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+name: Greetings
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened]
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
+jobs:
+  greeting:
+    name: Greet First-Time Contributors
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Welcome first-time contributors
+        uses: actions/first-interaction@v3
+        with:
+          issue_message: |
+            Thanks for opening your first issue! We appreciate you taking the
+            time to help improve the project.