diff --git a/.github/issue-resolution/package.json b/.github/issue-resolution/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd8b788a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/issue-resolution/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "name": "issue-resolution",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module"
+}
diff --git a/.github/issue-resolution/scripts/fetch-candidates.mjs b/.github/issue-resolution/scripts/fetch-candidates.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0336b0c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/issue-resolution/scripts/fetch-candidates.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+
+const token = process.env.GH_TOKEN;
+const repo = process.env.REPO; // "owner/repo"
+const maxIssues = Number(process.env.MAX_ISSUES) || 100;
+
+const headers = {
+  Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+  Accept: "application/vnd.github+json",
+  "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
+};
+
+async function rest(url) {
+  const res = await fetch(url, { headers });
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${url}: ${await res.text()}`);
+  return res.json();
+}
+
+async function paginate(url, max) {
+  const items = [];
+  let page = 1;
+  while (items.length < max) {
+    const perPage = Math.min(100, max - items.length);
+    const sep = url.includes("?") ? "&" : "?";
+    const batch = await rest(`${url}${sep}per_page=${perPage}&page=${page}`);
+    if (!batch.length) break;
+    items.push(...batch);
+    page++;
+  }
+  return items.slice(0, max);
+}
+
+console.log(`Fetching up to ${maxIssues} open issues from ${repo}...`);
+
+const issues = await paginate(
+  `https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/issues?state=open&sort=updated&direction=desc`,
+  maxIssues
+);
+
+// Filter out pull requests (GitHub API returns PRs as issues too)
+const realIssues = issues.filter((i) => !i.pull_request);
+console.log(`Found ${realIssues.length} open issues (excluded PRs).`);
+
+const candidates = [];
+for (const issue of realIssues) {
+  const [comments, timeline] = await Promise.all([
+    rest(`https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/issues/${issue.number}/comments?per_page=100`),
+    rest(`https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/issues/${issue.number}/timeline?per_page=100`),
+  ]);
+
+  candidates.push({
+    repository: repo,
+    issue: {
+      number: issue.number,
+      html_url: issue.html_url,
+      title: issue.title,
+      body: issue.body,
+      created_at: issue.created_at,
+      updated_at: issue.updated_at,
+      labels: issue.labels.map((l) => l.name),
+    },
+    comments: comments.map((c) => ({
+      body: c.body,
+      author_association: c.author_association,
+      html_url: c.html_url,
+      created_at: c.created_at,
+      user: c.user?.login,
+    })),
+    timeline: timeline.map((t) => ({
+      event: t.event,
+      created_at: t.created_at,
+      source: t.source
+        ? {
+            issue: {
+              html_url: t.source.issue?.html_url,
+              pull_request: t.source.issue?.pull_request
+                ? { html_url: t.source.issue.pull_request.html_url }
+                : undefined,
+            },
+          }
+        : undefined,
+    })),
+  });
+
+  console.log(`  #${issue.number} — ${comments.length} comments, ${timeline.length} timeline events`);
+}
+
+await fs.writeFile("candidates.json", JSON.stringify(candidates, null, 2));
+console.log(`Wrote ${candidates.length} candidates to candidates.json`);
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-resolution-triage.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-resolution-triage.yml
index 2520739c6..8591b84d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-resolution-triage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-resolution-triage.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ jobs:
       PROJECT_REPO_FIELD_ID: "PVTF_lADOBfz4Jc4BVeWRzhQ56sk"
       PROJECT_STATUS_OPTION_NEEDS_REVIEW_ID: "a55a2be9"
 
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: .github/issue-resolution
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -47,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "20"
 
-      - run: npm ci
       - run: node scripts/fetch-candidates.mjs
       - run: node scripts/classify-candidates.mjs
       - run: node scripts/apply-decisions.mjs
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