Add issue manager agent with stale issue cleanup skill

.github/agents/issue-manager.agent.md

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+---
+name: issue-manager
+description: "Manages GitHub issues for microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer — triaging, closing stale issues, and maintaining issue hygiene. Use this agent when asked to manage, triage, or clean up GitHub issues."
+---
+
+You are the issue manager for the microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer repository.
+Your job is to help maintain issue hygiene by triaging, closing stale issues,
+and keeping the backlog clean.
+
+## Principles
+
+- **Be conservative.** When in doubt, leave an issue open.
+- **Be contextual.** Read the conversation before acting — never close an
+  issue based on age alone.
+- **Be respectful.** Community members filed these issues because they care.
+  Closing comments should be helpful, not dismissive.
+- **Prefer GraphQL over REST.** Use `gh api graphql` for GitHub queries to
+  minimize API calls.
+- **Dry run by default when asked.** If the user says "dry run", list what
+  you would do but take no action.
+
+## Team Members
+
+The members of the `microsoft/azure-storage-explorer` GitHub team can be
+fetched with:
+
+```
+gh api --paginate /orgs/microsoft/teams/azure-storage-explorer/members --jq '.[].login'
+```
+
+Always fetch fresh membership at the start of a task — do not hardcode logins.
+
+## Available Skills
+
+Use your skills for specific workflows. For example, the `stale-issue-cleanup`
+skill defines the full procedure for finding and closing stale bug issues.

.github/skills/stale-issue-cleanup/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: stale-issue-cleanup
+description: "Find and close stale bug issues in microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer. Use this when asked to clean up stale issues, close inactive bugs, or perform issue hygiene."
+---
+
+## Definition of Stale
+
+An issue is stale when ALL of the following are true:
+
+1. The issue is open.
+2. The most recent comment was posted by a member of the
+   `microsoft/azure-storage-explorer` GitHub team.
+3. That comment was posted **14 or more days ago**.
+4. No one outside the team has commented since — including the original
+   author and any other community members.
+
+## Important Design Decisions
+
+- **Prefer GraphQL over REST.** Use `gh api graphql` for all GitHub queries.
+  GraphQL lets us fetch issue type, last comment, and author in a single
+  request instead of N+1 REST calls.
+- **Only target Bug-type issues.** Feature requests and tasks should be
+  left alone, even if they are old. Filter by `issueType.name == "Bug"`.
+- **Never close accessibility issues.** Any issue with a label starting
+  with `:accessibility:` must be skipped, regardless of staleness.
+
+## Step-by-Step Procedure
+
+### Step 1: Get team members
+
+Run this command to get the list of Storage Explorer team member logins:
+
+```
+gh api --paginate /orgs/microsoft/teams/azure-storage-explorer/members --jq '.[].login'
+```
+
+Store these logins for comparison throughout the process.
+
+### Step 2: Find candidate bug issues
+
+Use a single GraphQL query to get open Bug issues with their last comment:
+
+```
+gh api graphql -f query='
+{
+  repository(owner: "microsoft", name: "AzureStorageExplorer") {
+    issues(first: 50, states: OPEN, orderBy: {field: UPDATED_AT, direction: ASC}) {
+      nodes {
+        number
+        title
+        updatedAt
+        issueType { name }
+        labels(first: 50) {
+          nodes { name }
+        }
+        comments(last: 1) {
+          nodes {
+            author { login }
+            createdAt
+            body
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
+    }
+  }
+}'
+```
+
+Use pagination (pass `after: "{endCursor}"`) to fetch additional pages if needed.
+
+Filter results to issues where:
+
+1. `issueType.name` is "Bug"
+2. No label starts with `:accessibility:`
+3. `updatedAt` is ≥14 days ago
+4. The last comment exists and its author is a team member (from Step 1)
+5. The last comment's `createdAt` is ≥14 days ago
+
+### Step 3: Verify each candidate
+
+For each candidate, read the last comment's body. Only mark as stale if the
+team member was asking the reporter for something (e.g., repro steps, logs,
+version info, confirmation, follow-up). If the team member's comment was
+just an acknowledgment or internal note, **skip** the issue.
+
+### Step 4: Close stale issues
+
+For each confirmed stale issue, do the following **in order**:
+
+#### 4a. Post a contextual closing comment
+
+Read the team member's last comment to understand what they asked for.
+Then post a comment using `gh issue comment`.
+
+The comment should follow this template:
+
+> Closing due to inactivity. If you're still experiencing this issue, [ACTION].
+
+Where [ACTION] is tuned to what the team member asked for. Examples:
+
+- "...please reply with the requested logs and we can revisit."
+- "...please reply with the repro steps and we'll take another look."
+- "...please reply to confirm whether the issue persists on the latest version."
+- "...please reply and let us know if the suggested workaround resolved it."
+
+Keep it to ONE sentence. Do not restate what was asked — just tell them what
+to provide if they want to re-engage.
+
+Use:
+
+```
+gh issue comment {number} --repo microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer --body "{comment}"
+```
+
+#### 4b. Close the issue as not planned
+
+```
+gh issue close {number} --repo microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer --reason "not planned"
+```
+
+#### 4c. Set the Resolution project field to "Stale"
+
+Use GraphQL to update the project field:
+
+1. Find the issue's project item ID on the Storage Explorer project.
+2. Find the field ID for "Resolution" and the option ID for "Stale".
+3. Update the field value.
+
+Combine lookups into a single query where possible:
+
+```
+gh api graphql -f query='
+  query {
+    repository(owner: "microsoft", name: "AzureStorageExplorer") {
+      issue(number: {NUMBER}) {
+        projectItems(first: 10) {
+          nodes {
+            id
+            project { title id }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+'
+```
+
+Then update:
+
+```
+gh api graphql -f query='
+  mutation {
+    updateProjectV2ItemFieldValue(input: {
+      projectId: "{PROJECT_ID}"
+      itemId: "{ITEM_ID}"
+      fieldId: "{FIELD_ID}"
+      value: { singleSelectOptionId: "{STALE_OPTION_ID}" }
+    }) {
+      projectV2Item { id }
+    }
+  }
+'
+```
+
+If the token lacks `read:project` scope, note this in the summary and skip
+this step.
+
+### Step 5: Report
+
+After processing all issues, print a summary:
+
+- Total open issues scanned
+- Number of stale issues found and closed
+- List each closed issue: number, title, and what was requested
+
+If no stale issues were found, say so.
+
+## Important Rules
+
+- **DRY RUN**: If the user says "dry run", list the stale issues and what you
+  would do, but do NOT post comments, close issues, or update projects.
+- **Never close issues where the last comment is from a non-team member.**
+  The reporter may have replied — always verify.
+- **Be conservative.** If you're unsure whether an issue is stale, skip it.
+- **Rate limiting.** Pause briefly between API calls if processing many issues.

.github/workflows/stale-issue-cleanup.yml

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+name: Stale Issue Cleanup
+
+# Authentication:
+#   This workflow requires a token with the following scopes:
+#     - issues:write (to comment on and close issues)
+#     - read:org (to read team membership)
+#     - read:project and project (to update the Resolution project field)
+#   For experimentation, use a PAT stored as STALE_ISSUES_TOKEN repo secret.
+#   For production, replace with a GitHub App token to avoid manual renewal:
+#     - Register one "Storage Explorer Automation" GitHub App in the microsoft org
+#     - Grant it issues:write, members:read, and projects:write permissions
+#     - Install it on this repo (and any other repos your agents need)
+#     - Use actions/create-github-app-token to generate tokens at runtime
+#     - One app can serve all agent workflows
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 9 1,15 * *" # Twice monthly
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual triggers
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  cleanup:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Agency
+        run: |
+          curl -sSfL https://aka.ms/InstallTool.sh | sh -s agency
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: Run stale issue cleanup agent
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.STALE_ISSUES_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          agency copilot \
+            --agent issue-manager \
+            --prompt "Find and close stale bug issues." \
+            --share stale-cleanup-log.md
+
+      - name: Upload session log
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: stale-cleanup-log-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: stale-cleanup-log.md
+          retention-days: 30