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=12b3b452b8e6a47abfbd6ea13c9eb592
        .created = 2025/12/26 21:12:24.938
        :created = 2025/12/26 21:12:24.939
        :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=756919333349c665d6b874b99b78fc18
        .created = 2025/12/26 21:12:24.966
        :assignee = visi
        :created = 2025/12/26 21:12:24.966
        :creator = root
        :name = alert investigation
        :priority = medium
        :project = 12b3b452b8e6a47abfbd6ea13c9eb592
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2025/12/26 21:12:24.966

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: 8886a3389886b9d0df594180df5d3899

> [ media:news=* :title="an article about malware" ]
media:news=3b309c78f44562c6f16b76546cc95751
        .created = 2025/12/26 21:12:24.996
        :title = an article about malware

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket
proj:ticket=9df5be15bec2f292cf2b7b2073bf9d9a
        .created = 2025/12/26 21:12:25.008
        :created = 2025/12/26 21:12:25.008
        :creator = root
        :name = triage "an article about malware"
        :priority = medium
        :project = d472187ae147a96d15bff0c9e796d11d
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2025/12/26 21:12:25.008

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

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket -(refs)> *
media:news=3b309c78f44562c6f16b76546cc95751
        .created = 2025/12/26 21:12:24.996
        :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: 51b6e7529c509a9d454c35ab14ca7c06

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 = 2025/12/26 21:12:24.936
        :name = vertex-triage