# laya-triage is in Hacktoberfest: free, local AI triage for GitHub issues

> Source: <https://dev.to/elnachto/laya-triage-is-in-hacktoberfest-free-local-ai-triage-for-github-issues-1l8f>
> Published: 2026-10-01 13:30:00+00:00

Every popular repository has the same problem: new issues pile up faster than maintainers can read them, and many end up mislabeled or go unaddressed.

**laya-triage** is a GitHub Action that reads each new issue and labels it as a bug, feature request, question, or documentation problem. If a bug report is almost empty, it asks the author for the missing details. It runs a fine-tuned open-weight model inside your own GitHub Actions runner: no API key, no cost, and the issue text never leaves GitHub.

🔗 **Repo:** [https://github.com/elnachto/laya-triage](https://github.com/elnachto/laya-triage)

🛒 **Marketplace:** [https://github.com/marketplace/actions/laya-triage](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/laya-triage)

🤗 **Models:** [https://huggingface.co/elnachto/laya-triage-en](https://huggingface.co/elnachto/laya-triage-en)

Create `.github/workflows/triage.yml`:

```
name: Triage

on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]

permissions:
  contents: read
  issues: write

jobs:
  triage:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: elnachto/laya-triage@v1
```

It starts in dry-run mode, so it prints decisions only in the workflow log. When you like what you see, set `dry-run: "false"`. There are more ready-to-copy workflows in [` docs/examples/`](https://github.com/elnachto/laya-triage/tree/main/docs/examples).

`type: bug`, `kind/feature`…) and learns how common each issue type is from the issues you labeled in the last year.
Some `good first issue` tasks are still open, and none of them needs a GPU:

The most valuable contribution of all: **install it in your repo and tell me when it gets a label wrong** (there’s an issue form for that). Those reports are the training data for the next model.

Please read the [contributing guide](https://github.com/elnachto/laya-triage/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and leave a comment on an issue prior to beginning. A big thank you to the first contributors who have already submitted pull requests! Happy Hacktoberfest 🎃