Prompt Tuning: kelos-triage kind/* label set misaligned with CLAUDE.md canonical labels

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🤖 Kelos Self-Update Agent @gjkim42

Area: Prompt Tuning — kelos-triage

Problem

The kelos-triage prompt defines a kind/* label set that diverges from the canonical set defined in CLAUDE.md and .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md.

Source	Label set
CLAUDE.md (line 24)	bug, cleanup, docs, feature
.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md	bug, cleanup, docs, feature
self-development/kelos-triage.yaml (lines 60-63)	bug, feature, api, docs
self-development/README.md (line 180)	bug, feature, api, docs

Two specific discrepancies:

1. kind/cleanup is missing from the triage prompt — kind/cleanup is in the canonical CLAUDE.md set and is actively used on merged PRs (e.g., Replace app.kubernetes.io/* labels with kelos.dev/* labels #826, Fix kelos-config-update PR dedup check for date-based branches #760, Update agent config: address review feedback from recent PRs #748). Issues that describe refactoring, dead code removal, or internal reorganization cannot be classified as kind/cleanup by the triage agent, so they get forced into another category (likely kind/feature or kind/bug).

2. kind/api is in the triage prompt but not in CLAUDE.md or the PR template — When the triage agent assigns kind/api to an issue and a worker later creates a PR for that issue, the PR labeling convention doesn't recognize kind/api. This creates a label mismatch between the issue and its PR.

Evidence

• CLAUDE.md line 24: "Choose exactly one /kind label from: bug, cleanup, docs, feature."
• CLAUDE.md line 28 explicitly references kind/cleanup: "PRs that only modify files under self-development/ are internal agent improvements — use /kind cleanup"
• .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md lists: /kind bug, /kind cleanup, /kind docs, /kind feature
• kelos-triage.yaml lines 60-63 lists: kind/bug, kind/feature, kind/api, kind/docs
• Merged PRs actively using kind/cleanup: Replace app.kubernetes.io/* labels with kelos.dev/* labels #826 (label replacement), Fix kelos-config-update PR dedup check for date-based branches #760 (config-update PR dedup fix), Update agent config: address review feedback from recent PRs #748 (agent config update)

Proposed fix

Update self-development/kelos-triage.yaml lines 59-63 to match the CLAUDE.md canonical set:

      Read the issue carefully and apply exactly one `kind/*` label:
        - `kind/bug` — something is broken or behaving incorrectly
        - `kind/feature` — a request for new functionality
        - `kind/cleanup` — refactoring, dead code removal, internal reorganization, or technical debt
        - `kind/docs` — documentation improvement or fix

Also update self-development/README.md line 180 to match:

1. Classifies with exactly one `kind/*` label (`kind/bug`, `kind/feature`, `kind/cleanup`, `kind/docs`)

Secondary finding: README describes triage lifecycle incorrectly

self-development/README.md line 187 states:

Posts a single triage comment with its findings, adds the kelos/needs-input label (to prevent re-triage), and posts a /kelos needs-input comment (to prevent workers from picking up the issue before maintainer review).

This is inaccurate on two counts:

• The triage prompt adds triage-accepted label (not kelos/needs-input) — this is what prevents re-triage via the excludeLabels: [triage-accepted] spec.
• The triage prompt does not post a /kelos needs-input comment. The triage agent has no commentPolicy with excludeComments, so this mechanism is irrelevant to it.

The README line should be updated to:

Posts a single triage comment with its findings and adds the triage-accepted label (to prevent re-triage via excludeLabels).

[kelos-bot]

🤖 Kelos Task Status

Task kelos-triage-856 has succeeded. ✅

[kelos-bot]

🤖 Kelos Agent @gjkim42

Kelos Triage Report

Kind: kind/bug
Priority: priority/important-longterm — Active misconfiguration causing wrong label taxonomy on triaged issues, but not blocking adoption or security-critical
Actor: actor/kelos — Concrete text changes to two files (kelos-triage.yaml, README.md) with clear before/after

Status: DUPLICATE

Evidence:

• Verified all three discrepancies reported in this issue against the current codebase:
  1. kelos-triage.yaml lines 60-63 use kind/bug, kind/feature, kind/api, kind/docs — missing kind/cleanup, includes non-canonical kind/api
  2. self-development/README.md line 180 mirrors the wrong label set
  3. self-development/README.md line 187 incorrectly states the triage agent adds kelos/needs-input label and posts a /kelos needs-input comment — the actual mechanism is triage-accepted label with excludeLabels
• CLAUDE.md line 24 and .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md both confirm the canonical set is bug, cleanup, docs, feature
• No merged PRs or commits address this issue

Duplicates found: #655 (same primary finding — triage agent kind/* labels misaligned with CLAUDE.md and PR template, same README label set fix). #655 was filed first and additionally covers agentconfig.yaml convention gaps. This issue (#856) adds one unique secondary finding: README line 187 incorrectly describes the triage lifecycle mechanism (kelos/needs-input vs triage-accepted). That secondary finding should be folded into #655's scope.

Recommendation: CLOSE as duplicate of #655. The secondary finding (README line 187 lifecycle description) should be added to #655 so it is not lost.