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🐙 Stale Issue Reminder Automation with AI

Automatically nudge owners when GitHub issues sit untouched past a set number of days, so nothing important quietly slips through the cracks in your backlog.

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Stale Issue Reminder Automation

Automatically nudge owners when GitHub issues sit untouched past a set number of days, so nothing important quietly slips through the cracks in your backlog.

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// reflexes emerge · triggers fire · the workspace acts

Keep your backlog honest by flagging issues that have gone quiet, helping maintainers reopen conversations or close items that no longer matter.

What's Included

  • Inactivity timer: Watches each open issue and counts days since the last comment or update.
  • Owner ping: Posts a friendly reminder to the assignee or your team channel when an issue goes stale.
  • Auto-label: Tags untouched issues with a stale marker for easy filtering and cleanup.
  • Smart exceptions: Skips issues carrying a pinned or in-progress label so active work is never nagged.

How To Use

  1. Connect your GitHub repository to Taskade and pick the issues to monitor.
  2. Set the inactivity threshold, such as 14 or 30 days.
  3. Choose where reminders land, like Slack, email, or a Taskade project.
  4. Turn it on and let the automation surface aging issues every day.

Pair this with an issue triage agent or browse more GitHub automations to keep your repo tidy.

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