Developed and implemented an automated stale issues workflow for the NCAR/chemistry-cafe repository, focusing on process improvement and backlog reduction. Leveraging GitHub Actions and YAML, the workflow identifies issues that have been inactive for 180 days, marks them as stale, and automatically closes them after an additional 14 days unless labeled as 'Low Priority.' This approach streamlines issue triage and enforces a consistent lifecycle for issue management within the repository. The work emphasized CI/CD best practices and automation, with no major bug fixes during the period, reflecting a targeted effort to enhance repository maintenance and operational efficiency through infrastructure as code.