refactor: make intermediate issue requirement configurable

Signed-off-by: Parv Ninama <[email protected]>

Author: parvninama

.github/scripts/bot-advanced-check.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ log() {
   echo "[advanced-check] $1"
 }
 
+#######################################
+# Configuration
+#######################################
+REQUIRED_INTERMEDIATE_COUNT=1
+
 #######################################
 # Validate required environment variables
 #######################################
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ if [[ "${DRY_RUN:-false}" == "true" ]]; then
   echo
   log "Intermediate Issues (closed): $INT_COUNT"
 
-  if (( INT_COUNT >= 1 )); then
+  if (( INT_COUNT >= REQUIRED_INTERMEDIATE_COUNT )); then
     log "Result: USER QUALIFIED"
   else
     log "Result: USER NOT QUALIFIED"
@@ -178,7 +183,7 @@ check_user() {
 
   log "Counts → Intermediate: $INT_COUNT"
 
-  if (( INT_COUNT >= 1 )); then
+  if (( INT_COUNT >= REQUIRED_INTERMEDIATE_COUNT )); then
     log "User @$user qualified."
     return 0
   fi
@@ -196,7 +201,7 @@ check_user() {
 Advanced issues involve high-risk changes to the core codebase and require prior experience in this repository.
 
 **Requirement:**
-- Complete at least **1** 'intermediate' issue (You have: **$INT_COUNT**)
+- Complete at least **$REQUIRED_INTERMEDIATE_COUNT** 'intermediate' issue (You have: **$INT_COUNT**)
 
 Please check out our **$SUGGESTION** to build your experience first!
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ This changelog is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.
 - Enhance TopicInfo `__str__` method and tests with additional coverage, and update the format_key function in `key_format.py` to handle objects with a _to_proto method.
 
 ### Fixed
+- Refactored the advanced issue assignment guard to use a single configurable variable for the required number of completed intermediate issues. (#1479)
 - Prevent LinkBot from posting duplicate “missing linked issue” comments on pull requests. (#1475)
 - Refined intermediate assignment guard to validate Beginner issue completion with improved logging and GraphQL-based counting. (#1424)
 - Improved filename-related error handling with clearer and more descriptive error messages.(#1413)