#Maintenance

Nightly Bug Triage Pipeline

New bug reports triaged, diagnosed, and patched by morning.

The Scenario

Bug reports come in throughout the day from users, QA, and automated monitoring. Your team triages them in standup, but by then the backlog has grown. Simple bugs sit for days because nobody has time to look at them between feature work.

Who Is This For

Teams receiving 5+ bug reports per day who want automated triage and first-pass fixes. Especially valuable for products with active user bases where response time matters for retention.

Pipeline Steps

Import New Bug Reports

Zowl CLI

Zowl pulls new bug reports from your tracker (GitHub Issues, Linear, Jira) since the last triage run.

Diagnose and Prioritize

Claude Code

Agent reads each bug, locates relevant code, assesses severity, and ranks by impact and fix complexity.

Attempt Fixes for Simple Bugs

Claude Code

For bugs classified as low-complexity, agent writes a fix and regression test. High-complexity bugs get diagnosis notes only.

Verify Fixes

Test Runner

Each attempted fix runs through the test suite. Only passing fixes proceed.

Generate Triage Report

Zowl

Zowl creates a morning report: which bugs were fixed (with PRs), which need human attention, and priority rankings.

Expected Results

All new bugs diagnosed and prioritized by morning
Simple bugs fixed with PRs and regression tests
Complex bugs get detailed diagnosis notes for developers
Morning triage report so standup can focus on decisions, not investigation

Estimated Runtime4-8 hours overnight for 10-20 new bugs

Frequently Asked Questions

Zowl imports from any source that exports JSON: GitHub Issues, Linear, Jira (via API export), or plain JSON/CSV files.

All fixes are PRs for human review. Diagnosis notes are suggestions, not final verdicts. Your team makes the final call in standup.

Yes. Set complexity thresholds and labels. For example, only attempt fixes for bugs labeled 'good-first-issue' or estimated under 2 hours.

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