diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94bfae0..8c08f28 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     "hubot-scripts": ">= 2.5.0 < 3.0.0",
     "hubot-irc": "~0.1.25",
     "coffee-script": "~1.7.1",
-    "hubot-factoid": "0.0.1"
+    "hubot-factoid": "0.0.1",
+    "githubot": "~0.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "grunt": "~0.4.2",
diff --git a/scripts/github-issue-assignment.coffee b/scripts/github-issue-assignment.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60dd9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/github-issue-assignment.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Description:
+#   Assign Github issues by username from within chat.
+#
+# Dependencies:
+#   githubot
+#
+# Configuration:
+#   HUBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
+#   HUBOT_GITHUB_ISSUE_ASSIGN_TEAMID - team id (with pull access) to add assignee to
+#   HUBOT_GITHUB_USER - default repo user to assume (optional)
+#   HUBOT_GITHUB_REPO - default repo name to assume (optional)
+#
+# Commands:
+#   hubot assign <assignee> [[<repo user>]/<repo name>]<#issue>
+#
+# Notes:
+#   - You can create a personal access token here: https://github.com/settings/applications
+#   - Token will need to the following permissions:
+#     - `admin:org` (`write:org` once this bug is fixed: https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/154)
+#     - `public_repo`
+
+config =
+  token: process.env.HUBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
+  team_id: process.env.HUBOT_GITHUB_ISSUE_ASSIGN_TEAMID
+  default_user: process.env.HUBOT_GITHUB_USER
+  default_repo: process.env.HUBOT_GITHUB_REPO
+
+unless config.token && config.team_id
+  console.log "Please set the HUBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN and HUBOT_GITHUB_ISSUE_ASSIGN_TEAMID [hubot-auth]"
+  return
+
+module.exports = (robot) ->
+
+  unless config.default_user && config.default_repo
+    robot.logger.warning 'You likely want to set both HUBOT_GITHUB_USER and HUBOT_GITHUB_REPO to sensible defaults [hubot-auth]'
+
+  github = require('githubot')(robot)
+
+  github.handleErrors (response) ->
+    console.log response
+
+  REGEX = ///        # match [#]
+    assign
+    \ +
+    ([\w._-]+)       # assignee [1]
+    \ +
+    (                # qualified repo [2]
+      (
+        ([\w._-]+)\/ # repo user [4]
+      )?
+      ([\w._-]+)     # repo name [5]
+    )?
+    ((gh|\#)(\d+))   # issue number [8]
+  ///i
+
+  robot.respond REGEX, (msg) ->
+
+    assignee = msg.match[1]
+    issue_id = msg.match[8]
+    qualified_repo = github.qualified_repo msg.match[2]
+
+    unless qualified_repo?
+      msg.send "Not enough information provided to determine desired repo."
+      return
+
+    github.get "teams/#{config.team_id}/members", (team_members) ->
+      on_team = false
+      for user in team_members
+        on_team = true if user.login == assignee
+
+      unless on_team
+        github.put "teams/#{config.team_id}/members/#{assignee}", {}, (team) ->
+          return
+
+      github.patch "repos/#{qualified_repo}/issues/#{issue_id}", {assignee: assignee}, (issue) ->
+        msg.send "Issue #{qualified_repo}##{issue_id} assigned to #{assignee}!"
+        msg.send issue.html_url