diff --git a/.github/labelers/area.yml b/.github/labelers/area.yml
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+# .github/labelers/area.yml
+# Classifies issues by technical area/subsystem.
+
+instructions: |
+  This is the Strands Agents SDK repository (Python + TypeScript monorepo).
+  CI dependency bumps (dependabot, renovate) should be labeled area-community.
+  MCP tools should be labeled area-mcp, not area-tool.
+  Provider-specific async/streaming bugs belong to area-provider, not area-async.
+  Issues about hook lifecycle events belong to area-hooks even if they mention tools or agents.
+
+labels:
+  area-a2a:
+    description: "Agent-to-Agent protocol, A2AAgent, A2AClient, A2AServer, agent cards"
+  area-async:
+    description: "Asynchronous flows, multi-threading, asyncio, concurrent execution, event loops"
+  area-bidirectional-streaming:
+    description: "Bidirectional streaming, BidiAgent, real-time audio/video, WebRTC, WebSocket, Nova Sonic"
+  area-community:
+    description: "Community health, monorepo consolidation, contributor guides, governance, CI dependency bumps"
+  area-config:
+    description: "Config-based agents, agent config files, mcp-config, declarative definitions"
+  area-context:
+    description: "Conversation management, context windows, context reduction, sliding window, token management"
+  area-devx:
+    description: "Developer experience, better APIs, ergonomics, helper methods, error messages, usability"
+  area-hil:
+    description: "Human-in-the-loop, interrupt/resume, suspend/resume, approval workflows"
+  area-hooks:
+    description: "Hook events, hook registry, callbacks, lifecycle events, BeforeEvent/AfterEvent"
+  area-language:
+    description: "New language SDKs (Ruby, .NET, Rust, Go, etc.)"
+  area-mcp:
+    description: "Model Context Protocol, MCP servers/clients/transport/tools"
+  area-multiagent:
+    description: "Multi-agent patterns, swarm, graph, orchestrator, agent-as-tool, arena"
+  area-otel:
+    description: "OpenTelemetry, tracing, metrics, spans, observability, OTLP"
+  area-persistence:
+    description: "Session storage, checkpointing, S3SessionManager, DynamoDB sessions, state serialization"
+  area-provider:
+    description: "Model providers (Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, LiteLLM, SageMaker, vLLM, Mistral)"
+  area-structured-output:
+    description: "Structured output API, JSON schema enforcement, Pydantic output models"
+  area-tool:
+    description: "Tool behavior, tool definitions, tool execution, @tool decorator, tool results"
diff --git a/.github/labelers/language.yml b/.github/labelers/language.yml
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+# .github/labelers/language.yml
+# Identifies which SDK language the issue relates to.
+# Use max_labels: 1 since most issues target one language.
+
+instructions: |
+  This is a monorepo with Python and TypeScript SDKs.
+  Look for language-specific keywords: Python paths (strands-py/, .py files, pip, pyproject.toml),
+  TypeScript paths (strands-ts/, .ts files, npm, package.json).
+  If the issue clearly targets both languages equally, prefer the language where the bug or feature originates.
+  If the issue is language-agnostic or unclear, do not assign a label.
+
+labels:
+  python:
+    description: "Issue relates to the Python SDK (strands-py/, .py files, pip, pyproject.toml)"
+  javascript:
+    description: "Issue relates to the TypeScript/JavaScript SDK (strands-ts/, .ts files, npm, package.json)"
diff --git a/.github/labelers/type.yml b/.github/labelers/type.yml
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+# .github/labelers/type.yml
+# Classifies issues by type (bug, feature, etc.)
+# Use max_labels: 1 in the workflow since these are mutually exclusive.
+
+instructions: |
+  Choose exactly one type. If the title starts with [BUG] it is a bug.
+  If the title starts with [FEATURE] it is an enhancement.
+  CI/dependency PRs that open as issues are chores.
+
+labels:
+  bug:
+    description: "Something is broken or not working as documented"
+  enhancement:
+    description: "New feature request or improvement to existing functionality"
+  question:
+    description: "User asking for help, clarification, or how to do something"
+  chore:
+    description: "Maintenance tasks, dependency updates, CI changes, refactoring with no user-facing impact"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-labeler.yml
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+name: Issue Labeler
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened]
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  label-area:
+    name: "Label: Area"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 2
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: .github/labelers
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+      # max_labels omitted: issues may span multiple areas
+      - uses: strands-agents/devtools/issue-labeler@main
+        with:
+          aws_role_arn: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
+          config_path: '.github/labelers/area.yml'
+
+  label-type:
+    name: "Label: Type"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 2
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: .github/labelers
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+      - uses: strands-agents/devtools/issue-labeler@main
+        with:
+          aws_role_arn: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
+          config_path: '.github/labelers/type.yml'
+          max_labels: '1'
+
+  label-language:
+    name: "Label: Language"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 2
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: .github/labelers
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+      - uses: strands-agents/devtools/issue-labeler@main
+        with:
+          aws_role_arn: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
+          config_path: '.github/labelers/language.yml'
+          max_labels: '1'