diff --git a/.github/actions/comment b/.github/actions/comment
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..04ff882c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/comment
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "./lib/github"
+
+stale_label_id = "LA_kwDOEfmk4M8AAAABYVCU-g"
+owner = "community"
+repo = "community"
+only_these_categories = ["Copilot", "Projects and Issues", "Accessibility"]
+
+categories = Category.all(owner:, repo:).select { |c| only_these_categories.include?(c.name) }
+
+categories.map do |category|
+  category.discussions = Discussion.all(owner:, repo:, category:)
+end
+
+categories.each do |c|
+  puts "#{c.name} has #{c.discussions.count} eligible discussion(s)"
+end
+
+# for initial testing, don't modify any discussions
+#categories.each do |category|
+#  category.discussions.each do |discussion|
+#    discussion.add_comment(body: "This is automated")
+#    discussion.add_label(label_id: stale_label_id)
+#  end
+#end
diff --git a/.github/lib/categories.rb b/.github/lib/categories.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e1abc2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/lib/categories.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+Category = Struct.new(
+  :id,
+  :name,
+  :answerable,
+  :discussions
+) do
+  def self.all(owner: nil, repo: nil)
+    return [] if owner.nil? || repo.nil?
+
+    query = <<~QUERY
+    {
+      repository(owner: "#{owner}", name: "#{repo}"){
+        discussionCategories(first: 100) {
+          nodes {
+            id
+            name
+            isAnswerable
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    QUERY
+
+    GitHub.new.post(graphql: query).first.dig("discussionCategories", "nodes")
+      .map do |c|
+        Category.new(
+          c["id"],
+          c["name"],
+          c["isAnswerable"]
+        )
+      end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/.github/lib/discussions.rb b/.github/lib/discussions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e29d85236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/lib/discussions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "active_support/core_ext/date_and_time/calculations"
+require "active_support/core_ext/numeric/time"
+
+Discussion = Struct.new(
+  :id,
+) do
+  def self.all(owner: nil, repo: nil, category: nil)
+    return [] if owner.nil? || repo.nil? || category.nil?
+
+    query = <<~QUERY
+    {
+      repository(owner: "#{owner}", name: "#{repo}"){
+        discussions(
+          first: 100,
+          after: "%ENDCURSOR%"
+          #{"answered: false," if category.answerable}
+          categoryId: "#{category.id}"
+          orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: ASC }
+        ) {
+          nodes {
+            id
+            closed
+            locked
+            updatedAt
+            comments(last: 1) {
+              totalCount
+              nodes {
+                createdAt
+              }
+            }
+            labels(first: 100) {
+              nodes {
+                name
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          pageInfo {
+            hasNextPage
+            endCursor
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    QUERY
+
+    cutoff_date = Time.now.advance(days: -60)
+    GitHub.new.post(graphql: query).map! { |r| r.dig('discussions', 'nodes') }
+      .flatten
+      .reject { |r| Date.parse(r["updatedAt"]).after?(cutoff_date) }
+      .reject { |r| r["closed"] }
+      .reject { |r| r["locked"] }
+      .reject { |r| r.dig("comments", "totalCount") > 0 && Date.parse(r.dig("comments", "nodes", 0, "createdAt")).after?(cutoff_date) }
+      .reject { |r| r.dig("labels", "nodes").map { |l| l["name"] }.include?("stale") }
+      .map do |c|
+        Discussion.new(
+          c["id"]
+        )
+      end
+  end
+
+  def add_comment(body: nil)
+    query = <<~QUERY
+    mutation {
+      addDiscussionComment(
+        input: {
+          body: "#{body}",
+          discussionId: "#{self.id}",
+          clientMutationId: "rubyGraphQL"
+        }
+      ) {
+        clientMutationId
+        comment {
+           id
+           body
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    QUERY
+
+    GitHub.new.mutate(graphql: query)
+  end
+
+  def add_label(label_id: nil)
+    return if label_id.nil?
+
+    query = <<~QUERY
+    mutation {
+      addLabelsToLabelable(
+        input: {
+          labelIds: ["#{label_id}"],
+          labelableId: "#{self.id}",
+          clientMutationId: "rubyGraphQL"
+        }
+      ) {
+        clientMutationId
+      }
+    }
+    QUERY
+
+    GitHub.new.mutate(graphql: query)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/.github/lib/github.rb b/.github/lib/github.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fb866c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/lib/github.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "faraday"
+require "json"
+
+require "./lib/categories"
+require "./lib/discussions"
+
+# A class to make it easier to send requests to the GitHub GraphQL endpoint
+class GitHub
+  def initialize
+    @conn = Faraday.new(
+      url: "https://api.github.com",
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: "bearer #{ENV['GITHUB_TOKEN']}"
+      }
+    )
+  end
+
+  def post(graphql:)
+    end_cursor = nil
+    nodes = []
+
+    loop do
+      query = end_cursor.nil? ? graphql.sub(/after.*\n/, "") : graphql.sub("%ENDCURSOR%", end_cursor)
+
+      response = @conn.post("/graphql") do |req|
+        req.body = { query: }.to_json
+      end
+
+      node = JSON.parse(response.body).dig("data", "repository")
+      nodes << node
+
+      break unless node.dig("discussions", "pageInfo", "hasNextPage")
+
+      end_cursor = node.dig("discussions", "pageInfo", "endCursor")
+    end
+
+    nodes.flatten
+  end
+
+  def mutate(graphql:)
+    response = @conn.post("/graphql") do |req|
+      req.body = { query: graphql }.to_json
+    end
+
+    JSON.parse(response.body)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/.github/workflows/comment-on-stale-discussions.yml b/.github/workflows/comment-on-stale-discussions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81e2f5e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/comment-on-stale-discussions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Comment on stale discussions
+
+on: workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      discussions: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Ruby
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@ec02537da5712d66d4d50a0f33b7eb52773b5ed1
+
+      - name: Bundle install
+        run: bundle install
+
+      - name: Comment on discussions
+        run: .github/actions/comment
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..692d85aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+AllCops:
+  NewCops: enable
+inherit_gem:
+  rubocop-github:
+    - config/default.yml
+    - config/rails.yml
diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef538c281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.1.2
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5984e8df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "faraday"
+
+group :test, :development do
+  gem "rubocop-github"
+end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45d1ca76c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    activesupport (7.0.8)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+      i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+      minitest (>= 5.1)
+      tzinfo (~> 2.0)
+    ast (2.4.2)
+    base64 (0.1.1)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
+    dotenv (2.8.1)
+    faraday (2.7.11)
+      base64
+      faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
+      ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
+    faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
+    i18n (1.14.1)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    json (2.6.3)
+    language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
+    minitest (5.20.0)
+    parallel (1.23.0)
+    parser (3.2.2.3)
+      ast (~> 2.4.1)
+      racc
+    racc (1.7.1)
+    rack (3.0.8)
+    rainbow (3.1.1)
+    regexp_parser (2.8.1)
+    rexml (3.2.6)
+    rubocop (1.56.3)
+      base64 (~> 0.1.1)
+      json (~> 2.3)
+      language_server-protocol (>= 3.17.0)
+      parallel (~> 1.10)
+      parser (>= 3.2.2.3)
+      rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
+      regexp_parser (>= 1.8, < 3.0)
+      rexml (>= 3.2.5, < 4.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 1.28.1, < 2.0)
+      ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
+      unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 3.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.29.0)
+      parser (>= 3.2.1.0)
+    rubocop-github (0.20.0)
+      rubocop (>= 1.37)
+      rubocop-performance (>= 1.15)
+      rubocop-rails (>= 2.17)
+    rubocop-performance (1.19.1)
+      rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
+      rubocop-ast (>= 0.4.0)
+    rubocop-rails (2.21.1)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+      rack (>= 1.1)
+      rubocop (>= 1.33.0, < 2.0)
+    ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
+    ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
+    tzinfo (2.0.6)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    unicode-display_width (2.4.2)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  arm64-darwin-21
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  dotenv
+  faraday
+  rubocop-github
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.4.19