diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue_closed.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_closed.yml
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+name: Issue Closed
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [closed]
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
+jobs:
+  cleanup-labels:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'pending-community-response') || contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'pending-maintainer-response') || contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'closing soon') || contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'pending-release')|| contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'pending-triage')) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: remove unnecessary labels after closing
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
+        run: |
+          gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY_NAME --remove-label "closing soon" --remove-label "pending-community-response" --remove-label "pending-maintainer-response" --remove-label "pending-release" --remove-label "pending-triage"
+
+  comment-visibility-warning:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: aws-actions/closed-issue-message@36b7048ea77bb834d16e7a7c5b5471ac767a4ca1 # v1
+        with:
+          repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          message: |
+              This issue is now closed. Comments on closed issues are hard for our team to see. 
+              If you need more assistance, please open a new issue that references this one.
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_comment.yml
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+name: Issue Comment
+
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  notify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions: {}
+    if: ${{ !github.event.issue.pull_request }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Run webhook curl command
+        env:
+          WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_COMMENT_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          BODY: ${{ toJson(github.event.comment.body) }}
+          COMMENT_URL: ${{ github.event.comment.html_url }}
+          USER: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo $BODY | xargs -I {} curl -s POST "$WEBHOOK_URL" -H "Content-Type:application/json" --data '{"body":"{}", "issue":"'$COMMENT_URL'", "user":"'$USER'"}'
+
+  adjust-labels:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+      REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
+    steps:
+      - name: remove pending-community-response when new comment received
+        if: ${{ !contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER"]'), github.event.comment.author_association) && !github.event.issue.pull_request }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY_NAME --remove-label "pending-community-response"
+      - name: add pending-maintainer-response when new community comment received
+        if: ${{ !contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER"]'), github.event.comment.author_association) }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY_NAME --add-label "pending-maintainer-response"
+      - name: remove pending-maintainer-response when new owner/member comment received
+        if: ${{ contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER"]'), github.event.comment.author_association) }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY_NAME --remove-label "pending-maintainer-response"
+    
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue_labeled.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_labeled.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/issue_labeled.yml
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+name: Issue Labeled
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [labeled]
+
+jobs:
+  remove-pending-triage-label:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ contains(fromJSON('["question", "bug", "feature-request"]'), github.event.label.name) }}
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Remove the pending-triage label
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
+        run: |
+          gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY_NAME --remove-label "pending-triage"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue_opened.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_opened.yml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/.github/workflows/issue_opened.yml
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+name: Issue Opened
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened]
+
+jobs:
+  notify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions: {}
+    if: ${{ !contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER"]'), github.event.issue.author_association) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Run webhook curl command
+        env:
+          WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_ISSUE_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          ISSUE: ${{toJson(github.event.issue.title)}}
+          ISSUE_URL: ${{github.event.issue.html_url}}
+          USER: ${{github.event.issue.user.login}}
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo $ISSUE | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9 &().,:]//g' | xargs -I {} curl -s POST "$WEBHOOK_URL" -H "Content-Type:application/json" --data '{"issue":"{}", "issueUrl":"'$ISSUE_URL'", "user":"'$USER'"}'
+
+  add-issue-opened-labels:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+      REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Add the pending-triage label
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY_NAME --add-label "pending-triage"
+      - name: Add the pending-maintainer-response label
+        if: ${{ !contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER"]'), github.event.issue.author_association) }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY_NAME --add-label "pending-maintainer-response"
+      
+
+  maintainer-opened:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+    if: ${{ contains(fromJSON('["MEMBER", "OWNER"]'), github.event.issue.author_association) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Post comment if maintainer opened.
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
+        run: |
+          gh issue comment $ISSUE_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY_NAME -b "This issue was opened by a maintainer of this repository; updates will be posted here. If you are also experiencing this issue, please comment here with any relevant information so that we're aware and can prioritize accordingly."
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/notify_comments.yml b/.github/workflows/notify_comments.yml
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index d9d99a5d7c..0000000000
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-# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
-
-name: Notify Comments on PCR
-
-# Controls when the workflow will run
-on:
-  # Triggers the workflow on comment events on closed, pending response issues and closing soon issues
-  issue_comment:
-    types: [created]
-
-# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
-jobs:
-  # This workflow contains a single job called "notify"
-  notify:
-    # The type of runner that the job will run on
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    if: ${{ !github.event.issue.pull_request }}
-
-    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
-    steps:
-      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
-      - name: Run webhook curl command
-        env:
-          WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_COMMENT_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-          BODY: ${{ toJson(github.event.comment.body) }}
-          COMMENT_URL: ${{ github.event.comment.html_url }}
-          USER: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}
-        shell: bash
-        run: echo $BODY | xargs -I {} curl -s POST "$WEBHOOK_URL" -H "Content-Type:application/json" --data '{"issue":"'$COMMENT_URL'", "body":"{}", "user":"'$USER'"}'