diff --git a/.github/workflows/greetings.yml b/.github/workflows/greetings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fd8f10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/greetings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Greetings
+
+on: [ pull_request, issues ]
+
+jobs:
+  greeting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/first-interaction@v1
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          issue-message: >
+            Automated Message: Thanks for reporting your first issue to us!
+            One of the committers will respond to you shortly.
+
+            Cheers!
+          pr-message: >
+            Automated Message: Congratulations on raising your first Pull Request!
+            One of the committers will review this at the earliest.
+
+            Your contributions are greatly appreciated!
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f516770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: "Close stale PRs"
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          stale-issue-message: >
+            Automated Message: We're closing this Issue because it hasn't been updated in a while.
+            This isn't a judgement on the merit of the Issue in any way. It's just
+            a way of keeping the Issue queue manageable.
+
+            If you'd like to revive this Issue, please reopen it and ask a
+            committer to remove the Stale tag!
+          stale-pr-message: >
+            Automated Message: We're closing this PR because it hasn't been updated in a while.
+            This isn't a judgement on the merit of the PR in any way. It's just
+            a way of keeping the PR queue manageable.
+
+            If you'd like to revive this PR, please reopen it and ask a
+            committer to remove the Stale tag!
+          days-before-stale: 30
+          days-before-close: 15
+          stale-issue-label: 'no-issue-activity'
+          stale-pr-label: 'no-pr-activity'
+          exempt-issue-labels: 'awaiting-approval,work-in-progress'
+          exempt-pr-labels: 'awaiting-approval,work-in-progress'
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e0ef52..93610da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@
 .vscode
 
 environment.local.ts
-logs/
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+logs/
+venv