GitHub Issue Prioritization Agent

Automatically summarize GitHub issues and flag priority based on sentiment, reactions, and competitor mentions to help teams triage faster.

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Overview

This agent reviews GitHub issues and comments to generate a summary, sentiment analysis, and urgency score. It considers reactions, tone, comment volume, and competitive mentions helping teams triage faster and flag issues for escalation.

Tools used by this agent

  • GitHub: Retrieves issue details and comment threads

  • Slack: Posts summaries and highlights for team awareness

How does this agent work?

Trigger the agent using a customizable Slack command, such as /summarize-issue. Then, the agent:

  1. Fetches the issue body and all comments, handling pagination automatically

  2. Processes the content to:

    • Summarize the overall request or bug report

    • Detect sentiment ( such as frustration, urgency)

    • Count reactions, upvotes, and comment volume

    • Identify competitive mentions or user workarounds

  3. Posts the analysis to a Slack channel or user

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How to use this template

This agent requires the following configurations to function:

Github

- github_pat

Set up the template

To set up the template, do the following:

  1. Clone the agent template from the Flows workspace.

  2. Set up Slack:

    1. Create a Slack app.

    2. In Postman, open the module’s Configurations panel and save the following credentials:

      • slack_bot_token

      • slack_user_id

    3. Create a slash command, such as /gitsummary, with read and write access.

  3. Set up GitHub:

    1. Obtain your GitHub personal access token with access to the repositories that contain your issues.

    2. In Postman, open the module’s Configurations panel and save the token as github_personal_access_token.

  4. Deploy the agent to the Postman cloud.

    1. Copy the action_url from the deployment output.

    2. Set the Request URL of the slash command to your action URL. This connects your Slack app to the agent.

  5. In Slack, use your slash command with a GitHub issue URL to confirm it works. Example: /gitsummary issue url The agent will reply with:

    1. Summary of the issue

    2. Sentiment score

    3. Key takeaways

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