GitHub Label System

A comprehensive, color-coded system for organizing GitHub issues and pull requests

This system provides a consistent taxonomy of labels across repositories, making it easier to filter, sort, and understand issues at a glance. Labels are organized into two main groups: prefix labels (categorized by function) and reserved labels (for metadata).

Prefix Labels

Effort Labels

Fibonacci scale for estimating the amount of effort required

Priority Labels

Task urgency and scheduling

State Labels

Current decision status

Type Labels

Category of task

Work Labels

Nature of work complexity

Reserved Labels

Special-purpose metadata labels with key-value pair format