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The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "W3JyNL5KOXyxnQkR",
"name": "GitHub Issue Monitor",
"active": false,
"isArchived": false,
"versionId": "946033ea-3c7d-402f-97c6-637df2e539d8",
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1",
"availableInMCP": true
},
"connections": {
"GitHub Trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Filter Issue Opened",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Filter Issue Opened": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "OpenRouter Triage",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Ignore Non-Opened Events",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"OpenRouter Triage": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Parse Triage",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Parse Triage": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Add GitHub Label",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Add GitHub Label": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Post Slack Alert",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
},
"nodes": [
{
"id": "749727b3-ef80-41ce-82df-c7cbe4b0ba34",
"name": "GitHub Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.githubTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
0,
96
],
"parameters": {
"owner": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "={{ $vars.GITHUB_OWNER }}"
},
"repository": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "={{ $vars.GITHUB_REPO }}"
},
"events": [
"issues"
]
}
},
{
"id": "1418f09c-a816-40dd-b2c7-7cadf46ef73e",
"name": "Filter Issue Opened",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"typeVersion": 2.2,
"position": [
224,
96
],
"parameters": {
"conditions": {
"options": {
"caseSensitive": true,
"leftValue": "",
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"conditions": [
{
"leftValue": "={{ $json.action }}",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"rightValue": "opened"
}
],
"combinator": "and"
}
}
},
{
"id": "a8d69d3a-e30a-46f3-8d38-f2991f96a78a",
"name": "OpenRouter Triage",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.4,
"position": [
448,
0
],
"parameters": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "={{ $vars.OPENROUTER_BASE_URL }}/chat/completions",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
"sendBody": true,
"contentType": "json",
"specifyBody": "json",
"jsonBody": "={{ { \"model\": $vars.OPENROUTER_MODEL, \"messages\": [{ \"role\": \"system\", \"content\": \"You are a GitHub issue triage assistant. Analyze the issue and respond ONLY with valid JSON: {\\\"priority\\\": \\\"low|medium|high\\\", \\\"category\\\": \\\"bug|feature|docs|question\\\", \\\"suggested_label\\\": \\\"string (one word, lowercase, no spaces)\\\", \\\"summary\\\": \\\"one sentence max 100 chars\\\"}\" }, { \"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Issue title: \" + $json.issue.title + \"\\nBody: \" + ($json.issue.body ?? \"(no body)\") }] } }}",
"options": {
"timeout": 20000
}
}
},
{
"id": "6e4782a6-2f06-4513-ad9c-ed7bd1bfb088",
"name": "Parse Triage",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"typeVersion": 2,
"position": [
672,
0
],
"parameters": {
"mode": "runOnceForAllItems",
"jsCode": "const raw = $input.first().json?.choices?.[0]?.message?.content ?? '';\nlet triage = {};\ntry {\n const s = raw.replace(/```(?:json)?\\n?/g, '').trim();\n triage = JSON.parse(s);\n} catch(e) {\n triage = { priority: 'medium', category: 'question', suggested_label: 'needs-triage', summary: 'AI triage failed \u2014 manual review needed' };\n}\n// Validate and sanitize label (lowercase, no spaces, max 50 chars)\nconst label = (triage.suggested_label ?? 'needs-triage')\n .toLowerCase().replace(/\\s+/g, '-').slice(0, 50);\n\nconst issue = $('GitHub Trigger').first().json;\nreturn [{ json: {\n issue_number: issue.issue?.number,\n issue_title: issue.issue?.title,\n issue_url: issue.issue?.html_url,\n repo_owner: issue.repository?.owner?.login,\n repo_name: issue.repository?.name,\n priority: triage.priority ?? 'medium',\n category: triage.category ?? 'question',\n suggested_label: label,\n summary: triage.summary ?? 'No summary available'\n}}];"
}
},
{
"id": "2c7e0e82-2493-4928-8058-b88b40b18bf1",
"name": "Add GitHub Label",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.4,
"position": [
896,
0
],
"parameters": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "={{ 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + $json.repo_owner + '/' + $json.repo_name + '/issues/' + $json.issue_number + '/labels' }}",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "oAuth2Api",
"sendBody": true,
"contentType": "json",
"specifyBody": "json",
"jsonBody": "={{ JSON.stringify({ labels: [$json.suggested_label] }) }}",
"options": {
"response": {
"response": {
"responseFormat": "json"
}
}
}
}
},
{
"id": "02a447b4-214e-4f74-9d3b-21bb0d839fcc",
"name": "Post Slack Alert",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack",
"typeVersion": 2.5,
"position": [
1120,
0
],
"parameters": {
"resource": "message",
"operation": "post",
"authentication": "accessToken",
"select": "channel",
"channelId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "name",
"value": "#github-alerts"
},
"messageType": "text",
"text": "={{ \"\ud83d\udd14 *New GitHub Issue*\\n*\" + $(\"Parse Triage\").item.json.issue_title + \"*\\nPriority: \" + $(\"Parse Triage\").item.json.priority + \" | Category: \" + $(\"Parse Triage\").item.json.category + \"\\nSummary: \" + $(\"Parse Triage\").item.json.summary + \"\\n\ud83c\udff7\ufe0f Label added: `\" + $(\"Parse Triage\").item.json.suggested_label + \"`\\n\ud83d\udd17 \" + $(\"Parse Triage\").item.json.issue_url }}",
"otherOptions": {}
}
},
{
"id": "3f1d9de5-b0e6-46b5-964d-eaab9a9bce70",
"name": "Ignore Non-Opened Events",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
448,
192
],
"parameters": {}
}
],
"tags": [],
"meta": {
"aiBuilderAssisted": true,
"builderVariant": "mcp"
},
"description": "Automatically triages new GitHub issues with AI (OpenRouter) and posts structured Slack alerts with priority, category, label, and summary."
}
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About this workflow
GitHub Issue Monitor. Uses githubTrigger, httpRequest, slack. Event-driven trigger; 7 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/VoTrongHoang-Dyor/n8n-workflow-templates/blob/main/workflows/github-issue-monitor/workflow.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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