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maintainer-triage
Get an open-source repo's issue backlog from 400-and-drowning to triaged-and-honest in one pass — a label taxonomy that encodes decisions, batch triage rules you can apply in seconds per issue, saved replies that stay kind at scale, and stale-bot policy set with a conscience. Use when a maintainer says 'my issues are out of control', 'triage my backlog', 'set up labels for my repo', or dreads opening GitHub. Produces the taxonomy, the triage pass rules, saved replies, and a sustainable weekly routine.
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# Maintainer Triage Skill
An untriaged backlog isn't a to-do list — it's 400 open loops charging
interest on a volunteer's conscience. The fix isn't heroic issue-closing
weekends (they don't repeat); it's a system where every issue gets a
*decision* in under a minute — reproduce/needs-info/accepted/wontfix/
someday — encoded in labels, communicated by saved replies that stay human,
and maintained by a 30-minute weekly routine. Honest triage closes issues
politely that will never be done, because "open forever" is the cruelest
answer of all.
## What This Skill Produces
- A **label taxonomy** that encodes decisions, not just topics: status