Assign Team Responsibilities with Gitlab Topics

In GitLab, you can now use project topics to automatically manage team assignments in Aikido. This streamlines issue management in large organizations and enables more granular reporting without manual setup.

Use Cases

• Clear ownership across many repos: In large orgs, each repo has a defined owning team, making it easier to track who is responsible.

• Automatic onboarding: When new repos are created with the right topic, they’re instantly assigned to the correct team in Aikido.

Configuration

This feature is not enabled by default and needs to be activated for your account. Please contact support for assistance.

For each repository you want managed by Aikido:

1. In GitLab, go to your repository’s Settings → General → Topics.

2. Add a topic like: owner:Internal Tooling Team.

3. Aikido will automatically create (or update) the team and assign the repo.

4. If the topic is removed or changed later, Aikido will unassign or reassign the repo automatically.