A bug tracker for open source project maintainers managing community-reported issues, triaging contributions, and onboarding new contributors. Draft good-first-issue descriptions with an AI agent and sync two-way with GitHub in Taskade.
What's Included
- Public Bug Intake: Embeddable form for community bug reports with reproduction, environment, and version fields
- Contributor Triage Board: Labels (good-first-issue, help-wanted, bug, enhancement) on a Board view
- Onboarding Issue Generator: AI agent takes a bug report and drafts a contributor-friendly version with code pointers, suggested approach, and acceptance criteria
- GitHub Two-Way Sync: Issues created in GitHub appear here; status updates here flow back to GitHub
- Contributor Recognition: Table view of contributors with PRs merged, issues triaged, and impact
Why This Template Wins
- Lower the contribution barrier: The Onboarding Issue Generator turns "this crashes on edge case X" into "good-first-issue: add a null check at file.js:42 — see PR #123 for similar pattern" — first-time contributors actually know where to start
- Maintainer triage at scale: Solo maintainers can triage 100+ community issues a week with the AI Triage Agent ranking severity and deduplicating against past reports
- Recognition matters: Contributor recognition view auto-generates monthly contributor highlights — small teams build community by celebrating contributors visibly
How to Use
- Clone this template into your Taskade workspace
- Connect your GitHub repository for two-way issue sync
- Train the Onboarding Issue Generator on your codebase architecture and contribution style
- Customize the public intake form with your project's repro requirements
- Set up automation triggers for stale-issue cleanup and contributor recognition posts
FAQ
Can the workspace stay in sync with our existing GitHub Issues?
Yes. Connect via GitHub integration — existing issues import on first sync and stay in sync going forward. Status changes propagate in both directions; comments stay in GitHub for community visibility while triage and prioritization happen in Taskade.
Does the Onboarding Issue Generator know our codebase?
It does after training. Connect your repo and the agent indexes it; subsequent good-first-issue drafts include accurate file:line pointers and reference past similar PRs. The first 10 issues are rough; by issue 50 the agent is sharp.
Is this overkill for projects with fewer than 100 issues?
For projects under 50 open issues, GitHub Issues alone is fine. Add Taskade when triage becomes a bottleneck or when you have multiple maintainers needing shared visibility into prioritization decisions.
CTA
Try this template free in Taskade. For GitHub setup, see /learn/automation/automations-execution. To generate a custom OSS tracker, try the AI Bug Tracker Generator. Browse open source apps in the Community Gallery.