does
Triage a repository's open GitHub issues and pull requests. Optionally clear ready PRs first (merge passing bot PRs and maintainer-approved PRs, review never-reviewed ones), then close issues that are already resolved (with a comment citing the PR or commit that resolved them), make sure issues and the pending PRs that fix them reference each other, and assign a **local-only** priority and change-size estimate to every issue that is still outstanding.
Best for
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for github-triage is organised into these sections:
- When to Use
- When NOT to Use
- Core Principles
- Workflow
- Phase 0: Select the target repository
- Phase 1: Gather issues and context
- Phase 2: Triage open pull requests (optional)
- Phase 3: Classify each open issue
- Phase 4: Score outstanding issues (LOCAL ONLY)
- GATE 1: Present the full triage for review
- Phase 5: Execute approved issue writes
- Phase 6: Deliver the outstanding triage
Installation
Add github-triage to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
github-triage is published under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear CC-BY-SA-4.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in trailofbits/skills, an established project with 6,646 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does github-triage do?
- Triages a repository's open GitHub issues and pull requests via the gh CLI. Optionally reviews and merges ready PRs — incrementally merging passing automated/bot PRs and maintainer-approved ones, and spawning review subagents for never-reviewed ones — then closes already-resolved issues with comments citing the resolving PR or commit, cross-links issues with their pending fix PRs, and assigns local-only priority and change-size estimates for everything outstanding. Use when triaging, grooming, or reviewing a repository's open issues and PRs.
- How do I install github-triage?
- Run /plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/trailofbits/skills before installing.
- Is github-triage free to use?
- Yes. github-triage is free and open source under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does github-triage work with?
- github-triage lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does github-triage come from?
- github-triage ships inside trailofbits/skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 6,646 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
