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feat: Add automation workflows (auto-assign, dependabot)

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions
Domain
ci-cd

Research direction

Review the referenced templates.hbs(github/workflows/automation) gist and the installation command in the issue. Add .github/workflows/auto-assign.yml, .github/workflows/dependabot-issue.yml, and .github/dependabot.yml with the described automation. Done means the three workflow files are present and configured for the listed behaviors.

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Description

Description

Add automation workflows from templates.hbs(github/workflows/automation) gist:

Files

  • .github/workflows/auto-assign.yml - Auto-assigns owner to issues/PRs (single maintainer repos)
  • .github/workflows/dependabot-issue.yml - Creates tracking issues for Dependabot PRs
  • .github/dependabot.yml - Weekly GitHub Actions version updates

Source

Installed via:

gh gist clone eb3e040449ade0b0b0611b93cea454f2 gist-github-workflows-auto
INSTALL_DIR=. just --justfile gist-github-workflows-auto/github_workflows_auto.just install
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Python
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