fvictorio / auto-assign-issue

GitHub action that auto-assigns issues to a user or users

GitHub action that auto-assigns issues to users or team members

Inputs

Parameter	Required	Description
assignees	only if teams is not specified	Comma separated list of user names. Issue will be assigned to those users.
teams	only if assignees is not specified	Comma separated list of teams. Issue will be assigned to the team members. Important Requirement: if using the teams input parameter, you need to use a personal access token with read:org scope (the default GITHUB_TOKEN is not enough).
numOfAssignee	false	Number of assignees that will be randomly picked from the teams or assignees. If not specified, assigns all users.

Examples

Here's an example flow that auto-assigns all new issues to two users randomly chosen from octocat, cat and dog :

name: Issue assignment

on:
    issues:
        types: [opened]

jobs:
    auto-assign:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        steps:
            - name: 'Auto-assign issue'
              uses: pozil/[email protected]
              with:
                  assignees: octocat,cat,dog
                  numOfAssignee: 2

This other configuration assigns issues to a random member of the support team:

- name: 'Auto-assign issue'
    uses: pozil/[email protected]
    with:
        repo-token: ${{ secrets.MY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
        teams: support
        numOfAssignee: 1

Specifying a dynamic user

Instead of hardcoding the user name in the workflow, you can use a secret:

• create a GitHub secret named DEFAULT_ISSUE_ASSIGNEE with the name of the user
• use this value ${{ secrets.DEFAULT_ISSUE_ASSIGNEE }} instead of the username in the workflow.