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+name: Add Issue to Project
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [ opened ]
+
+jobs:
+  steve:
+    if: ${{ !github.event.issue.pull_request }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Generate token
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@3bc28d706f1f8026f2d39c8fc790d4336bb1cf7e
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.LFPROJECTBOARDAUTOMATION_APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.LFPROJECTBOARDAUTOMATION_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          
+      - name: determine if issue is already on a project
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          REPO: ${{ toJson(github.event.repository.name) }}
+          ORGANIZATION: sillsdev
+        run: |
+          echo issue $ISSUE_NUMBER added to $REPO
+          
+          gh api graphql -f query='
+            query($issue_number:Int!, $org:ID!) {
+              repository(name:"web-languageforge", owner:$org) {
+                issue(number: $issue_number) {
+                  id
+                  projectNextItems(first:100) {
+                    nodes {
+                      id
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }' -F issue_number=$ISSUE_NUMBER -f org=$ORGANIZATION > project_data.json
+          
+          echo 'IN_PROJECT='$(jq '.data.repository.issue.projectNextItems[] | length' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    
+      - name: get required info for set operations
+        run: |
+          gh api graphql -f query='
+            query($org: String!) {
+              organization(login: $org){
+                projectNext(number: 1) {
+                  id
+                  fields(first:100) {
+                    nodes {
+                      id
+                      name
+                      settings
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }' -f org=$ORGANIZATION > project_data.json
+            
+          echo 'PROJECT_ID='$(jq '.data.organization.projectNext.id' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo 'FIELD_ID='$(jq '.data.organization.projectNext.fields.nodes[] | select(.name== "Backlog") | .id' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo 'TRIAGE_ID='$(jq '.data.organization.projectNext.fields.nodes[] | select(.name== "Backlog") | .settings | fromjson.options[] | select(.name=="Triage") | .id' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        
+      - name: Add issue to project
+        if: env.IN_PROJECT == 0
+        env:
+          ISSUE_ID: ${{ github.event.issue.node_id }} #use ITEM_ID instead for finding on projects
+        run: |
+          item_id="$( gh api graphql -f query='
+            mutation($project:ID!, $item:ID!) {
+              addProjectNextItem(input: {projectId: $project, contentId: $item}) {
+                projectNextItem {
+                  id
+                }
+              }
+            }' -f project=$PROJECT_ID -f item=$ISSUE_ID --jq '.data.addProjectNextItem.projectNextItem.id')"
+          
+          echo 'ITEM_ID='$item_id >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+      - name: set Backlog field
+        if: env.IN_PROJECT == 0
+        run: |
+          gh api graphql -f query='
+            mutation(
+              $project:ID!
+              $item:ID!
+              $field: ID!
+              $field_value: String!)
+            {
+              updateProjectNextItemField(input: {
+                projectId: $project
+                itemId: $item
+                fieldId: $field
+                value: $field_value})
+              {
+                projectNextItem {
+                  id
+                }
+              }
+            }' -f project=$PROJECT_ID -f item=$ITEM_ID -f field=$FIELD_ID -f field_value=${{ env.TRIAGE_ID }}
+