diff --git a/src/css/content.scss b/src/css/content.scss
index 4d425ae8..4cd1bbe6 100644
--- a/src/css/content.scss
+++ b/src/css/content.scss
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ $color-dark-yellow: #DAA520;
         display: inline;
       }
   }
+  &.actionRequired {
+    color: $color-bright-purple !important;
+    // Only show the alert icon if the item is overdue
+    .octicon-alert {
+      display: inline;
+    }
+}
   &.reviewing {
       color: $color-neutral-light !important;
       .issue-link {
diff --git a/src/js/component/list-item/ListItemIssue.js b/src/js/component/list-item/ListItemIssue.js
index 2e283bd3..6fd14a77 100644
--- a/src/js/component/list-item/ListItemIssue.js
+++ b/src/js/component/list-item/ListItemIssue.js
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ class ListItemIssue extends React.Component {
             className += ' nonowner';
         }
 
+        // See if it's waiting for an action from the engineer
+        if ((this.isWaitingForEngineerReview && !this.isContributorAssigned) || this.hasUnrepliedMentions) {
+            className += ' overdue';
+        }
+
         return className + this.isPlanning + this.isWaitingOnCustomer + this.isHeld + this.isChallengeSent + this.isHelpWanted + this.isContributorAssigned;
     }
 
@@ -54,8 +59,25 @@ class ListItemIssue extends React.Component {
         this.isHelpWanted = _.some(this.props.issue.labels, {name: 'Help Wanted'}) ? ' help-wanted' : '';
         this.isContributorAssigned = this.isExternal && !this.isHelpWanted ? ' contributor-assigned' : '';
         this.isUnderReview = _.find(this.props.issue.labels, label => label.name.toLowerCase() === 'reviewing');
+        this.isWaitingForEngineerReview = this.props.issue.comments && _.some(this.props.issue.comments.nodes, comment => comment.body.includes('🎀👀🎀') || comment.body.includes('🎀 👀 🎀'));
         this.issueHasOwner = this.props.issue.issueHasOwner;
         this.isCurrentUserOwner = this.props.issue.currentUserIsOwner;
+        this.hasUnrepliedMentions = (() => {
+            if (!this.props.issue.comments) { return false; }
+            const comments = this.props.issue.comments.nodes;
+            const username = 'grgia'; // Replace with your GitHub username
+
+            const lastMentionIndex = _.findLastIndex(comments, comment => comment.body.includes(`@${username}`));
+
+            if (lastMentionIndex === -1) { return false; }
+
+            const hasRepliedSince = _.some(
+                comments.slice(lastMentionIndex + 1),
+                comment => comment.author.login === username,
+            );
+
+            return !hasRepliedSince;
+        })();
     }
 
     render() {
@@ -91,7 +113,18 @@ class ListItemIssue extends React.Component {
                     {this.isFeature}
                     {this.props.issue.title}
                 </a>
-
+                {this.isWaitingForEngineerReview && !this.isContributorAssigned && (
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/accessible-emoji
+                    <span>
+                        {'\n 🎀👀🎀'}
+                    </span>
+                )}
+                {this.hasUnrepliedMentions && (
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/accessible-emoji
+                    <span>
+                        {'\n ⚠️💬⚠️'}
+                    </span>
+                )}
                 {this.props.showAttendees && (
                     <div className="AvatarStack AvatarStack--right ml-2 flex-1 flex-shrink-0">
                         <div
diff --git a/src/js/lib/api.js b/src/js/lib/api.js
index 3c1ddb51..3423907a 100644
--- a/src/js/lib/api.js
+++ b/src/js/lib/api.js
@@ -339,6 +339,17 @@ function getIssues(assignee = 'none', labels = []) {
                         milestone {
                             id
                         }
+                        comments(last: 15) {
+                            nodes {
+                                body
+                                createdAt
+                                author {
+                                    login
+                                    avatarUrl
+                                }
+                            }
+                            totalCount
+                        } 
                     }
                 }
             }