managing-github-issues
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
#Nin commit messages - Use
Fixes #Nin 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 |
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