diff --git a/.github/recurring-schedule.json b/.github/recurring-schedule.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2feb21015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/recurring-schedule.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "items": []
+}
diff --git a/.work-item-tracker.json b/.work-item-tracker.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..978f6f93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.work-item-tracker.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": "1.0",
+  "provider": "github",
+  "config": {
+    "lease_ttl_hours": 24
+  }
+}