fix: close bot-created empty issue shells before triage

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Canonical issue

Outcome

The issue-triage workflow was auto-labeling bot-created empty issue shells as real work, creating noisy automation artifacts instead of closing them. This fix keeps generic "Addressing Issues" bot shells out of the triage queue before any labels are applied.

Scope

• Included:
  • Harden .github/workflows/issue-triage.yml to close bot-created issues when the body is blank or the title is the generic "Addressing Issues" shell before triage labeling runs.
  • Add a focused regression test in tests/unit/test_issue_triage_workflow.py that executes the workflow script against a mock GitHub client and verifies the no-label close behavior.
• Explicitly excluded:
  • Broader changes to issue labeling logic or unrelated GitHub automation workflows.

Risk

• Risk level: low
• Failure mode: A real bot-created issue with useful context could be closed before a human reviews it.
• Rollback: Revert the workflow guard and restore the previous triage labeling behavior.

Verification

• Focused tests — python -m pytest tests/unit/test_issue_triage_workflow.py -q --no-cov on c9e6dade78827fe30b681ab6642ba6244b52cf70
• Required CI
• Review threads resolved

Production evidence

Not applicable; this is a repository automation workflow change only. There is no Vercel preview, runtime deployment, or production runtime evidence to attach.

Agent handoff

• One canonical issue is linked
• No competing PR implements the same issue
• Acceptance criteria are satisfied
• Required checks pass on the current head
• Human decision is requested only for product, security, irreversible infrastructure, or production approval

• Fixes Addressing Issues #1523

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[cursor]

Closing as duplicate of #1786 (same bot-shell auto-close). Both CONFLICTING; keep #1786 as the rebase target. Empty shells #1523/#1553 still need issue-write (blocked for this agent).

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