diff --git a/.github/workflows/use-action.yml b/.github/workflows/use-action.yml
index 564436c..617c926 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/use-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/use-action.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,10 @@ jobs:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
         ORGANIZATION: github
         INACTIVE_DAYS: 1
+
+    - name: Create issue
+      uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v4
+      with:
+        title: Stale repository report
+        content-filepath: ./stale_repos.md
+        assignees: zkoppert
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 816bea3..1f65c73 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,25 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
         ORGANIZATION: ${{ secrets.ORGANIZATION }}
-        INACTIVE_DAYS: 365 
+        INACTIVE_DAYS: 365
+
+    - name: Create issue
+      uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v4
+      with:
+        title: Stale repository report
+        content-filepath: ./stale_repos.md
+        assignees: <YOUR_GITHUB_HANDLE_HERE>
+
+```
+
+### Example stale_repos.md output
+
+```markdown
+# Inactive Repositories
+
+| Repository URL | Days Inactive |
+| --- | ---: |
+| https://github.com/github/.github | 5 |
 ```
 
 ## Local usage without Docker
diff --git a/stale_repos.py b/stale_repos.py
index 22aa8e4..8fc2cf7 100755
--- a/stale_repos.py
+++ b/stale_repos.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """ Find stale repositories in a GitHub organization. """
 
 import os
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from os.path import dirname, join
 
 import github3
@@ -46,17 +46,26 @@ def main():
 
     # Iterate over repos in the org, acquire inactive days,
     # and print out the repo url and days inactive if it's over the threshold (inactive_days)
-    print_inactive_repos(github_connection, inactive_days_threshold, organization)
+    inactive_repos = get_inactive_repos(
+        github_connection, inactive_days_threshold, organization
+    )
 
+    # Write the list of inactive repos to a csv file
+    write_to_markdown(inactive_repos)
 
-def print_inactive_repos(github_connection, inactive_days_threshold, organization):
-    """Print out the repo url and days inactive if it's over the threshold (inactive_days).
+
+def get_inactive_repos(github_connection, inactive_days_threshold, organization):
+    """Return and print out the repo url and days inactive if it's over
+       the threshold (inactive_days).
 
     Args:
         github_connection: The GitHub connection object.
         inactive_days_threshold: The threshold (in days) for considering a repo as inactive.
         organization: The name of the organization to retrieve repositories from.
 
+    Returns:
+        A list of tuples containing the repo and days inactive.
+
     """
     inactive_repos = []
     for repo in github_connection.repositories_by(organization):
@@ -64,11 +73,30 @@ def print_inactive_repos(github_connection, inactive_days_threshold, organizatio
         if last_push_str is None:
             continue
         last_push = parse(last_push_str)
-        days_inactive = (datetime.now() - last_push).days
-        if days_inactive > int(inactive_days_threshold):
-            inactive_repos.append((repo, days_inactive))
+        days_inactive = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - last_push).days
+        if days_inactive > int(inactive_days_threshold) and not repo.archived:
+            inactive_repos.append((repo.html_url, days_inactive))
             print(f"{repo.html_url}: {days_inactive} days inactive")  # type: ignore
     print(f"Found {len(inactive_repos)} stale repos in {organization}")
+    return inactive_repos
+
+
+def write_to_markdown(inactive_repos, file=None):
+    """Write the list of inactive repos to a markdown file.
+
+    Args:
+        inactive_repos: A list of tuples containing the repo and days inactive.
+        file: A file object to write to. If None, a new file will be created.
+
+    """
+    inactive_repos.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+    with file or open("stale_repos.md", "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        file.write("# Inactive Repositories\n\n")
+        file.write("| Repository URL | Days Inactive |\n")
+        file.write("| --- | ---: |\n")
+        for repo_url, days_inactive in inactive_repos:
+            file.write(f"| {repo_url} | {days_inactive} |\n")
+    print("Wrote stale repos to stale_repos.md")
 
 
 def auth_to_github():
diff --git a/test_stale_repos.py b/test_stale_repos.py
index b36a53a..caa14c9 100644
--- a/test_stale_repos.py
+++ b/test_stale_repos.py
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 import io
 import os
 import unittest
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch
 
 import github3.github
-from stale_repos import auth_to_github, print_inactive_repos
+from stale_repos import auth_to_github, get_inactive_repos, write_to_markdown
 
 
 class AuthToGithubTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -149,23 +149,25 @@ def test_print_inactive_repos_with_inactive_repos(self):
         github_connection = MagicMock()
 
         # Create a mock repository object with a last push time of 30 days ago
-        thirty_days_ago = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=30)
+        thirty_days_ago = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=30)
         mock_repo = MagicMock()
         mock_repo.pushed_at = thirty_days_ago.isoformat()
         mock_repo.html_url = "https://github.com/example/repo"
+        mock_repo.archived = False
         github_connection.repositories_by.return_value = [mock_repo]
 
         # Call the function with a threshold of 20 days
         inactive_days_threshold = 20
         organization = "example"
         with patch("sys.stdout", new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
-            print_inactive_repos(
-                github_connection, inactive_days_threshold, organization
-            )
+            get_inactive_repos(github_connection, inactive_days_threshold, organization)
             output = mock_stdout.getvalue()
 
         # Check that the output contains the expected repo URL and days inactive
-        expected_output = f"{mock_repo.html_url}: 30 days inactive\nFound 1 stale repos in {organization}\n"
+        expected_output = (
+            f"{mock_repo.html_url}: 30 days inactive\n"
+            f"Found 1 stale repos in {organization}\n"
+        )
         self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
 
     def test_print_inactive_repos_with_no_inactive_repos(self):
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ def test_print_inactive_repos_with_no_inactive_repos(self):
         github_connection = MagicMock()
 
         # Create a mock repository object with a last push time of 30 days ago
-        thirty_days_ago = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=30)
+        thirty_days_ago = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=30)
         mock_repo = MagicMock()
         mock_repo.pushed_at = thirty_days_ago.isoformat()
         mock_repo.html_url = "https://github.com/example/repo"
@@ -189,9 +191,7 @@ def test_print_inactive_repos_with_no_inactive_repos(self):
         inactive_days_threshold = 40
         organization = "example"
         with patch("sys.stdout", new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
-            print_inactive_repos(
-                github_connection, inactive_days_threshold, organization
-            )
+            get_inactive_repos(github_connection, inactive_days_threshold, organization)
             output = mock_stdout.getvalue()
 
         # Check that the output contains the expected repo URL and days inactive
@@ -199,5 +199,43 @@ def test_print_inactive_repos_with_no_inactive_repos(self):
         self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
 
 
+class WriteToMarkdownTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Unit test case for the write_to_markdown() function.
+    """
+
+    def test_write_to_markdown(self):
+        """Test that the write_to_markdown function writes the expected data to a file.
+
+        This test creates a list of inactive repos and a mock file object using MagicMock.
+        It then calls the write_to_markdown function with the list of inactive repos and
+        the mock file object. Finally, it uses the assert_has_calls method to check that
+        the mock file object was called with the expected data.
+
+        """
+
+        # Create a list of inactive repos
+        inactive_repos = [
+            ("https://github.com/example/repo2", 40),
+            ("https://github.com/example/repo1", 30),
+        ]
+
+        # Create a mock file object
+        mock_file = MagicMock()
+
+        # Call the write_to_markdown function with the mock file object
+        write_to_markdown(inactive_repos, file=mock_file)
+
+        # Check that the mock file object was called with the expected data
+        expected_calls = [
+            call.write("# Inactive Repositories\n\n"),
+            call.write("| Repository URL | Days Inactive |\n"),
+            call.write("| --- | ---: |\n"),
+            call.write("| https://github.com/example/repo2 | 40 |\n"),
+            call.write("| https://github.com/example/repo1 | 30 |\n"),
+        ]
+        mock_file.__enter__.return_value.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()