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=c2beb8e64296a80b5657ddb26f4358cc
        .created = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.108
        :created = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.109
        :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=28db4ac5a8b7860ef765880d86f12be0
        .created = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.145
        :assignee = visi
        :created = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.145
        :creator = root
        :name = alert investigation
        :priority = medium
        :project = c2beb8e64296a80b5657ddb26f4358cc
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.145

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: 80ed231cf2a7bc90d382e4142ef2c7a0

> [ media:news=* :title="an article about malware" ]
media:news=831b8fb8abd29b131ac585977979d1b0
        .created = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.189
        :title = an article about malware

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket
proj:ticket=74b563fce873c2ae3039b51a69f723da
        .created = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.206
        :created = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.205
        :creator = root
        :name = triage "an article about malware"
        :priority = medium
        :project = 1ac3a420459c92c03e11058a447f32a8
        :status = new
        :type = task
        :updated = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.205

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

> proj:project:name=malware -> proj:ticket -(refs)> *
media:news=831b8fb8abd29b131ac585977979d1b0
        .created = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.189
        :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: 1f80f93014bf931efac4f056457faf15

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 = 2026/05/15 17:28:30.106
        :name = vertex-triage