This n8n workflow automates the management of GitHub issues and comments within a specific repository, enhancing team collaboration and issue tracking efficiency. Triggered by new issues or comments, the workflow assesses the nature of each interaction to determine whether a GitHub issue should be assigned to the issue creator or commenter, or if it requires further manual intervention.

The process begins with a GitHub trigger node that activates on ‘issue_comment’ and ‘issues’ events in the ‘build-discord-bot’ repository. The workflow then uses a switch node to classify the event as either an ‘issue’ or a ‘comment’. Depending on this classification, it checks whether the issue has already been assigned and whether the comment includes an instruction to assign it to oneself, through regex pattern matching.

If the issue is unassigned, the workflow automatically assigns it to the issue creator using the GitHub ‘edit’ API call and adds a label ‘assigned’. Conversely, if a comment contains an instruction to assign the issue to the commenter, the workflow assigns it to the commenter and updates the labels accordingly. If the issue is already assigned or no action is needed, it performs a no-operation.

This workflow is ideal for teams that want to streamline issue management on GitHub, ensuring issues are promptly assigned and acknowledged based on user interactions, reducing manual overhead, and keeping project communication clear and organized.