Fetch one issue, normalised for triage: template scaffolding stripped, only the fields a readiness judge needs (title, cleaned body, labels, author association, comments, state, url).

New OPEN issues across the watch-list, pull requests excluded.

The single call that answers "what's new across everything I watch". Loops each repo, drops pull requests (the issues endpoint returns them too), and merges the results newest-first.

Is this issue already being worked on?

Combines two deterministic signals GitHub does not expose as one field: formal assignees, and pull requests linked to the issue. Returns a boolean plus the evidence behind it. (Comment-based "I'll take this" claims are not checked in this version.)

The repo's contribution rules: CONTRIBUTING.md presence/excerpt and whether issue templates are configured. Fetched once per repo and cached, since these rarely change.