label-for-external-users.yml

name: Add `external` label to issues and PRs created by external users

on:
  issues:
    types:
      - opened
  pull_request:
    types:
      - opened

# No permission for GITHUB_TOKEN by default; the **minimal required** set of permissions should be granted in each job.
permissions: {}

env:
  LABEL: external

jobs:
  check-user:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04

    outputs:
      is-member: ${{ steps.check-user.outputs.is-member }}

    steps:
    - name: Check whether `${{ github.actor }}` is a member of `${{ github.repository_owner }}`
      id: check-user
      env:
        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      run: |
        if gh api -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" "/orgs/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER}/members/${GITHUB_ACTOR}"; then
          is_member=true
        else
          is_member=false
        fi

        echo "is-member=${is_member}" | tee -a ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}

  add-label:
    if: needs.check-user.outputs.is-member == 'false'
    needs: [ check-user ]

    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write # for `gh pr edit`
      issues: write        # for `gh issue edit`

    steps:
    - name: Label new ${{ github.event_name }}
      env:
        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        ITEM_NUMBER: ${{ github.event[github.event_name == 'pull_request' && 'pull_request' || 'issue'].number }}
        GH_CLI_COMMAND: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && 'pr' || 'issue' }}
      run: |
        gh ${GH_CLI_COMMAND} --repo ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY} edit --add-label=${LABEL} ${ITEM_NUMBER}