# triage

> Claude/Codex skill by [@mattpocock](https://omgskills.com/library/mattpocock/index.md) · 306k stars · 1.1M installs · Updated 2026-10-27

Move issues and external PRs through a state machine of triage roles, categorise, verify, grill if needed, and write agent-ready briefs.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/mattpocock/skills /tmp/skills && ln -s /tmp/skills/skills/engineering/triage ~/.claude/skills/triage
```

## From README

Triage Move issues on the project issue tracker through a small state machine of triage roles. If this repo treats external pull requests as a request surface (see the issue-tracker config), triage covers them too: a PR is an issue with attached code, using the same roles, same states, and same machine, with a few deltas marked "for a PR" below. Resolve a bare \#42 to an issue or PR per the tracker config.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/mattpocock/skills/triage/
- GitHub: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills
- Author: [@mattpocock](https://omgskills.com/library/mattpocock/index.md)

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