Triage, draft, ship. The repo housekeeping, handled.
Corey runs the issue triage, first-pass replies and routine changes that pull engineers out of flow - and tees the results up for review. Nothing merges without a human.
Corey for engineering teams runs the repo housekeeping that pulls developers out of flow - issue triage, first-pass replies, routine PRs, bug repros and release notes - and tees the results up for review. Nothing merges without a human.
Sound familiar?
- Issue triage is constant, context-heavy and nobody’s job.
- The same questions get answered in issues again and again.
- Small, routine changes pile up behind the work that needs real thought.
- Release notes and changelogs get written from memory, late.
Run the housekeeping around your codebase.
Issue triage
“Triage today’s issues, label them, group duplicates and draft replies for the questions.”
First-pass PRs
“Open a PR for that dependency bump and run the checks, for me to review.”
Repro and reports
“Reproduce this bug, write up the steps and link the likely cause.”
Release notes
“Draft the changelog for this release from the merged PRs.”
Stale cleanup
“Find issues with no activity in 60 days and propose closing or pinging.”
Scheduled jobs
“Every night, run the backup, check the build and post the result.”