Agent skill

Issue Driven Workflow

by appautomaton in appautomaton/agent-designer

Turn a large task into a persistent plan file and a trackable Issue CSV (local files, not an external issue tracker), then execute the issues autonomously with per-row status updates.

No licenceAuto-check: warningsDocuments & Office

Install Issue Driven Workflow

The automated check flagged lines worth reading first. See the safety section below.

skills CLI
$ npx skills add appautomaton/agent-designer --skill issue-driven-workflow -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install appautomaton/agent-designer issue-driven-workflow --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/appautomaton/agent-designer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/issue-driven-workflow .claude/skills/issue-driven-workflow && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
issue-driven-workflow
GitHub stars
131
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
750 words
Files
13 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Turn a large task into a persistent plan file and a trackable Issue CSV (local files, not an external issue tracker), then execute the issues autonomously with per-row status updates.

  • Works in 2 steps: Planning (interactive): search the web,… → Execution (autonomous): be proactive,…
  • Work must survive across sessions
  • SKILL.md covers Philosophy, E2E loop, Paths and Planning (interactive), plus 5 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3

What it does

Issue Driven Workflow is an agent skill from appautomaton/agent-designer. Turn a large task into a persistent plan file and a trackable Issue CSV (local files, not an external issue tracker), then execute the issues autonomously with per-row status updates. Use when work must survive across sessions or hand off between agents, when you need an auditable record of multi-step execution, or to resume a plans/ and issues/ pair from an earlier session. Do not use for single-session tasks that your harness's built-in plan or todo tracking already covers.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 15 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/_template.md`, `references/issue-csv-spec.md` and `references/testing-policy.md`).

It sits in Documents & Office, covering CSV and tabular files and Issue triage. The repository describes itself as: Portable SKILLs workspace for Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini — issue-driven workflows and cross-agent collaboration via bridge scripts with session continuity.

When your agent uses it

  • Work must survive across sessions
  • Hand off between agents
  • You need an auditable record of multi-step execution
  • Resume a plans/ and issues/ pair from an earlier session

Example prompts

  • “/issue-driven-workflow”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Planning (interactive): search the web, read docs, ask questions, gather context. A thorough plan means more work the agent can do without…
  2. Execution (autonomous): be proactive, not passive. Work through the CSV end to end and do not wait for permission on routine decisions.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b6e95dc. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 8 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Issue Driven Workflow loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 126 tokens; SKILL.md has 750 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~126
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: warnings

The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.

  • WarningTells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmationSKILL.md:15
    ve. Work through the CSV end to end and do not wait for permission on routine decisions.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 750 words (~1,580 tokens).

“The plan and Issue CSV are a work amplifier. Front-load the thinking so the agent has a full plate of actionable work to execute autonomously. More rows means more useful work per run.”

— opening of SKILL.md by appautomaton
name
issue-driven-workflow
metadata.short-description
Plan file → Issue CSV → tracked autonomous execution

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/issue-driven-workflow of appautomaton/agent-designer.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/_template.csv
  • assets/_template.md
  • references/issue-csv-spec.md
  • references/testing-policy.md
  • scripts/create_issues.py
  • scripts/create_plan.py
  • scripts/issue_utils.py
  • scripts/list_plans.py
  • scripts/plan_utils.py
  • scripts/read_plan_frontmatter.py
  • scripts/update_issue.py
  • scripts/validate_issues_csv.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b6e95dc

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Questions about Issue Driven Workflow

What does Issue Driven Workflow do?

Turn a large task into a persistent plan file and a trackable Issue CSV (local files, not an external issue tracker), then execute the issues autonomously with per-row status updates. Issue Driven Workflow is an agent skill from appautomaton/agent-designer. Turn a large task into a persistent plan file and a trackable Issue CSV (local files, not an external issue tracker), then execute the issues autonomously with per-row status updates.

When should I use Issue Driven Workflow?

Issue Driven Workflow fits situations like: work must survive across sessions; hand off between agents; you need an auditable record of multi-step execution; resume a plans/ and issues/ pair from an earlier session.

How do I install Issue Driven Workflow in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add appautomaton/agent-designer --skill issue-driven-workflow -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/issue-driven-workflow in appautomaton/agent-designer) into .claude/skills/issue-driven-workflow in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Issue Driven Workflow in Codex?

Run `npx skills add appautomaton/agent-designer --skill issue-driven-workflow -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/issue-driven-workflow in appautomaton/agent-designer) into .agents/skills/issue-driven-workflow in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Issue Driven Workflow in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add appautomaton/agent-designer --skill issue-driven-workflow -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/issue-driven-workflow, .gemini/skills/issue-driven-workflow, .github/skills/issue-driven-workflow and .opencode/skills/issue-driven-workflow in your project.

What does Issue Driven Workflow need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Issue Driven Workflow needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Issue Driven Workflow access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Issue Driven Workflow safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 1 warning(s): tells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmation. Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Issue Driven Workflow use?

No licence was found for Issue Driven Workflow or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Issue Driven Workflow use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Issue Driven Workflow?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Issue Driven Workflow: Module Authoring (dna-seq/just-dna-lite, 141 stars), Odoo Security Rules (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Scenario Admin Analytics (scenario-labs/skills, 913 stars) and Data Table Manager (n8n-io/n8n, 207k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Issue Driven Workflow?

appautomaton (a GitHub organization) maintains it in appautomaton/agent-designer, which has 131 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.

Source: appautomaton/agent-designer on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.