Add safe output for assigning users to issues #5333
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Adds a new safe output type `assign-to-user` that allows workflows to
assign GitHub users to existing issues. This complements the existing
`assign-to-agent` which only supports bot/copilot assignment.
Features:
- Assign any GitHub user to an issue by username
- Optional `allowed` list to restrict assignable users
- Cross-repo support via `target-repo`
- Configurable `max` limit for assignments
Usage:
```yaml
safe-outputs:
assign-to-user:
max: 3
allowed: [user1, user2]
```
Agent output:
```json
{"type": "assign_to_user", "issue_number": 123, "username": "octocat"}
```
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- Use SafeOutputTargetConfig embedded struct - Use BuildMaxCountEnvVar and BuildAllowedListEnvVar helpers - Use NewPermissionsContentsReadIssuesWrite for permissions - Update JS to parse comma-separated allowed users list - Use parseBaseSafeOutputConfig and ParseTargetConfig helpers 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Create an agentic task and use the "add-safe-output-type" custom agent. |
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closed in favor of #5340 |
This was referenced Dec 3, 2025
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This pull request introduces a new "assign-to-user" safe output type to the workflow system, enabling agentic workflows to assign GitHub users to issues with configurable constraints. The implementation includes schema updates, configuration parsing, job creation, validation, and a new script to execute user assignments. The changes are grouped into schema/configuration, workflow logic, and tooling/script support.
I wasn't sure if we had some other way to do this already, or if we wanted to add this to
update-issue, but I think it's a nice parallel toassign-to-agentto do it this way.