🤖 Issue Helper

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A GitHub Action to help you deal with issues

😎 Why use GitHub Action?

1. Complete free.
2. Fully automatic.
3. Hosted on the GitHub server, as long as GitHub is not down, it will keep running.

Private projects have a limit of 2000 times per month, Specific view. Public are unlimited.

List

• ⭐ Base
  • add-assignees
  • add-labels
  • close-issue
  • create-comment
  • create-issue
  • delete-comment
  • lock-issue
  • open-issue
  • remove-assignees
  • set-labels
  • unlock-issue
  • update-comment
  • update-issue
• ⭐ Advanced
  • check-inactive
  • close-issues
  • find-comments
  • lock-issues
• 🌰 Example
  • find-comments + create-comment + update-comment

🚀 Usage

⭐ Base

In order to better display the function, the following is an example of the actual scene, please refer to it flexibly.

add-assignees

When an issue is added or modified, assign this issue to one or more people.

name: Add Assigness

on:
  issues:
    types: [opened, edited]

jobs:
  add-assigness:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Add assigness
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'add-assignees'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          assignees: 'xxx' or ['xxx'] or ['xx1', 'xx2']

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1
assignees	Designated person. No operation when no input or empty character or empty array	string | string[]	✖	v1

• actions support multiple and separated by comma. Like: add-assignees,add-labels
• The name can be modified according to the actual situation
• on reference
• ${{ github.event.issue.number }} is the current issue. More references

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add-labels

When the content of a new issue does not contain the specified format, add labels for the issue.

name: Add Labels

on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]

jobs:
  add-labels:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: contains(github.event.issue.body, 'xxx') == false
    steps:
      - name: Add labels
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'add-labels'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          labels: 'bug' or ['bug'] or ['bug1', 'bug2']

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1
labels	New labels. When it is not filled in or is empty character, empty array, do not add	string | string[]	✖	v1

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close-issue

Close the specified issue.

- name: Close issue
    uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
    with:
      actions: 'close-issue'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: xxx
      body: 'This is auto closed.'

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1

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create-comment

When a designated label is added, comment on the issue.

name: Create Comment

on:
  issues:
    types: [labeled]

jobs:
  create-comment:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event.label.name == 'xxx'
    steps:
      - name: Create comment
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'create-comment'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          body: |
            Hello @${{ github.event.issue.user.login }}. Add some comments.

            你好 @${{ github.event.issue.user.login }}。巴拉巴拉。
          contents: '+1' or ['+1', 'heart']

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1
body	Add comment content	string	✖	v1
contents	Add reaction	string | string[]	✖	v1

• body default is Currently at ${owner}/${repo}. And this is default comment.
  • Where ${owner}/${repo} means the current repo
• Return comment-id, which can be used for subsequent operations. Usage reference
• ${{ github.event.issue.user.login }} indicates the creator of the issue

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create-issue

Here is an example, add an issue at UTC 00:00 on the 1st of every month.

name: Create Issue

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 1 * *"

jobs:
  create-issue:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Create issue
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'create-issue'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          title: 'xxxx'
          body: 'xxxx'
          labels: 'xx'
          assignees: 'xxx'
          contents: '+1'

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
title	The title of the new issue	string	✖	v1
body	The body of the new issue	string	✖	v1
labels	The labels for the new issue	string | string[]	✖	v1
assignees	The assignees for the new issue	string | string[]	✖	v1
contents	Add reaction	string | string[]	✖	v1

• title default is Default Title
• Return issue-number. Usage reference

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delete-comment

According to comment-id delete the specified comment.

- name: Delete comment
    uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
    with:
      actions: 'delete-comment'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      comment-id: xxx

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
comment-id	The comment ID	number	✔	v1

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lock-issue

When the invalid label is added, the issue is locked.

name: Lock Issue

on:
  issues:
    types: [labeled]

jobs:
  lock-issue:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event.label.name == 'invalid'
    steps:
      - name: Lock issue
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'lock-issue'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1

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open-issue

Open the specified issue.

- name: Open issue
    uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
    with:
      actions: 'open-issue'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: xxx

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1

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remove-assignees

Remove the person designated by issue.

- name: Remove assignees
    uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
    with:
      actions: 'remove-assignees'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
      assignees: 'xx'

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1
assignees	Designated person removed. When it is an empty character, empty array, do not remove	string | string[]	✔	v1

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set-labels

Replace the labels of issue.

- name: Set labels
    uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
    with:
      actions: 'set-labels'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
      labels: 'xx'

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1
labels	labels set. When empty characters, empty array, will remove all	string | string[]	✔	v1

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unlock-issue

Unlock the specified issue.

- name: Unlock issue
    uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
    with:
      actions: 'unlock-issue'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1

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update-comment

Update the specified comment according to comment-id.

The following example shows that 👀 is added for each new comment.

name: Add eyes to each comment

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  update-comment:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Update comment
          uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
          with:
            actions: 'update-comment'
            token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
            comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
            contents: 'eyes'

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
comment-id	The comment ID	number	✔	v1
body	Update the content of comment	string	✖	v1
update-mode	Update mode. Default replace, another append	string	✖	v1
contents	Add reaction	string | string[]	✖	v1

• When body is not entered, it will remain as it is
• When update-mode is append, additional operations will be performed. Anything other than append will be replaced. Only effective for body

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update-issue

Update the specified issue according to the issue-number.

- name: Update issue
    uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
    with:
      actions: 'update-issue'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
      state: 'open'
      title: 'xxx'
      body: 'xxxx'
      update-mode: 'replace'
      labels: 'xx'
      assignees: 'xxx'
      contents: '+1'

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1
state	Modify the status of issue, optional value open closed	string	✖	v1
title	Modify the title of the issue	string	✖	v1
body	Modify the content of issue	string	✖	v1
update-mode	Update mode. Default replace, another append	string	✖	v1
labels	Replace the labels of issue	string | string[]	✖	v1
assignees	Replace the assignees of issue	string | string[]	✖	v1
contents	Add reaction	string | string[]	✖	v1

• state defaults to open
• When the option is not filled, it will keep the original

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⭐ Advanced

It is not recommended to use multiple actions for advanced usage.

check-inactive

At UTC 0 on the 1st of each month, add the inactive tag to all issues that have not been active for more than 30 days.

name: Check inactive

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 1 * *"

jobs:
  check-inactive:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: check-inactive
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'check-inactive'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          inactive-day: 30

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
body	When operating an issue, you can comment. Do not comment when not typing	string	✖	v1
labels	Labels filtering	string | string[]	✖	v1
issue-state	State filtering	string	✖	v1
issue-assignee	Assignee filtering	string	✖	v1
issue-creator	Creator filtering	string	✖	v1
issue-mentioned	Mentioned filtering	string	✖	v1
body-includes	Body filtering	string	✖	v1
title-includes	Title filtering	string	✖	v1
inactive-day	Inactive days filtering	number	✖	v1
inactive-label	The label name adding	string	✖	v1

• labels: When there are multiple, the query will have multiple at the same time. If not entered, all
• issue-state: The default is all. Optional value open closed, when these 2 items are not, both are all
• issue-assignee: Multiplayer is not supported. If you do not enter or enter *, all will be searched. Entering none will query issues for which the specified person is not added
• inactive-day: When entering, it will filter the issue update time earlier than the current time minus the number of inactive days. If not entered, all
• inactive-label: The default is inactive, others can be customized. When the project does not contain the label, it will be created automatically

close-issues

Every 7 days at UTC 0, close the issues that have been filled with the need info label and have not been active for more than 7 days.

name: Check need info

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 */7 * *"

jobs:
  check-need-info:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: close-issues
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'close-issues'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          labels: 'need info'
          inactive-day: 7

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
body	When operating an issue, you can comment. Do not comment when not typing	string	✖	v1
labels	Labels filtering	string | string[]	✖	v1
issue-assignee	Assignee filtering	string	✖	v1
issue-creator	Creator filtering	string	✖	v1
issue-mentioned	Mentioned filtering	string	✖	v1
body-includes	Body filtering	string	✖	v1
title-includes	Title filtering	string	✖	v1
inactive-day	Inactive days filtering	number	✖	v1

• labels: When there are multiple, the query will have multiple at the same time. If not entered, all
• issue-assignee: Multiplayer is not supported. If you do not enter or enter *, all will be searched. Entering none will query issues for which the specified person is not added
• inactive-day: When entering, it will filter the issue update time earlier than the current time minus the number of inactive days. If not entered, all

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find-comments

Find the current warehouse issue No. 1, the creator is k and the content contains the comment list of this.

- name: Find comments
    uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
    with:
      actions: 'find-comments'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: 1
      comment-auth: 'k'
      body-includes: 'this'

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
issue-number	The number of issue	number	✔	v1
comment-auth	Comment creator, all will be queried if not filled	string	✖	v1
body-includes	Comment content includes filtering, no verification if not filled	string	✖	v1
direction	Return comments sort	string	✖	v1

• Return comments in the following format:

[
  {id: 1, auth: 'x', body: 'xxx', created: '', updated: ''},
  {id: 2, auth: 'x', body: 'xxx', created: '', updated: ''},
]

• direction defaults to ascending order, only when desc is set, descending order will be returned
• The created updated in the returned array, determined by the environment, will be UTC +0

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lock-issues

Every 3 months at UTC 0 on the 1st, lock all issues that have been filled with the inactive label and have not been active for more than 128 days.

name: Lock inactive issues

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 1 */3 *"

jobs:
  lock-issues:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: lock-issues
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'lock-issues'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          labels: 'inactive'
          inactive-day: 128

Param	Desc	Type	Required	Version
actions	Action type	string	✔	v1
token	Token explain	string	✔	v1
body	When operating an issue, you can comment. Do not comment when not typing	string	✖	v1
labels	Labels filtering	string | string[]	✖	v1
issue-state	State filtering	string	✖	v1
issue-assignee	Assignee filtering	string	✖	v1
issue-creator	Creator filtering	string	✖	v1
issue-mentioned	Mentioned filtering	string	✖	v1
body-includes	Body filtering	string	✖	v1
title-includes	Title filtering	string	✖	v1
inactive-day	Inactive days filtering	number	✖	v1

• labels: When there are multiple, the query will have multiple at the same time. If not entered, all
• issue-state: The default is all. Optional value open closed, when these 2 items are not, both are all
• issue-assignee: Multiplayer is not supported. If you do not enter or enter *, all will be searched. Entering none will query issues for which the specified person is not added
• inactive-day: When entering, it will filter the issue update time earlier than the current time minus the number of inactive days. If not entered, all

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🌰 Example

Flexible reference.

find-comments + create-comment + update-comment

Hypothetical scenario: When the issue modification of the watch label is added, find out whether there is a comment containing error created by k, if there is only one, update the comment, if not, add a new comment.

name: Test

on:
  isssue:
    types: [edited]

jobs:
  do-test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event.label.name == 'watch'
    steps:
      - name: find comments
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        id: fcid
        with:
          actions: 'find-comments'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          comment-auth: k
          body-includes: 'error'

      - name: create comment
        if: ${{ steps.fcid.outputs.comments.length == 0 }}
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'create-comment'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          body: 'Some error!'

      - name: update comment
        if: ${{ steps.fcid.outputs.comments.length == 1 }}
        uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
        with:
          actions: 'update-comment'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          comment-id: ${{ steps.fcid.outputs.comments[0].id }}
          body: 'Some error again!'
          update-mode: 'append'

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🎁 Reference

token

Need to have the person token with push permission.

• Personal token application
  • Need to check Full control of private repositories
• Project add secrets
  • Select settings, select secrets, select New repository secret
  • Name is the same as in actions
  • Value fill in the token just applied by the individual

When the token is not filled in actions or the corresponding secrets are not added to the project, it will default to github-actions bot.

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outputs use

- name: Create issue
  uses: actions-cool/issue-helper@v1
  id: createissue
  with:
    actions: 'create-issue'
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Check outputs
  run: echo "Outputs issue_number is ${{ steps.createissue.outputs.issue-number }}"

GitHub Docs

• Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions
• Events that trigger workflows

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Reactions types

content	emoji
+1	👍
-1	👎
laugh	😄
confused	😕
heart	❤️
hooray	🎉
rocket	🚀
eyes	👀

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comment-id

Click the ··· icon in the upper right corner of a comment, select Copy link, and the number at the end of the url is comment_id.

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LICENSE

MIT