feat: implement precision traffic strategy for scout bot

docker-compose.yml

@@ -91,13 +91,18 @@ services:
       # Optional: add more discovery repos via env (comma separated "owner/repo"), e.g. openai/swarm,significant-gravitas/autogpt
       - SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS=${SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS:-open-webui/open-webui,microsoft/vscode,vercel/next.js,langchain-ai/langgraph,facebook/react,microsoft/TypeScript,openai/openai-cookbook,astral-sh/ruff,sequelize/sequelize,pnpm/pnpm,prisma/prisma,openai/swarm,Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT,microsoft/autogen,crewAIInc/crewAI}
       # Optional: comma-separated labels; leave unset for broad scan of all open issues
-      - SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS=${SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS:-}
+      # Use 'help wanted' to only target issues where maintainers are explicitly asking for external help. This prevents us from being seen as spam.
+      - SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS=${SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS:-help wanted}
       # Keep compatibility with existing naming
       - SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL=${SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL:-}
-      - SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION=${SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION:-*/1 * * * *}
+      # Run once an hour to avoid flooding
+      - SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION=${SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION:-0 * * * *}
       - SCOUT_ENABLED=${SCOUT_ENABLED:-true}
-      - SCOUT_PER_PAGE=${SCOUT_PER_PAGE:-80}
-      - SCOUT_MAX_ISSUES_PER_SCAN=${SCOUT_MAX_ISSUES_PER_SCAN:-90}
+      # Allow commenting on all repos, since we are now strictly filtering by label and rate.
+      - SCOUT_COMMENT_REPOS=${SCOUT_COMMENT_REPOS:-*}
+      - SCOUT_PER_PAGE=${SCOUT_PER_PAGE:-30}
+      # Only process at most 2 issues per repo per hour to stay under the radar
+      - SCOUT_MAX_ISSUES_PER_SCAN=${SCOUT_MAX_ISSUES_PER_SCAN:-2}
       # GitHub token should be provided in deployment env for real posting.
       - GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}
     networks: