diff --git a/.github/auto_assign-issues.yml b/.github/auto_assign-issues.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17f3b287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/auto_assign-issues.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+assignees:
+  - Chris-Sigopt
+  - tjs-intel