Automate GitHub Issue Assignments via Comment Commands β€” n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚑ Trigger10 nodes🏷️ Project ManagementπŸ‘ 85 viewsby Roshan Ramani

Overview

πŸ€– GitHub Auto-Assign Bot

Streamline your open source project with intelligent issue assignment automation.

✨ What It Does Automatically assigns GitHub issues to contributors who comment "assign me" - eliminating manual triage work and creating a fair, first-come-first-served system.

πŸ”‘ Key Features Smart Detection**:
Monitors both new issues and comments for assignment requests Conflict Prevention**:
Checks existing assignments before making new ones Auto-Labeling**:
Adds "assigned

Nodes used

GitHub

Workflow Preview

GitHub Auto-Assign Workflow
Trigger: Listens for new GitHub issues or comments.
Switch: Checks if the action is either "opened" or "cre
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IF wants to work?
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IF not assigned?
Assign Issue Creator
Add Comment
Assign Commenter
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How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 10 nodes, connecting github, githubtrigger, if.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (10)

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GitHub

github

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How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows β†’ New β†’ Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded automate-github-issue-assignments-via-comment-commands file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n β†’ Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Automate GitHub Issue Assignments via Comment Commands", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

githubgithubtriggerifswitch

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Nodes10
Complexitymedium
Triggertrigger
Views85
CategoryProject Management

Created by

Roshan Ramani

Roshan Ramani

@rawsun007

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