Merge pull request #145 from github/edburns/fix-assignee-mechanism

Fix assignee mechanism.

Author: edburns

.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ tools:
 safe-outputs:
   create-issue:
     title-prefix: "[reference-impl-sync] "
-    assignees: [copilot-swe-agent]
     labels: [reference-impl-sync]
     expires: 6
   close-issue:

.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.md

@@ -129,16 +129,16 @@ jobs:
 
           Follow the [agentic-merge-reference-impl](.github/prompts/agentic-merge-reference-impl.prompt.md) prompt to port these changes to the Java SDK."
 
-          # Create the issue and assign to Copilot coding agent
+          # Create the issue with the label; the Copilot coding agent picks up
+          # unassigned issues that carry the configured label.
           ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create \
             --repo "$REPO" \
             --title "Reference implementation sync: ${COMMIT_COUNT} new commits (${DATE})" \
             --body "$BODY" \
-            --label "reference-impl-sync" \
-            --assignee "copilot-swe-agent")
+            --label "reference-impl-sync")
 
           echo "issue_url=$ISSUE_URL" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "✅ Issue created and assigned to Copilot coding agent: $ISSUE_URL"
+          echo "✅ Issue created with label for Copilot coding agent: $ISSUE_URL"
 
       - name: Summary
         if: always()