diff --git a/projects/github-actions/repo-gardening/src/tasks/add-labels/index.js b/projects/github-actions/repo-gardening/src/tasks/add-labels/index.js
index 30a95cbbb435..d0447d01b122 100644
--- a/projects/github-actions/repo-gardening/src/tasks/add-labels/index.js
+++ b/projects/github-actions/repo-gardening/src/tasks/add-labels/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const { getInput } = require( '@actions/core' );
 const debug = require( '../../utils/debug' );
 const getFiles = require( '../../utils/get-files' );
+const getLabels = require( '../../utils/labels/get-labels' );
 
 /* global GitHub, WebhookPayloadPullRequest */
 
@@ -49,17 +50,17 @@ function cleanName( name ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Build a list of labels to add to the issue, based off our file list.
+ * Build a list of labels to add to the pull request, based off our file list.
  *
- * @param {GitHub}  octokit  - Initialized Octokit REST client.
- * @param {string}  owner    - Repository owner.
- * @param {string}  repo     - Repository name.
- * @param {string}  number   - PR number.
- * @param {boolean} isDraft  - Whether the pull request is a draft.
- * @param {boolean} isRevert - Whether the pull request is a revert.
+ * @param {GitHub}   octokit   - Initialized Octokit REST client.
+ * @param {string}   owner     - Repository owner.
+ * @param {string}   repo      - Repository name.
+ * @param {string}   number    - PR number.
+ * @param {boolean}  isDraft   - Whether the pull request is a draft.
+ * @param {boolean}  isRevert  - Whether the pull request is a revert.
  * @return {Promise<Array>} Promise resolving to an array of keywords we'll search for.
  */
-async function getLabelsToAdd( octokit, owner, repo, number, isDraft, isRevert ) {
+async function getFileDerivedLabels( octokit, owner, repo, number, isDraft, isRevert ) {
 	const keywords = new Set();
 
 	// Get next valid milestone.
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ async function getLabelsToAdd( octokit, owner, repo, number, isDraft, isRevert )
 }
 
 /**
- * Assigns any issues that are being worked to the author of the matching PR.
+ * Adds appropriate labels to the specified PR.
  *
  * @param {WebhookPayloadPullRequest} payload - Pull request event payload.
  * @param {GitHub}                    octokit - Initialized Octokit REST client.
@@ -330,26 +331,83 @@ async function addLabels( payload, octokit ) {
 	const { owner, name } = repository;
 	const { draft, title } = pull_request;
 
+	// GitHub allows 100 labels on a PR.
+	// Limit to less than that to allow a buffer for future manual labels.
+	const maxLabels = 5;
+	const bigProjectLabel = '[Project] All the things!';
+
 	// Get labels to add to the PR.
 	const isDraft = !! ( pull_request && draft );
 
 	// If the PR title includes the word "revert", mark it as such.
 	const isRevert = title.toLowerCase().includes( 'revert' );
 
-	const labels = await getLabelsToAdd( octokit, owner.login, name, number, isDraft, isRevert );
+	let fileDerivedLabels = await getFileDerivedLabels(
+		octokit,
+		owner.login,
+		name,
+		number,
+		isDraft,
+		isRevert
+	);
+
+	// Grab current labels on the PR.
+	// We can't rely on payload, as it could be outdated by the time this runs.
+	const currentLabels = await getLabels( octokit, owner.login, name, number );
+
+	// This is an array of labels that GitHub doesn't already have.
+	let labelsToAdd = fileDerivedLabels.filter( label => ! currentLabels.includes( label ) );
 
-	if ( ! labels.length ) {
-		debug( 'add-labels: Could not find labels to add to that PR. Aborting' );
+	// Nothing new was added, so abort.
+	if ( labelsToAdd.length === 0 ) {
+		debug( 'add-labels: No new labels to add to that PR. Aborting.' );
 		return;
 	}
 
-	debug( `add-labels: Adding labels ${ labels } to PR #${ number }` );
+	// Determine how many labels can safely be added.
+	let maxLabelsToAdd = Math.max( 0, maxLabels - currentLabels.length );
+
+	// Overkill, but let's prevent this label from counting toward the max.
+	const hasBigProjectLabel = currentLabels.includes( bigProjectLabel );
+	if ( hasBigProjectLabel ) {
+		maxLabelsToAdd++;
+	}
+
+	// If there are too many labels, we need to reduce the label count to keep GitHub happy.
+	if ( labelsToAdd.length > maxLabelsToAdd ) {
+		debug( `add-labels: Too many labels! Grouping project labels into '${bigProjectLabel}'.` );
+
+		// Filter out project-type labels in deference to bigProjectLabel.
+		// In theory we could also remove any existing project-type labels here, but for now
+		// let's not as that would prevent manually adding specific project labels.
+		const projectLabelRegex = /^(\[Action\]|\[Package\]|\[Plugin\]|\[JS Package\])/;
+		labelsToAdd = labelsToAdd.filter( label => ! projectLabelRegex.test( label ) );
+
+		if ( ! hasBigProjectLabel ) {
+			// Add to the beginning of the labels array in case the array gets truncated later on.
+			labelsToAdd.unshift( bigProjectLabel );
+		}
+	} else if ( hasBigProjectLabel ) {
+		await octokit.rest.issues.removeLabel( {
+			owner: owner.login,
+			repo: name,
+			issue_number: number,
+			name: bigProjectLabel,
+		} );
+	}
+	// In the rare chance there would still be too many labels...
+	if ( labelsToAdd.length > maxLabelsToAdd ) {
+			debug( `add-labels: Limiting to the first ${maxLabels}.` );
+			labelsToAdd.splice( maxLabelsToAdd );
+	}
+
+	debug( `add-labels: Adding labels ${ labelsToAdd } to PR #${ number }` );
 
 	await octokit.rest.issues.addLabels( {
 		owner: owner.login,
 		repo: name,
 		issue_number: number,
-		labels,
+		labels: labelsToAdd,
 	} );
 }