diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue.yml b/.github/workflows/issue.yml
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+# This workflow posts an automated comment on every new issue
+# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/create-or-update-comment (https://github.com/peter-evans/create-or-update-comment)
+
+name: Automatic Comment
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened]
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  comment:
+    permissions:
+      issues: write  # for peter-evans/create-or-update-comment to create or update comment
+      pull-requests: write  # for peter-evans/create-or-update-comment to create or update comment
+    name: Comment
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Automatic Comment
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v2
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          body: |
+            Thanks for the issue, our team will look into it as soon as possible! If you would like to work on this issue, please wait for us to decide if it's ready. The issue will be ready to work on once we remove the "needs triage" label.
+
+            To claim an issue that does not have the "needs triage" label, please leave a comment that says ".take". If you have any questions, please reach out to us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/SQCFCACz) or follow up on the issue itself.
+
+            For full info on how to contribute, please check out our [contributors guide](https://anguhashblog.com/contributing).
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+name: "Assign issues with .take"
+
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types:
+      - created
+      - edited
+
+jobs:
+  take-issue:
+    name: Disable take issue
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - name: take an issue
+        uses: bdougie/take-action@v1.6.1
+        with:
+          issueCurrentlyAssignedMessage: Thanks for being interested in this issue. It looks like this ticket is already assigned to a contributor.
+          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          blockingLabels: 👀 needs triage,blocked,core team work,📛 prerequisites missing,needs design,duplicate
+          blockingLabelsMessage: The issue you are trying to assign yourself is blocked either by the 'needs triage' label, or by another label on the issue. Please wait until the issue is unblocked before assigning yourself.
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