managing-github-issues

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Use when starting a session to find work, creating/triaging issues, or completing work and updating issue status

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Added on2026-02-19

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Managing GitHub Issues

Use this skill when starting a session to find work, creating/triaging issues, or completing work and updating issue status.

Finding Work

Start of session — check what's ready:

gh issue list --label priority:high --label status:ready
gh issue list --label priority:high
gh issue list --milestone "v0.1.0" --state open

Creating Issues

Use structured bodies with Summary + Acceptance Criteria checklist:

gh issue create --title "Add X component" \
  --body "## Summary\n\nBrief description.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n\n- [ ] Criterion 1\n- [ ] Criterion 2" \
  --label "type:feature,area:components,priority:medium"

Working on Issues

Reference
```
#N
```
in commit messages
Use
```
Fixes #N
```
in PR descriptions to auto-close

Completing Work

Close issues via PR merge (preferred) or
```
gh issue close N
```
After closing, check for newly unblocked work

Label Taxonomy

Category	Labels
Type	`type:feature` , `type:bug` , `type:task`
Priority	`priority:high` (do next), `priority:medium` (soon), `priority:low` (backlog)
Area	`area:components` , `area:tokens` , `area:infra` , `area:docs` , `area:storybook`
Status	`status:ready` (can start), `status:needs-design` (needs decisions)
OSS	`good first issue`