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Issues Helper

v3.4.0

Issues Helper

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Issues Helper

A GitHub Action that easily helps you automatically manage issues

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Issues Helper

uses: actions-cool/[email protected]

Learn more about this action in actions-cool/issues-helper

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🤖 Issues Helper

A GitHub Action that easily helps you automatically manage issues

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When the following list does not have the features you want, you can submit it in issues.

🚀 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/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'add-assignees'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          assignees: 'xxx' or 'xx1,xx2'
          random-to: 1
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
assignees Designated person. No operation when no input or empty character string
random-to When set, it will be randomly selected in assignees number
  • actions support multiple and separated by comma. Like: add-assignees,add-labels
  • The name can be modified according to the actual situation
  • Reference to on
  • ${{ github.event.issue.number }} is the current issue. More references
  • assignees support multiple and separated by comma
  • You can assign up to 10 people to each issue

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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/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'add-labels'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          labels: 'bug' or 'xx1,xx2'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
labels New labels. When it is not filled in or is empty character, do not add string
  • labels support multiple and separated by comma

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close-issue

Close the specified issue.

- name: Close issue
    uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'close-issue'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: xxx
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
close-reason Reason for closing. Default not_planned, another completed string

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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/issues-helper@v3
        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。
          emoji: '+1' or '+1,heart'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
body Add comment content string
emoji Add emoji string
  • No action when body is empty
  • Return comment-id, which can be used for subsequent operations. Usage reference
  • ${{ github.event.issue.user.login }} indicates the creator of the issue
  • emoji support multiple and separated by comma

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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/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'create-issue'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          title: 'xxxx'
          body: 'xxxx'
          labels: 'xx'
          assignees: 'xxx'
          emoji: '+1'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
title The title of the new issue string
body The body of the new issue string
labels The labels for the new issue string
assignees The assignees for the new issue string
random-to When set, it will be randomly selected in assignees number
emoji Add emoji string

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create-label

Create label. If you want to maintain labels in batches, see.

- name: Create label
  uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
  with:
    actions: 'create-label'
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    label-name: 'xx'
    label-color: '0095b3'
    label-desc: 'xx'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
label-name Label name, emoji support string
label-color Label color, the format is hexadecimal color code, without # string
label-desc Label description string
  • label-name: If it already exists, no operation
  • label-color: Default is ededed

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delete-comment

According to comment-id delete the specified comment.

- name: Delete comment
    uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'delete-comment'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      comment-id: xxx
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
comment-id The comment ID number

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get-issue

Query issue information.

- name: Get Issue
    uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'get-issue'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
  • Return issue-number issue-title issue-body issue-labels issue-assignees issue-state. Usage reference

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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/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'lock-issue'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
lock-reason Reason for locking issue string
  • lock-reason: Optional values are off-topic too heated resolved spam

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open-issue

Open the specified issue.

- name: Open issue
    uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'open-issue'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: xxx
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number

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remove-assignees

Remove the person designated by issue.

- name: Remove assignees
    uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'remove-assignees'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
      assignees: 'xx'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
assignees Designated person removed. When it is an empty character, do not remove string

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remove-labels

Remove the specified labels.

- name: Remove labels
    uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'remove-labels'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
      labels: 'xx'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
labels The removed labels. When it is a blank character, do not remove string
  • labels supports multiple, such as x1,x2,x3, only the labels added by the issue will be removed

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set-labels

Replace the labels of issue.

- name: Set labels
    uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'set-labels'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
      labels: 'xx'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
labels labels set. When empty characters, will remove all string

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unlock-issue

Unlock the specified issue.

- name: Unlock issue
    uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'unlock-issue'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number

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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/issues-helper@v3
          with:
            actions: 'update-comment'
            token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
            comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
            emoji: 'eyes'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
comment-id The comment ID number
out-comments The output of find-comments, if you find multiple, operate multiple string
body Update the content of comment string
update-mode Update mode. Default replace, another append string
emoji Add reaction string
  • 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/issues-helper@v3
    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'
      emoji: '+1'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
state Modify the status of issue, optional value open closed string
title Modify the title of the issue string
body Modify the content of issue string
update-mode Update mode. Default replace, another append string
labels Replace the labels of issue string
assignees Replace the assignees of issue string
emoji Add reaction string
  • state defaults to open
  • When the option is not filled, it will keep the original

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🌟 Advanced

Advanced usage is not recommended to use multiple actions at the same time.

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/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'check-inactive'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          inactive-day: 30
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
body When operating an issue, you can comment. Do not comment when not typing string
emoji Add reaction for this comment string
labels Labels filtering string
issue-state State filtering string
issue-assignee Assignee filtering string
issue-creator Creator filtering string
issue-mentioned Mentioned filtering string
body-includes Body filtering string
title-includes Title filtering string
inactive-day Inactive days filtering number
inactive-label The label name adding string
exclude-labels Exclude labels filtering string
  • 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
  • exclude-labels: When set to include $exclude-empty, no label issue can be excluded

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check-issue

Check whether the issue meets the conditions according to the passed parameters and issue-number, and return a boolean value.

The effect of the following example is: when an issue is newly opened, verify whether the current issue designator contains x1 or x2.

If one designated person is satisfied, the verification will pass, and at the same time, verify whether the title meets the conditions.

Check rules

name: Check Issue

on:
  issues:
    types: [edited]

jobs:
  check-issue:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: check-issue
        uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'check-issue'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          assignee-includes: 'x1,x2'
          title-includes: 'x1,x2/y1,y2'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
assignee-includes Assignees contains check string
title-includes Title contains check string
title-excludes Check whether the title is empty after removing the default title string
body-includes Body contains check string
  • title-includes body-includes supports the format x1,x2 or x1,x2/y1,y2. Only supports two levels
  • Return check-result, due to yml reasons, the judgment condition is if: steps.xxid.outputs.check-result =='true'

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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/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'close-issues'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          labels: 'need info'
          inactive-day: 7
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
body When operating an issue, you can comment. Do not comment when not typing string
emoji Add reaction for this comment string
labels Labels filtering string
issue-assignee Assignee filtering string
issue-creator Creator filtering string
issue-mentioned Mentioned filtering string
body-includes Body filtering string
title-includes Title filtering string
inactive-day Inactive days filtering number
exclude-labels Exclude labels filtering string
close-reason Reason for closing. Default not_planned, another completed string
  • 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
  • exclude-labels: When set to include $exclude-empty, no label issue can be excluded

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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/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'find-comments'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-number: 1
      comment-auth: 'k'
      body-includes: 'this'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
comment-auth Comment creator, all will be queried if not filled string
body-includes Comment content includes filtering, no verification if not filled string
direction Return comments sort string
  • 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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find-issues

Find the current repository, the creator is k , the title contains this , the body contains that, and the list of issues in the open state.

- name: Find issues
    uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
    with:
      actions: 'find-issues'
      token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      issue-creator: 'k'
      issue-state: 'open'
      title-includes: 'this'
      body-includes: 'that'
      labels: 'documentation'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-state State filtering string
issue-creator Creator filtering string
title-includes Title filtering string
body-includes Body filtering string
labels Labels filtering string
exclude-labels Exclude labels filtering string
inactive-day Inactive days filtering number
direction Return sort string
  • Returns issues in the following format:
[
  {number: 1, auth: 'x', body: 'xxx', body: 'xxx', state: 'open', created: '', updated: ''},
  {number: 2, auth: 'x', body: 'xxx', body: 'xxx', state: 'closed', 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
  • exclude-labels: When set to include $exclude-empty, no label issue can be excluded

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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/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'lock-issues'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          labels: 'inactive'
          inactive-day: 128
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
body When operating an issue, you can comment. Do not comment when not typing string
emoji Add reaction for this comment string
labels Labels filtering string
issue-state State filtering string
issue-assignee Assignee filtering string
issue-creator Creator filtering string
issue-mentioned Mentioned filtering string
body-includes Body filtering string
title-includes Title filtering string
inactive-day Inactive days filtering number
lock-reason Reason for locking issue string
exclude-labels Exclude labels filtering string
  • 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
  • exclude-labels: When set to include $exclude-empty, no label issue can be excluded

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mark-assignees

Quickly assign person, only for the issue to add editor comments.

name: Issue Mark Assignees

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created, edited]

jobs:
  mark-assignees:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: mark-assignees
        uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'mark-assignees'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
assign-command Simple commands can be set, such as: /a string
require-permission Permission required, default is write string
  • assign-command: default /assign
  • require-permission: Optional values are admin, write, read, none
    • If the team member sets the read permission, it is read
    • If the external Collaborator is set to read permission, it is read
    • Ordinary users have read permission
    • When set write, admin and write meet the conditions

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mark-duplicate

Quickly mark duplicate questions, only for issue new comments or edit comments.

name: Issue Mark Duplicate

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created, edited]

jobs:
  mark-duplicate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: mark-duplicate
        uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'mark-duplicate'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
duplicate-command Simple commands can be set, such as: /d string
duplicate-labels Add additional labels to this issue string
remove-labels Set removable labels string
labels Replace the labels of the issue string
emoji Add reaction for this comment string
close-issue Whether to close the issue at the same time string
require-permission Permission required, default is write string
close-reason Reason for closing. Default not_planned, another completed string
  • duplicate-command: When setting concise commands, while still supporting the original Duplicate of. Block content contains ?
  • labels: Highest priority
  • close-issue: Both true or 'true' can take effect
  • require-permission: Optional values are admin, write, read, none
    • If the team member sets the read permission, it is read
    • If the external Collaborator is set to read permission, it is read
    • Ordinary users have read permission
    • When set write, admin and write meet the conditions

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toggle-labels

When an issue is reopened, the set labels are removed if they already exist, otherwise they are added.

name: Toggle Labels

on:
  issues:
    types: [reopened]

jobs:
  toggle-labels:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Toggle labels
        uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'toggle-labels'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          labels: 'unread,outdated'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
issue-number The number of issue. When not input, it will be obtained from the trigger event number
labels The toggle labels. Delete if the label already exists, add if it does not exist string

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welcome

When an issue is created, the user who created the issue for the first time is welcome.

If the user is not creating for the first time, there is no operation.

name: Issue Welcome

on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]

jobs:
  issue-welcome:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: welcome
        uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
        with:
          actions: 'welcome'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          body: hi @${{ github.event.issue.user.login }}, welcome!
          labels: 'welcome1, welcome2'
          assignees: 'xx1'
          issue-emoji: '+1, -1, eyes'
Param Desc Type Required
actions Action type string
token Token explain string
body Comment on the welcome content, no comment if you leave it blank string
labels Add labels to this issue string
assignees Add assignees to this issue string
issue-emoji Add reaction to this issue string
  • If these 4 options are not filled, no operation

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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 input ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}, it will default to github-actions-bot. More.

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GitHub Docs

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outputs use

- name: Create issue
  uses: actions-cool/issues-helper@v3
  id: createissue
  with:
    actions: 'create-issue'
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Check outputs
  run: echo "Outputs issue_number is ${{ steps.createissue.outputs.issue-number }}"

More:

  1. https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/creating-actions/metadata-syntax-for-github-actions#outputs
  2. https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idoutputs

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Check rules

"title-includes": 'x1,x2'

x1
x2

"x1y3y2"  true
"y2 x1"   true
"x2"      true
"x3"      false
"title-includes": 'x1,x2/y1,y2'

x1 + y1
x2 + y1
x1 + y2
x2 + y2

"x1y3y2"  true
"y2 x1"   true
"1x2y"    false
"x1"      false

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Emoji 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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Actions Template

LICENSE

MIT