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=04c508356e3ad2b0edac476319f7b5ad
        .created = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.805
        :created = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.806
        :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=53369c6953213764feca5c7684d28b4b
        .created = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.839
        :assignee = visi
        :created = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.839
        :creator = root
        :name = alert investigation
        :priority = medium
        :project = 04c508356e3ad2b0edac476319f7b5ad
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.839

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: c95cf0dda9a444c4d53c83897f8800c7

> [ media:news=* :title="an article about malware" ]
media:news=2565533b9335cf81a3a9263f71f90b0c
        .created = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.876
        :title = an article about malware

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket
proj:ticket=d60adfc400b4ee97ffddcf1d014d3c5c
        .created = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.890
        :created = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.890
        :creator = root
        :name = triage "an article about malware"
        :priority = medium
        :project = 01d7b0d3de4b0267460f35a2b04b71e4
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.890

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

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket -(refs)> *
media:news=2565533b9335cf81a3a9263f71f90b0c
        .created = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.876
        :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
    }
  }
WARNING: "--hour" is deprecated and will be removed in v3.0.0.
Created cron job: ea08e6616bb36cd9abad30309bb25755

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 = 2026/09/14 14:12:28.803
        :name = vertex-triage