docs/content/actions/managing-issues-and-pull-requests/scheduling-issue-creation.md

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Scheduling issue creation	You can use {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} to create an issue on a regular basis for things like daily meetings or quarterly reviews.	/actions/guides/scheduling-issue-creation	fpt ghes ghae ghec * * * *	tutorial	Workflows Project management

{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-beta %} {% data reusables.actions.enterprise-github-hosted-runners %} {% data reusables.actions.ae-beta %}

Introduction

This tutorial demonstrates how to use the imjohnbo/issue-bot action to create an issue on a regular basis. For example, you can create an issue each week to use as the agenda for a team meeting.

In the tutorial, you will first make a workflow file that uses the imjohnbo/issue-bot action. Then, you will customize the workflow to suit your needs.

Creating the workflow

1. {% data reusables.actions.choose-repo %}

2. {% data reusables.actions.make-workflow-file %}

3. Copy the following YAML contents into your workflow file.

{% indented_data_reference reusables.actions.actions-not-certified-by-github-comment spaces=4 %}

name: Weekly Team Sync
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: 20 07 * * 1

jobs:
  create_issue:
    name: Create team sync issue
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.1 or ghae-next or ghec %}
    permissions:
      issues: write{% endif %}
    steps:
      - name: Create team sync issue
        uses: imjohnbo/issue-bot@3daae12aa54d38685d7ff8459fc8a2aee8cea98b
        with:
          assignees: "monalisa, doctocat, hubot"
          labels: "weekly sync, docs-team"
          title: "Team sync"
          body: |
            ### Agenda

            - [ ] Start the recording
            - [ ] Check-ins
            - [ ] Discussion points
            - [ ] Post the recording
                    
            ### Discussion Points
            Add things to discuss below

            - [Work this week](https://github.com/orgs/github/projects/3)
          pinned: false
          close-previous: false
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: {% raw %}${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}{% endraw %}
```

4. Customize the parameters in your workflow file:
   • Change the value for on.schedule to dictate when you want this workflow to run. In the example above, the workflow will run every Monday at 7:20 UTC. For more information about scheduled workflows, see "Scheduled events."
   • Change the value for assignees to the list of {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} usernames that you want to assign to the issue.
   • Change the value for labels to the list of labels that you want to apply to the issue.
   • Change the value for title to the title that you want the issue to have.
   • Change the value for body to the text that you want in the issue body. The | character allows you to use a multi-line value for this parameter.
   • If you want to pin this issue in your repository, set pinned to true. For more information about pinned issues, see "Pinning an issue to your repository."
   • If you want to close the previous issue generated by this workflow each time a new issue is created, set close-previous to true. The workflow will close the most recent issue that has the labels defined in the labels field. To avoid closing the wrong issue, use a unique label or combination of labels.
5. {% data reusables.actions.commit-workflow %}

Expected results

Based on the schedule parameter (for example, every Monday at 7:20 UTC), your workflow will create a new issue with the assignees, labels, title, and body that you specified. If you set pinned to true, the workflow will pin the issue to your repository. If you set close-previous to true, the workflow will close the most recent issue with matching labels.

{% data reusables.actions.schedule-delay %}

You can view the history of your workflow runs to see this workflow run periodically. For more information, see "Viewing workflow run history."

Next steps

• To learn more about additional things you can do with the imjohnbo/issue-bot action, like rotating assignees or using an issue template, see the imjohnbo/issue-bot action documentation.
• Search GitHub for examples of workflows using this action.