[New Workflow] Bot to automatically reply to new issues

[J08K]

@BethanyG and I have been working on new workflows for the repo.

This is the first thing we're adding, a bot that automatically replies to new issues with the text that is in .github/issue-comment.md.

We are also almost done with a PR commenter, but we want to have another look at that ourselves.

This has been tested in a private repo, so let's hope it works!

[BethanyG]

@iHiD - Pinging you to give a quick once-over, since I've gotten feedback on other things that I am too verbose. Also want to make sure this doesn't sound to aggressive or out-of -step with other messaging/communications. Thanks!

[BethanyG]

@J08K - Thank you very much for this! 🌟 💜

[BethanyG]

Screengrab of the message, since the markdown is difficult to read. 😄

[iHiD]

This looks great 🙂

One general comment would be to replace the diamonds for bullets with -. I think it will make less noise (and let the other emojis stand out more), and it's probably also more a11y-friendly.

One specific comment: "This will make us sad" - I'd consider changing that to a little more about the why - "This often results in very long review cycles which can be avoided by opening issues to discuss first" or something. I don't know why it would make you sad, and that ambiguity feels "off" to me.

I'd also probably one go with one "💛" rather than "💛💙" just to save on noise.

Other than that, great! :)

[J08K]

Awesome, thank you for the feedback, Jeremy. I'll make some changes and test them in the private repo. Will update the PR when ready👍

[BethanyG]

@iHiD - Thanks for the feedback! I had a feeling I was being too emoji-tastic. 😉 😄 . Here's an update:

@J08K -- the "updated" text is in the [ignore] issue. I'll PR shortly.

[J08K]

Cool! I shall update the PR after dinner!

[BethanyG]

Awesome work! Thank you for doing this, @J08K. 🌟