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+name: Update issue Status
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [closed]
+
+jobs:
+  update_issue:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get project data
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GHPROJECT_TOKEN}}
+          ORGANIZATION: specklesystems
+          PROJECT_NUMBER: 9
+        run: |
+          gh api graphql --header 'GraphQL-Features: projects_next_graphql' -f query='
+            query($org: String!, $number: Int!) {
+              organization(login: $org){
+                projectNext(number: $number) {
+                  id
+                  fields(first:20) {
+                    nodes {
+                      id
+                      name
+                      settings
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }' -f org=$ORGANIZATION -F number=$PROJECT_NUMBER > project_data.json
+
+          echo 'PROJECT_ID='$(jq '.data.organization.projectNext.id' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo 'STATUS_FIELD_ID='$(jq '.data.organization.projectNext.fields.nodes[] | select(.name== "Status") | .id' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+          echo "$PROJECT_ID"
+          echo "$STATUS_FIELD_ID"
+          
+          echo 'DONE_ID='$(jq '.data.organization.projectNext.fields.nodes[] | select(.name== "Status") | .settings | fromjson | .options[] | select(.name== "Done") | .id' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "$DONE_ID"
+
+      - name: Add Issue to project #it's already in the project, but we do this to get its node id!
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GHPROJECT_TOKEN}}
+          ISSUE_ID: ${{ github.event.issue.node_id }}
+        run: |
+          item_id="$( gh api graphql --header 'GraphQL-Features: projects_next_graphql' -f query='
+            mutation($project:ID!, $id:ID!) {
+              addProjectNextItem(input: {projectId: $project, contentId: $id}) {
+                projectNextItem {
+                  id
+                }
+              }
+            }' -f project=$PROJECT_ID -f id=$ISSUE_ID --jq '.data.addProjectNextItem.projectNextItem.id')"
+          
+          echo 'ITEM_ID='$item_id >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+      - name: Update Status
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GHPROJECT_TOKEN}}
+          ISSUE_ID: ${{ github.event.issue.node_id }}
+        run: |
+          gh api graphql --header 'GraphQL-Features: projects_next_graphql' -f query='
+            mutation($project:ID!, $status:ID!, $id:ID!, $value:String!) {
+              set_status: updateProjectNextItemField(
+                input: {
+                  projectId: $project
+                  itemId: $id
+                  fieldId: $status
+                  value: $value
+                }
+              ) {
+                projectNextItem {
+                  id
+                }
+              }
+            }' -f project=$PROJECT_ID -f status=$STATUS_FIELD_ID -f id=$ITEM_ID -f value=${{ env.DONE_ID }}
+