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Create Issue Gate

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

A skill your agent uses when starting a new implementation task and an issue must be created with strict acceptance criteria gating before execution.

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Create Issue Gate

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill create-issue-gate -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills create-issue-gate --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/create-issue-gate .claude/skills/create-issue-gate && 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
create-issue-gate
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~696 tokens
SKILL.md length
294 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,354
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when starting a new implementation task and an issue must be created with strict acceptance criteria gating before execution.

  • Starting a new implementation task and an issue must be created with strict acceptance criteria gating before execution
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Required Fields and Acceptance Criteria Gate, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls gh
  • Tasks that involve User stories

What it does

Create Issue Gate is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Use when starting a new implementation task and an issue must be created with strict acceptance criteria gating before execution.

Its SKILL.md is about 700 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User stories. It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Starting a new implementation task and an issue must be created with strict acceptance criteria gating before execution
  • Tasks that involve User stories

Example prompts

  • “/create-issue-gate”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ec02547. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • gh

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Create Issue Gate loads about 696 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 294 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~696

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit ec02547, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 294 words, ~696 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/create-issue-gate/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
create-issue-gate
description
Use when starting a new implementation task and an issue must be created with strict acceptance criteria gating before execution.
risk
safe
source
community
date_added
2026-03-12

Create Issue Gate

Overview

Create GitHub issues as the single tracking entrypoint for tasks, with a hard gate on acceptance criteria.

Core rule: no explicit, testable acceptance criteria from user => issue stays draft and execution is blocked.

When to Use

  • You are starting a new implementation task and want a GitHub issue to be the required tracking entrypoint.
  • The work must be blocked until the user provides explicit, testable acceptance criteria.
  • You need to distinguish between draft, ready, and blocked work before execution begins.

Required Fields

Every issue must include these sections:

  • Problem
  • Goal
  • Scope
  • Non-Goals
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Dependencies/Blockers
  • Status (draft | ready | blocked | done)

Acceptance Criteria Gate

Acceptance criteria are valid only when they are testable and pass/fail checkable.

Examples:

  • valid: "CreateCheckoutLambda-dev returns an openable third-party payment checkout URL"
  • invalid: "fix checkout" / "improve UX" / "make it better"

If criteria are missing or non-testable:

  • still create the issue
  • set Status: draft
  • add Execution Gate: blocked (missing valid acceptance criteria)
  • do not move task to execution

Issue Creation Mode

Default mode is direct GitHub creation using gh issue create.

Use a body template like:

md
## Problem
<what is broken or missing>

## Goal
<what outcome is expected>

## Scope
- <in scope item>

## Non-Goals
- <out of scope item>

## Acceptance Criteria
- <explicit, testable criterion 1>

## Dependencies/Blockers
- <dependency or none>

## Status
draft|ready|blocked|done

## Execution Gate
allowed|blocked (<reason>)

Status Rules

  • draft: missing/weak acceptance criteria or incomplete task definition
  • ready: acceptance criteria are explicit and testable
  • blocked: external dependency prevents progress
  • done: acceptance criteria verified with evidence

Never mark an issue ready without valid acceptance criteria.

Handoff to Execution

Execution workflows (for example closed-loop-delivery) may start only when:

  • issue status is ready
  • execution gate is allowed

If issue is draft, stop and request user-provided acceptance criteria.

Limitations

  • Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
  • Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
  • Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.

© sickn33, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/create-issue-gate of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ec02547

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 11 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Create Issue Gate

What does Create Issue Gate do?

A skill your agent uses when starting a new implementation task and an issue must be created with strict acceptance criteria gating before execution. Create Issue Gate is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Use when starting a new implementation task and an issue must be created with strict acceptance criteria gating before execution.

When should I use Create Issue Gate?

Create Issue Gate fits situations like: starting a new implementation task and an issue must be created with strict acceptance criteria gating before execution; tasks that involve User stories.

How do I install Create Issue Gate in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill create-issue-gate -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/create-issue-gate in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/create-issue-gate in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Create Issue Gate in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill create-issue-gate -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/create-issue-gate in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/create-issue-gate in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Create Issue Gate 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill create-issue-gate -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/create-issue-gate, .gemini/skills/create-issue-gate, .github/skills/create-issue-gate and .opencode/skills/create-issue-gate in your project.

What does Create Issue Gate need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Create Issue Gate needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh).

Does Create Issue Gate access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Create Issue Gate safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Create Issue Gate use?

Create Issue Gate is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Create Issue Gate use?

About 696 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Create Issue Gate?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Create Issue Gate: Create Issue (tradingstrategy-ai/frontend, 150 stars), Spec (getsentry/sentry-react-native, 1.8k stars), Abo Issue Watcher (jeeftor/audiobook-organizer, 189 stars) and Specify (RafaelGB/Obsidian-ZettelFlow, 174 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Create Issue Gate?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,343 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,354 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.