diff --git a/.github/labels.json b/.github/issue-labels.json
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/labels.json
rename to .github/issue-labels.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue_classifier.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_classifier.yml
index 43f5664f47a..842e4c40b5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue_classifier.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue_classifier.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
       - .github/workflows/issue_classifier.yml
       - .github/prompts/issue-classifier.md
       - .github/prompts/issue-classifier.schema.json
-      - .github/labels.json
+      - .github/issue-labels.json
       - .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
       - .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
       - scripts/classify-issue.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-  classifier-tests:
+  classify-issue-tests:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label_claude_code.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_label_claude_code.yml
similarity index 94%
rename from .github/workflows/label_claude_code.yml
rename to .github/workflows/issue_label_claude_code.yml
index cbfecc316ef..6c88433bc21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label_claude_code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue_label_claude_code.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Label Claude Code issues
+name: Issue label claude code
 
 on:
   issues:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label_sync.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_label_sync.yml
similarity index 77%
rename from .github/workflows/label_sync.yml
rename to .github/workflows/issue_label_sync.yml
index 67102ba58b7..870dab373d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label_sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue_label_sync.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-name: Label sync
+name: Issue label sync
 
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
-      - .github/labels.json
-      - scripts/sync-labels.ts
+      - .github/issue-labels.json
+      - scripts/sync-issue-labels.ts
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       dry_run:
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ on:
         default: true
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - .github/workflows/label_sync.yml
-      - .github/labels.json
-      - scripts/sync-labels.ts
-      - scripts/sync-labels.test.ts
+      - .github/workflows/issue_label_sync.yml
+      - .github/issue-labels.json
+      - scripts/sync-issue-labels.ts
+      - scripts/sync-issue-labels.test.ts
       - scripts/issue-labels.ts
 
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
-  sync-tests:
+  sync-issue-labels-tests:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ jobs:
           bun-version: "1.4.0"
 
       - name: Test the sync
-        run: bun test scripts/sync-labels.test.ts
+        run: bun test scripts/sync-issue-labels.test.ts
 
-  sync:
+  sync-issue-labels:
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.repository == 'BerriAI/litellm'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ jobs:
           # Exact version, never latest: the next step holds an issues: write token
           bun-version: "1.4.0"
 
-      - name: Create or recolour every label in .github/labels.json
-        run: bun run scripts/sync-labels.ts
+      - name: Create or recolour every label in .github/issue-labels.json
+        run: bun run scripts/sync-issue-labels.ts
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           DRY_RUN: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dry_run == true }}
diff --git a/scripts/issue-labels.ts b/scripts/issue-labels.ts
index a216bca804b..a39f4efa160 100644
--- a/scripts/issue-labels.ts
+++ b/scripts/issue-labels.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import manifest from "../.github/labels.json";
+import manifest from "../.github/issue-labels.json";
 
 export const NAMESPACES = ["domain", "provider", "kind", "priority", "lift", "needs"] as const;
 export type Namespace = (typeof NAMESPACES)[number];
diff --git a/scripts/label-issue.ts b/scripts/label-issue.ts
index 05a933755df..ce18b6ee2c1 100644
--- a/scripts/label-issue.ts
+++ b/scripts/label-issue.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function parseVerdict(raw: string): ParsedVerdict {
   const known = new Set(manifestLabels(MANIFEST).map((label) => label.name));
   const unknown = desiredLabels(verdict).filter((label) => !known.has(label));
   if (unknown.length > 0) {
-    return { kind: "invalid", reason: `not in .github/labels.json: ${unknown.join(", ")}` };
+    return { kind: "invalid", reason: `not in .github/issue-labels.json: ${unknown.join(", ")}` };
   }
   return { kind: "verdict", verdict };
 }
diff --git a/scripts/sync-labels.test.ts b/scripts/sync-issue-labels.test.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from scripts/sync-labels.test.ts
rename to scripts/sync-issue-labels.test.ts
index aed3dfc9cd5..1c0441d5308 100644
--- a/scripts/sync-labels.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/sync-issue-labels.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 
 import type { GitHubApi } from "./auto-close-duplicates";
 import { MANIFEST, manifestLabels, type Manifest } from "./issue-labels";
-import { readConfig, syncLabels, syncPlan, type GitHubLabel } from "./sync-labels";
+import { readConfig, syncLabels, syncPlan, type GitHubLabel } from "./sync-issue-labels";
 
 const small: Manifest = {
   domain: { caching: { color: "1C6E5B", description: "Response cache" } },
diff --git a/scripts/sync-labels.ts b/scripts/sync-issue-labels.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/sync-labels.ts
rename to scripts/sync-issue-labels.ts