--- title: When I'm AFK, I want to just create… | daily.dev description: A brief endorsement of order_taker, an open source tool that uses GitHub Issue activity to wake up a computer and trigger AI agent workflows. The idea is to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/when-i-m-afk-i-want-to-just-create--osc2orvnr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: When I'm AFK, I want to just create… | daily.dev og:description: A brief endorsement of order_taker, an open source tool that uses GitHub Issue activity to wake up a computer and trigger AI agent workflows. The idea is to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/when-i-m-afk-i-want-to-just-create--osc2orvnr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oSC2OrVNr.png og:image:alt: When I'm AFK, I want to just create… og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # When I'm AFK, I want to just create… **[Justin Searls](https://daily.dev/sources/searls)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief endorsement of order_taker, an open source tool that uses GitHub Issue activity to wake up a computer and trigger AI agent workflows. The idea is to create or reply to GitHub Issues while away from keyboard, and have an agent automatically spin up, complete tasks, and wind down. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I have an AI coding agent automatically start working when I create or reply to a GitHub issue? The open-source tool order_taker watches GitHub Issue activity and wakes up a computer to spin up an agent, perform the requested work, and wind down afterward. 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