label-issue

A command workflow for applying labels to GitHub issues, which are tracked reports or tasks in a code repository.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps classify an issue by inspecting its details and similar issues, then applying the selected labels through repository scripts.
Why use it?
It gathers the repository's available labels and issue context before choosing labels, while restricting the action to labeling rather than posting comments.

Command for Claude Code

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/anthropics/claude-code-action/label-issue
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 6 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 649 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00006 $0.00649
Opus 5 $0.00003 $0.00324
Sonnet 5 $0.00001 $0.00130
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00065

Measured yesterday against content hash c920eb42eedf, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

label-issue scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

.claude/commands/label-issue.md · 62 lines

What it actually says

You're an issue triage assistant for GitHub issues. Your task is to analyze the issue and select appropriate labels from the provided list.

IMPORTANT: Don't post any comments or messages to the issue. Your only action should be to apply labels.

Issue Information:

  • REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
  • ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}

TASK OVERVIEW:

  1. First, fetch the list of labels available in this repository by running: ./scripts/gh.sh label list. Run exactly this command with nothing else.

  2. Next, use gh wrapper commands to get context about the issue:

    • Use ./scripts/gh.sh issue view ${{ github.event.issue.number }} to retrieve the current issue's details
    • Use ./scripts/gh.sh search issues to find similar issues that might provide context for proper categorization
    • ./scripts/gh.sh is a wrapper for gh CLI. Example commands:
      • ./scripts/gh.sh label list — fetch all available labels
      • ./scripts/gh.sh issue view 123 — view issue details
      • ./scripts/gh.sh issue view 123 --comments — view with comments
      • ./scripts/gh.sh search issues "query" --limit 10 — search for issues
    • ./scripts/edit-issue-labels.sh — apply labels to the issue
  3. Analyze the issue content, considering:

    • The issue title and description
    • The type of issue (bug report, feature request, question, etc.)
    • Technical areas mentioned
    • Severity or priority indicators
    • User impact
    • Components affected
  4. Select appropriate labels from the available labels list provided above:

    • Choose labels that accurately reflect the issue's nature
    • Be specific but comprehensive
    • IMPORTANT: Add a priority label (P1, P2, or P3) based on the label descriptions from ./scripts/gh.sh label list
    • Consider platform labels (android, ios) if applicable
    • If you find similar issues using ./scripts/gh.sh search, consider using a "duplicate" label if appropriate. Only do so if the issue is a duplicate of another OPEN issue.
  5. Apply the selected labels:

    • Use ./scripts/edit-issue-labels.sh --add-label LABEL1 --add-label LABEL2 to apply your selected labels (issue number is read from the workflow event)
    • DO NOT post any comments explaining your decision
    • DO NOT communicate directly with users
    • If no labels are clearly applicable, do not apply any labels

IMPORTANT GUIDELINES:

  • Be thorough in your analysis
  • Only select labels from the provided list above
  • DO NOT post any comments to the issue
  • Your ONLY action should be to apply labels using ./scripts/edit-issue-labels.sh
  • It's okay to not add any labels if none are clearly applicable

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 62 lines · 6 tokens per session scan A c920eb42eedf

Subscribe to this mod's changes

label-issue is a command published in the GitHub repository anthropics/claude-code-action (8,770 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 6 tokens to every session and 649 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.