diff --git a/.github/scripts/triage_issue.py b/.github/scripts/triage_issue.py
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+import os
+import json
+import urllib.request
+import sys
+
+def get_gemini_response(api_key, prompt):
+# Using the stable Gemini 2.5 Flash
+    url = f"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash:generateContent?key={api_key}"
+    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+    data = {
+        "contents": [{
+            "parts": [{"text": prompt}]
+        }],
+        "generationConfig": {
+            "response_mime_type": "application/json"
+        }
+    }
+    
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=json.dumps(data).encode('utf-8'), headers=headers)
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as response:
+            res_data = json.loads(response.read().decode('utf-8'))
+            return res_data['candidates'][0]['content']['parts'][0]['text']
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        print(f"Gemini API Error ({e.code}): {e.reason}", file=sys.stderr)
+        try:
+            error_body = e.read().decode('utf-8')
+            print(f"Error details: {error_body}", file=sys.stderr)
+        except:
+            pass
+        return None
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error calling Gemini API: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return None
+
+def main():
+    api_key = os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
+    issue_title = os.getenv("ISSUE_TITLE")
+    issue_body = os.getenv("ISSUE_BODY")
+
+    if not api_key:
+        print("GEMINI_API_KEY not found", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+        
+    if not issue_title and not issue_body:
+        print("Error: ISSUE_TITLE and ISSUE_BODY are both empty. Triage skipped.", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(0) # Exit gracefully so the workflow doesn't just fail without a reason
+
+    prompt = f"""
+    You are an expert software engineer and triage assistant. 
+    Analyze the following GitHub Issue details and suggest appropriate labels.
+    
+    Issue Title: {issue_title}
+    Issue Description: {issue_body}
+    
+    Triage Criteria:
+    - Severity:
+        - priority: p0: Critical issues, crashes, security vulnerabilities (specifically if it mentions "crash" or "exception").
+        - priority: p1: Important issues that block release.
+        - priority: p2: Normal priority bugs or improvements.
+        - priority: p3: Minor enhancements or non-critical fixes.
+        - priority: p4: Low priority, nice-to-have eventually.
+
+    Return a JSON object with a 'labels' key containing an array of suggested label names.
+    The response MUST be valid JSON.
+    Example: {{"labels": ["priority: p2", "type: bug"]}}
+    """
+
+    response_text = get_gemini_response(api_key, prompt)
+    if response_text:
+        try:
+            # Clean up response text in case it has markdown wrapping
+            if response_text.startswith("```json"):
+                response_text = response_text.replace("```json", "", 1).replace("```", "", 1).strip()
+            
+            result = json.loads(response_text)
+            labels = result.get("labels", [])
+            # Print labels as a comma-separated string for GitHub Actions
+            print(",".join(labels))
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error parsing Gemini response: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+            print(f"Raw response: {response_text}", file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+    else:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/triage-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/triage-issue.yml
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+name: Issue Triage with Gemini
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened, edited]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      title:
+        description: 'Mock Issue Title'
+        default: 'Test Issue'
+      body:
+        description: 'Mock Issue Body'
+        default: 'This is a test issue description.'
+
+jobs:
+  triage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Run Triage Script
+        id: run_script
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}
+          ISSUE_TITLE: ${{ github.event.issue.title || github.event.inputs.title }}
+          ISSUE_BODY: ${{ github.event.issue.body || github.event.inputs.body }}
+        run: |
+          labels=$(python .github/scripts/triage_issue.py)
+          echo "labels=$labels" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Apply Labels
+        if: steps.run_script.outputs.labels != '' && (github.event.issue.number)
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+        run: |
+          # Convert comma-separated labels to gh command arguments
+          IFS=',' read -ra ADDR <<< "${{ steps.run_script.outputs.labels }}"
+          for i in "${ADDR[@]}"; do
+            # Trim whitespace
+            label=$(echo "$i" | xargs)
+            # Only add priority labels as requested
+            if [[ "$label" == priority:* ]]; then
+              gh issue edit "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --add-label "$label"
+            fi
+          done
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