diff --git a/.github/auto_assign.yml b/.github/auto_assign.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..368fccb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/auto_assign.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Set to true to add reviewers to pull requests
+addReviewers: true
+
+# Set to true to add assignees to pull requests
+addAssignees: true
+
+# A list of reviewers to be added to pull requests (GitHub user name)
+assignees:
+  - ory/maintainers
+
+# A number of reviewers added to the pull request
+# Set 0 to add all the reviewers (default: 0)
+numberOfReviewers: 0
+
+addAssignees: author
diff --git a/.github/workflows/closed_references.yml b/.github/workflows/closed_references.yml
index 60fbde5b..ebafc8a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/closed_references.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/closed_references.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           issueLabels: upstream,good first issue,help wanted
           issueLimit: ${{ github.event.inputs.issueLimit || '5' }}
-          ignore: .git,docker