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+name: Label New Issues
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened]
+
+jobs:
+  label-issue:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Add Label "status/need-triage" if no label starting with "severity" exists
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CHE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        ISSUE_NUMBER=${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+        REPO=${{ github.repository }}
+        LABEL_TO_ADD="status/need-triage"
+        LABEL_PREFIX="severity"
+        # Get the issue labels
+        ISSUE_LABELS=$(gh issue view $ISSUE_NUMBER --json labels --jq '.labels[].name')
+        # Check if any label starts with 'severity'
+        if echo "$ISSUE_LABELS" | grep -q "^$LABEL_PREFIX"; then
+          echo "A label starting with '$LABEL_PREFIX' exists. No action needed."
+        else
+          echo "No label starting with '$LABEL_PREFIX' found. Adding '$LABEL_TO_ADD'."
+          # Add the label to the issue
+          gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER --add-label "$LABEL_TO_ADD"
+        fi