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=5a951402b14ca07433752c1c1e39eb04
        .created = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.187
        :created = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.188
        :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=59c7d12b5801c5c5ea528081ee46b76f
        .created = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.379
        :assignee = visi
        :created = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.372
        :creator = root
        :name = alert investigation
        :priority = medium
        :project = 5a951402b14ca07433752c1c1e39eb04
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.372

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: 65ae5e11e61ad22f215c757e004e2aa5

> [ media:news=* :title="an article about malware" ]
media:news=cfe32a2313cdaa6041ab6e5d3b7c6735
        .created = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.644
        :title = an article about malware

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket
proj:ticket=f86e9755894fa43ebe9d70a09bb12c4c
        .created = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.807
        :created = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.798
        :creator = root
        :name = triage "an article about malware"
        :priority = medium
        :project = 85889b1980aa30aabc9ab5f41fae3229
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.798

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

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket -(refs)> *
media:news=cfe32a2313cdaa6041ab6e5d3b7c6735
        .created = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.644
        :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: ac9cbe7ef1820220f20a2cb943d7b99e

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 = 2025/04/25 14:44:18.166
        :name = vertex-triage