diff --git a/automation/README.md b/automation/README.md
index 576098b..5891a18 100644
--- a/automation/README.md
+++ b/automation/README.md
@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ portal ──(triage)──▶ triaged + claude-queue ─▶ claude-working ─
 ```
 
 - **Triage owns routing for every `portal` issue.** Each untriaged portal issue is
-  triaged once (`maxTriagePerRun` per run); triage adds `triaged` plus `claude-queue`
-  or `interactive` and posts a breakdown. Triage skips an issue only once it carries
-  `triaged`, `interactive`, `claude-working`, `claude-pr`, or `claude-failed`.
+  triaged once (`maxTriagePerRun` per run); triage adds `triaged`, a routing label
+  (`claude-queue` or `interactive`), a type label (`bug` or `feature`), and posts a
+  breakdown. Triage skips an issue only once it carries `triaged`, `interactive`,
+  `claude-working`, `claude-pr`, or `claude-failed`.
 - **`claude-queue` alone does NOT skip triage on a portal issue.** The Report Issue
   button may stamp `claude-queue` at creation; triage still claims the issue and
   decides routing (stripping the stray `claude-queue` if it routes to `interactive`).
diff --git a/automation/claude-issue-watcher.sh b/automation/claude-issue-watcher.sh
index 9a03b6d..aebed13 100644
--- a/automation/claude-issue-watcher.sh
+++ b/automation/claude-issue-watcher.sh
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ while [ "$t" -lt "$n_triage" ]; do
     log "-- Triaging #$num: $title"
     reset_clone
     comments=$(comments_block "$num")
-    rm -f "$WORKDIR/CLAUDE_TRIAGE_LABEL.txt" "$WORKDIR/CLAUDE_TRIAGE.md"
+    rm -f "$WORKDIR/CLAUDE_TRIAGE_LABEL.txt" "$WORKDIR/CLAUDE_TRIAGE_TYPE.txt" "$WORKDIR/CLAUDE_TRIAGE.md"
 
     prompt_file=$(mktemp)
     {
@@ -192,8 +192,11 @@ while [ "$t" -lt "$n_triage" ]; do
         printf '%s\n' "   - interactive = needs human steering: ambiguous or underspecified, needs business content"
         printf '%s\n' "     or a design decision, a schema migration, permissions/payments changes, an external"
         printf '%s\n' "     dependency, or a large feature needing visual verification."
-        printf '%s\n' "3. Write TWO files in the repository root, nothing else:"
-        printf '%s\n' "   - CLAUDE_TRIAGE_LABEL.txt -- a single line with EXACTLY one word: claude-queue OR interactive"
+        printf '%s\n' "3. Classify the issue as a BUG (something is broken / not working as intended) or a"
+        printf '%s\n' "   FEATURE (new capability or a change/enhancement to existing behaviour)."
+        printf '%s\n' "4. Write THREE files in the repository root, nothing else:"
+        printf '%s\n' "   - CLAUDE_TRIAGE_LABEL.txt -- one line, EXACTLY one word: claude-queue OR interactive"
+        printf '%s\n' "   - CLAUDE_TRIAGE_TYPE.txt  -- one line, EXACTLY one word: bug OR feature"
         printf '%s\n' "   - CLAUDE_TRIAGE.md -- your requirements breakdown as markdown: action items, files/areas"
         printf '%s\n' "     involved, open questions, and a final one-line 'Routing rationale: ...'."
     } > "$prompt_file"
@@ -212,8 +215,17 @@ while [ "$t" -lt "$n_triage" ]; do
     fi
     breakdown=""
     [ -f "$WORKDIR/CLAUDE_TRIAGE.md" ] && breakdown=$(cat "$WORKDIR/CLAUDE_TRIAGE.md")
+    type=""
+    if [ -f "$WORKDIR/CLAUDE_TRIAGE_TYPE.txt" ]; then
+        traw=$(cat "$WORKDIR/CLAUDE_TRIAGE_TYPE.txt")
+        if printf '%s' "$traw" | grep -qiw feature; then type=feature
+        elif printf '%s' "$traw" | grep -qiw bug; then type=bug; fi
+    fi
     reset_clone
 
+    # Classify bug/feature regardless of routing outcome (additive, never clears).
+    [ -n "$type" ] && { add_labels "$num" "$type"; log "Classified #$num as $type"; }
+
     if [ -z "$label" ]; then
         log "Triage for #$num produced no valid decision; leaving for a human"
         # Mark triaged + strip any button-stamped claude-queue so it is NOT auto-fixed.
@@ -238,7 +250,7 @@ while [ "$t" -lt "$n_triage" ]; do
 
 $note
 
-**Routing:** \`$label\`"
+**Routing:** \`$label\`${type:+ | **Type:** \`$type\`}"
     log "Triaged #$num -> $label"
 done