Create workflow for auto assignment of issues and for stale issues

.github/workflows/auto-assignment.yml

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+name: auto-assignment
+on:
+  issues:
+    types:
+      - opened
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  welcome:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const script = require('./\.github/workflows/scripts/auto-assignment.js')
+            script({github, context})

.github/workflows/scripts/auto-assignment.js

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+/** Automatically assign issues and PRs to users in the `assigneesList` 
+ *  on a rotating basis.
+
+  @param {!object}
+    GitHub objects can call GitHub APIs using their built-in library functions.
+    The context object contains issue and PR details.
+*/
+
+module.exports = async ({ github, context }) => {
+  let issueNumber;
+  let assigneesList;
+  // Is this an issue? If so, assign the issue number. Otherwise, assign the PR number.
+  if (context.payload.issue) {
+    //assignee List for issues. 
+    assigneesList = ["SuryanarayanaY", "sachinprasadhs"];
+    issueNumber = context.payload.issue.number;
+  } else {
+    //assignee List for PRs. 
+    assigneesList = [];
+    issueNumber = context.payload.number;
+  }
+  console.log("assignee list", assigneesList);
+  console.log("entered auto assignment for this issue:  ", issueNumber);
+  if (!assigneesList.length) {
+    console.log("No assignees found for this repo.");
+    return;
+  }
+  let noOfAssignees = assigneesList.length;
+  let selection = issueNumber % noOfAssignees;
+  let assigneeForIssue = assigneesList[selection];
+
+  console.log(
+    "issue Number = ",
+    issueNumber + " , assigning to: ",
+    assigneeForIssue
+  );
+  return github.rest.issues.addAssignees({
+    issue_number: context.issue.number,
+    owner: context.repo.owner,
+    repo: context.repo.repo,
+    assignees: [assigneeForIssue],
+  });
+};

.github/workflows/stale-issue-pr.yml

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+name: Close inactive issues
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 1 * * *"
+jobs:
+  close-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Awaiting response issues
+        uses: actions/stale@v9
+        with:
+          days-before-issue-stale: 14
+          days-before-issue-close: 14
+          stale-issue-label: "stale"
+          # reason for closed the issue default value is not_planned
+          close-issue-reason: completed
+          only-labels: "stat:awaiting response from contributor"
+          stale-issue-message: > 
+            This issue is stale because it has been open for 14 days with no activity.
+            It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you.
+          # List of labels to remove when issues/PRs unstale. 
+          labels-to-remove-when-unstale: "stat:awaiting response from contributor"
+          close-issue-message: >
+            This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 28 days.
+            Please reopen if you'd like to work on this further.
+          days-before-pr-stale: 14
+          days-before-pr-close: 14
+          stale-pr-message: "This PR is stale because it has been open for 14 days with no activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you."
+          close-pr-message: "This PR was closed because it has been inactive for 28 days. Please reopen if you'd like to work on this further."
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Contribution issues
+        uses: actions/stale@v9
+        with:
+          days-before-issue-stale: 180
+          days-before-issue-close: 365
+          stale-issue-label: "stale"
+          # reason for closed the issue default value is not_planned
+          close-issue-reason: not_planned
+          any-of-labels: "stat:contributions welcome,good first issue"
+          # List of labels to remove when issues/PRs unstale. 
+          labels-to-remove-when-unstale: "stat:contributions welcome,good first issue"
+          stale-issue-message: > 
+            This issue is stale because it has been open for 180 days with no activity.
+            It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you.
+          close-issue-message: >
+            This issue was closed because it has been inactive for more than 1 year.
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}