User Guide

Vertex-Triage User Guide

Vertex-Triage adds new Storm commands and Workflows to manage queues and tasks.

Getting Started

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Examples

Create a new queue

Queues can also be created via the dedicated workflow.

> vertex.triage.queue.add alerts --desc "A queue for work items relating to alerts"
proj:project=0fc1171fd49cc6f49485675de702e8ee
        .created = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.630
        :created = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.631
        :creator = root
        :desc = A queue for work items relating to alerts
        :name = alerts

Create a new task within the “alerts” queue that references a risk:alert node

Tasks can also be created from a Node Action in the Research Tool.

> risk:alert#newalerts | vertex.triage.task.add alerts "alert investigation" --assignee visi --yield
proj:ticket=dbf9f77528ded2ca1bca411827dbaf51
        .created = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.658
        :assignee = visi
        :created = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.657
        :creator = root
        :name = alert investigation
        :priority = medium
        :project = 0fc1171fd49cc6f49485675de702e8ee
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.657

Create a trigger to add a task when media:news:title is set and contains a keyword

This example creates a new task when :title contains the keyword malware, and adds it to the malware queue. The title is used to populate the task name.

> trigger.add prop:set --prop media:news:title
--query { +:title~=malware | vertex.triage.task.add malware `triage "{:title}"` }
Added trigger: 8c6b7855eb050867f033642187e4cec0

> [ media:news=* :title="an article about malware" ]
media:news=ddf122355f0d5f9b3b6336fee8b40cce
        .created = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.688
        :title = an article about malware

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket
proj:ticket=a4032a6eba59baf57ff5ee9fa65d5445
        .created = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.701
        :created = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.700
        :creator = root
        :name = triage "an article about malware"
        :priority = medium
        :project = f455591d87d6e6dbae7ae0d648bd69a3
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.700

The task will also have a reference to the inbound node.

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket -(refs)> *
media:news=ddf122355f0d5f9b3b6336fee8b40cce
        .created = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.688
        :title = an article about malware

Create a cron to check an external system and create a task based on the results

This example calls a placeholder module, and creates tasks in the extsys queue. A similar ingest routine could be written for calling an HTTP API.

> cron.add --hour +8 {
    $mod = $lib.import(somemodule)
    $data = $mod.getData()
    for $item in $data {
      vertex.triage.task.add extsys $item.name --desc $item.details
    }
  }
Created cron job: f1638ab513f23912b07759cf0cd186bc

Use of meta:source nodes

Vertex-Triage uses a meta:source node and -(seen)> light weight edges to track created nodes.

> meta:source=62cbf38be08a5fc8933790a68c41d103
meta:source=62cbf38be08a5fc8933790a68c41d103
        .created = 2025/09/26 19:32:40.629
        :name = vertex-triage