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claude-code/scripts/lifecycle-comment.ts
Chris Lloyd 8c09097e8c Post a comment when lifecycle labels are applied to issues (#25665)
When lifecycle labels (needs-info, needs-repro, invalid, stale, autoclose)
are applied to an issue, the author currently only sees a label change with
no explanation. They then get a closing comment days later without ever
being nudged to respond.

Add a GitHub Actions workflow that triggers on issues.labeled and runs a
new lifecycle-comment.ts script to post a comment explaining what's needed
and how long before auto-close.

Extract lifecycle config (labels, timeouts, close reasons, nudge messages)
into a shared issue-lifecycle.ts so the sweep script and comment script
stay in sync. Previously the timeouts were duplicated between the sweep
script and the comment messages.

- needs-info: asks for version, OS, error messages
- needs-repro: asks for steps to trigger the issue
- invalid: links to the Claude Code repo and Anthropic support
- stale/autoclose: explains inactivity auto-close

The script no-ops for non-lifecycle labels, so the workflow fires on every
label event and lets the script decide — single source of truth.

## Test plan

Dry-run all labels locally:
GITHUB_REPOSITORY=anthropics/claude-code LABEL=needs-info ISSUE_NUMBER=12345 bun run scripts/lifecycle-comment.ts --dry-run
GITHUB_REPOSITORY=anthropics/claude-code LABEL=needs-repro ISSUE_NUMBER=12345 bun run scripts/lifecycle-comment.ts --dry-run
GITHUB_REPOSITORY=anthropics/claude-code LABEL=invalid ISSUE_NUMBER=12345 bun run scripts/lifecycle-comment.ts --dry-run
GITHUB_REPOSITORY=anthropics/claude-code LABEL=stale ISSUE_NUMBER=12345 bun run scripts/lifecycle-comment.ts --dry-run
GITHUB_REPOSITORY=anthropics/claude-code LABEL=autoclose ISSUE_NUMBER=12345 bun run scripts/lifecycle-comment.ts --dry-run

Verified sweep.ts still works:
GITHUB_TOKEN=$(gh auth token) GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER=anthropics GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME=claude-code bun run scripts/sweep.ts --dry-run
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#!/usr/bin/env bun
// Posts a comment when a lifecycle label is applied to an issue,
// giving the author a heads-up and a chance to respond before auto-close.
import { lifecycle } from "./issue-lifecycle.ts";
const DRY_RUN = process.argv.includes("--dry-run");
const token = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
const repo = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY; // owner/repo
const label = process.env.LABEL;
const issueNumber = process.env.ISSUE_NUMBER;
if (!DRY_RUN && !token) throw new Error("GITHUB_TOKEN required");
if (!repo) throw new Error("GITHUB_REPOSITORY required");
if (!label) throw new Error("LABEL required");
if (!issueNumber) throw new Error("ISSUE_NUMBER required");
const entry = lifecycle.find((l) => l.label === label);
if (!entry) {
console.log(`No lifecycle entry for label "${label}", skipping`);
process.exit(0);
}
const body = `${entry.nudge} This issue will be closed automatically if there's no activity within ${entry.days} days.`;
// --
if (DRY_RUN) {
console.log(`Would comment on #${issueNumber} for label "${label}":\n\n${body}`);
process.exit(0);
}
const response = await fetch(
`https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/issues/${issueNumber}/comments`,
{
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
Accept: "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"User-Agent": "lifecycle-comment",
},
body: JSON.stringify({ body }),
}
);
if (!response.ok) {
const text = await response.text();
throw new Error(`GitHub API ${response.status}: ${text}`);
}
console.log(`Commented on #${issueNumber} for label "${label}"`);