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+name: Monthly issue metrics (Multi Repo)
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: issue metrics
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Get dates for last month
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          # Calculate the first day of the previous month
+          first_day=$(date -d "last month" +%Y-%m-01)
+
+          # Calculate the last day of the previous month
+          last_day=$(date -d "$first_day +1 month -1 day" +%Y-%m-%d)
+
+          #Set an environment variable with the date range
+          echo "$first_day..$last_day"
+          echo "last_month=$first_day..$last_day" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Get issue metrics
+        uses: github/issue-metrics@v2
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          SEARCH_QUERY: 'repo:10up/insert-special-characters repo:10up/simple-local-avatars repo:10up/retro-winamp-block is:issue created:${{ env.last_month }} -reason:"not planned"'
+
+      - name: Create issue
+        uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v4
+        with:
+          title: Monthly issue metrics report (dev)
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          content-filepath: ./issue_metrics.md
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