docs/.github/workflows/check-for-spammy-issues.yml

name: Check for Spammy Issues

# **What it does**: This action closes low value pull requests in the open-source repository.
# **Why we have it**: We get lots of spam in the open-source repository.
# **Who does it impact**: Open-source contributors.

on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  spammy-title-check:
    name: Remove issues with spammy titles
    if: github.repository == 'github/docs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_BASE }}
          script: |

            const issue = context.payload.issue
            const owner = 'github'
            const repo = 'docs'

            const titleWordCount = issue.title.trim().split(' ').length
            const titleWordCountMin = 3

            try {
              await github.rest.teams.getMembershipForUserInOrg({
                org: 'github',
                team_slug: 'employees',
                username: context.payload.sender.login,
              });

              // Do not perform this workflow with GitHub employees. This return
              // statement only gets hit if the user is a GitHub employee
              return
            } catch (err) {
              // An error will be thrown if the user is not a GitHub employee
              // If a user is not a GitHub employee, we should check to see if title has at least the minimum required number of words in it and if it does, we can exit the workflow

              if (titleWordCount >= titleWordCountMin) {
                return
              }
            }

            //
            // Assuming the user is not a GitHub employee and the issue title
            // does not contain the minimum number of words required, proceed.
            //

            // Close the issue and add the invalid label
            await github.rest.issues.update({
              owner: owner,
              repo: repo,
              issue_number: issue.number,
              labels: ['invalid'],
              state: 'closed'
            });

            // Comment on the issue
            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
              owner: owner,
              repo: repo,
              issue_number: issue.number,
              body: `This issue may have been opened accidentally. I'm going to close it now, but feel free to open a new issue with a more descriptive title!`
            });

            // Add the issue to the Done column on the triage board
            try {
              await github.rest.projects.createCard({
                column_id: 11167427,
                content_id: context.payload.issue.id,
                content_type: "Issue"
              });
            } catch (error) {
              console.log(error);
            }