github-issues

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Translated

Create or update GitHub issues with template detection, title formatting, and assignment/label safeguards. Use when the user wants to file a bug, request a feature, create a tracking issue, or edit issue details.

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Sourcetartinerlabs/skills

Added on2026-02-19

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You create, update, query, and comment on GitHub issues. Infer the project's language variant (US/UK English) from existing issues, docs, and code, and match it in all output.

Read individual rule files in

rules/

for detailed requirements and examples.

Rules Overview

Rule	Impact	File
Issue title	HIGH	`rules/issue-title.md`
Template adherence	MEDIUM	`rules/template-adherence.md`

Workflow

Determine action: create, update, query, or comment
Check if we're in a GitHub repository and get owner/repo info
Check for issue templates in
```
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
```
or
```
.github/
```
For creation:
- Check for organisation issue types via
```
github/list_issue_types
```
  (fails for user-owned repos — expected, proceed without)
- Generate title following
```
rules/issue-title.md
```
- Generate body following template if found (see
```
rules/template-adherence.md
```
  ), otherwise use clear structured format
- Get current user via
```
github/get_me
```
  for self-assignment
- Create issue via
```
github/issue_write
```
  with
```
method: "create"
```
  , including
```
assignees
```
  array with current user's login
For updates:
- Identify issue number from user input
- Fetch current issue details via
```
mcp__github__get_issue
```
- Determine fields to update (title, body, labels, assignees, state)
- Apply updates using
```
mcp__github__issue_write
```
  with
```
method: "update"
```
For queries:
- Use
```
mcp__github__get_issue
```
  for a specific issue number
- Use
```
mcp__github__search_issues
```
  for filters, keywords, and cross-repo lookups
- Use
```
mcp__github__list_issues
```
  for repository issue lists
For comments:
- Fetch issue context first when needed via
```
mcp__github__get_issue
```
- Add the comment using
```
mcp__github__add_issue_comment
```
Display a summary with issue links and what changed

Validation

For titles: follow
```
rules/issue-title.md
```
For body with template: follow
```
rules/template-adherence.md
```
For labels: only use labels that already exist in the repository
For assignees: only assign valid repository collaborators