bdougie/contributor-takes-action

This is an action to assign yourself to an issue for a repo you are not a contributor to.

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Scorecard 2–4scored Jul 6, 2026
Maintenance Recency
Stalelast commit Oct 19, 2023
License
MIT

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uses: bdougie/take-action@1439165ac45a7461c2d89a59952cd7d941964b87 # v1.6.1

tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?

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messageMessage to prospective contributorno""
issueCurrentlyAssignedMessageMessage to contributors if issue is already assignednoThe issue you are trying to assign to yourself is already assigned.
blockingLabelsOptional labels that are on an issue that block an issue from being assigned by the trigger.no""
blockingLabelsMessageMessage to contributors if issue is blocked by a labelnoThe issue you are trying to assign to yourself is blocked by a one or more labels on the issue.
triggerThe string that triggers the actionno.take
tokenThe GitHub PAT used to authenticate when updating the Issueyes

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