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FEATURE REQUEST: Duplicate issue detector and labelling as duplicate

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, github-actions, typescript
Domain
ci-cd, tooling

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue, so start by locating the repository's issue automation and GitHub Action configuration. Define the duplicate-suggestion flow and verify that new issues receive possible matches without automatic closing.

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem?
  • Yes, it is related to a problem
Describe the feature you'd like

Problem: Contributors must manually search through many existing issues before creating a new one, which is time-consuming and often leads to duplicate reports.

How: Add automated duplicate detection using a GitHub bot (semantic matching) and a lightweight GitHub Action to flag similar existing issues on creation.

Impact: it will mark that issue duplicate so that maintainer don't have to waste too much time

Notes: Automation will only suggest possible duplicates (no auto-closing) .

Record
  • I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
  • I want to work on implementing this feature
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
101
Forks
145
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Getting set up

  • No Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
  • Has a pull request template
  • No contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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