triage

What it does¶

triage is the command you type to move a filed bug or enhancement to one Triage role, hardened and sized when it is ready to build. It does two things itself: it helps you pick the issue, and it decides where the triage runs. The triage itself, from the four questions to the comment on the issue, comes from triaging.

What you type	What happens
`/triage`	A table of the issues waiting on you, longest wait first, and you pick one.
`/triage <N>`	Issue N goes straight on to the next row.

Once there is one issue, triage hands it to delegating, which chooses where triaging runs:

Where you type it	What happens
A terminal, or anywhere a session cannot be started	No question. The triage runs here.
The desktop app	One question first: here or sub-session, with a recommendation.

When to reach for it¶

You type /triage, with an issue number or with nothing to see what needs attention; the agent never starts it on its own. It is step one of the single-issue path: triage, then /build <N>. Point /build at an issue with no contract and it sends you here.

An agent cannot type /triage, so an agent that triages, such as a Chief of Staff session sending out one session per filed issue, uses triaging directly. ask-spp routes between every skill when the right one is unclear.

Prerequisites¶

The repo needs the five state labels, which /setup-spp creates. Without them, the triage asks you to run it and stops.

Common questions¶

Where did the triage steps go? To triaging, with its page. /triage <N> and a session told "use triaging for #N" run the same triage.

Which issues does the table show? An open issue with no Triage role (or needs-triage) that is not already past triage, and a needs-info issue whose newest comment is the reporter's reply rather than a triage note.

Will the sub-session ask me again where to run? No. Its prompt tells it to use triaging, which never asks where to run. Its questions open with #<N> waits on you:, so you can answer a short one from here.

It's working if¶

/triage with no number shows a table and waits for your pick.
In a terminal, /triage <N> starts triaging without a question about where.
In the desktop app, the first thing /triage <N> asks is here or sub-session.
Everything the triage asks after that, and everything it does, is described on the triaging page.