User Guide

Vertex-Triage User Guide

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

Getting Started

Check with your Admin to enable permissions.

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=d0296cac777b4647679204a1ac91438f
        .created = 2025/05/22 15:22:46.607
        :created = 2025/05/22 15:22:46.608
        :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=ad3959c1b195cf2224e0ea37fd353d69
        .created = 2025/05/22 15:22:46.790
        :assignee = visi
        :created = 2025/05/22 15:22:46.783
        :creator = root
        :name = alert investigation
        :priority = medium
        :project = d0296cac777b4647679204a1ac91438f
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2025/05/22 15:22:46.783

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: 50caa14e49fa3cf4c2cdcb6eb0cbc9ed

> [ media:news=* :title="an article about malware" ]
media:news=aeaf6682e78738f66050a31d43262f4d
        .created = 2025/05/22 15:22:47.041
        :title = an article about malware

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket
proj:ticket=afac7e71d8d5d9913eca15cd8c5c8a0b
        .created = 2025/05/22 15:22:47.198
        :created = 2025/05/22 15:22:47.189
        :creator = root
        :name = triage "an article about malware"
        :priority = medium
        :project = 366ff847b85d810a92abf37ec369d4e4
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2025/05/22 15:22:47.189

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

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket -(refs)> *
media:news=aeaf6682e78738f66050a31d43262f4d
        .created = 2025/05/22 15:22:47.041
        :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: ab8d038ea451ee8b9c75b2b3a43a7c96

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 = 2025/05/22 15:22:46.586
        :name = vertex-triage