Issues

Interact with GitHub issues - create, list, and view issues.

When to Use

• The user wants to create, list, inspect, or otherwise work with GitHub issues.
• The task involves issue intake or repository issue management through the GitHub CLI workflow.
• You need a guided issue flow that gathers titles, descriptions, and action selection before running commands.

Instructions

This command helps you work with GitHub issues using the gh CLI.

Step 1: Determine Action

Use AskUserQuestion to ask what the user wants to do:

Question:

• question: "What would you like to do with GitHub issues?"
• header: "Action"
• multiSelect: false
• options:
  • label: "Create new issue" description: "Open a new issue with title, body, and optional labels"
  • label: "List issues" description: "View open issues in the current repository"
  • label: "View issue" description: "See details of a specific issue by number"

If "Create new issue" selected:

Step 2a: Get Issue Title

Use AskUserQuestion to get the issue title:

Question:

• question: "What's a short, scannable title for this issue? Keep it brief (5-10 words max) - details go in the body. (Use 'Other' to type your title)"
• header: "Title"
• multiSelect: false
• options:
  • label: "I'll type a title" description: "Enter a concise title like 'Login button unresponsive' or 'Add dark mode support'"

Title guidelines:

• Keep titles SHORT and scannable (5-10 words max)
• Good: "Fix broken password reset flow"
• Bad: "When I try to reset my password and click the button nothing happens and I get an error"
• The description/body is where details belong, not the title

If the user provides a long title, help them shorten it and move the details to the body.

Step 3a: Get Issue Body

Use AskUserQuestion to gather the issue body content:

Question 1 - Issue type context:

• question: "What type of issue is this?"
• header: "Type"
• multiSelect: false
• options:
  • label: "Bug" description: "Something broken that needs fixing"
  • label: "Enhancement" description: "Improvement to existing functionality"
  • label: "New feature" description: "Brand new functionality"
  • label: "Task" description: "General work item or chore"

Question 2 - Description:

• question: "Now provide the full details. This is where you explain context, background, and specifics that didn't fit in the title. (Use 'Other' to type your description)"
• header: "Description"
• multiSelect: false
• options:
  • label: "I'll describe it in detail" description: "Provide context, steps, examples, and any relevant information"

The user will select "Other" here to provide their full description.

Description guidelines:

• This is where ALL the detail goes - be thorough
• Include context: what were you doing, what's the background?
• Include specifics: error messages, URLs, versions, etc.
• The more detail here, the better - unlike the title which should be brief

Question 3 - For bugs, ask about reproduction: If issue type is "Bug", use AskUserQuestion:

• question: "Can you provide steps to reproduce this bug? (Use 'Other' to type steps)"
• header: "Repro steps"
• multiSelect: false
• options:
  • label: "Provide steps" description: "I'll describe how to reproduce the issue"
  • label: "Not reproducible" description: "The bug is intermittent or hard to reproduce"

Question 4 - Expected vs actual behavior (for bugs): If issue type is "Bug", use AskUserQuestion:

• question: "What did you expect to happen vs what actually happened? (Use 'Other' to describe)"
• header: "Behavior"
• multiSelect: false
• options:
  • label: "Describe behavior" description: "I'll explain expected vs actual behavior"

Step 4a: Get Labels (Optional)

Use AskUserQuestion to select labels:

• question: "Which labels should we add? (if any)"
• header: "Labels"
• multiSelect: true
• options:
  • label: "bug" description: "Something isn't working"
  • label: "enhancement" description: "New feature or request"
  • label: "documentation" description: "Improvements to docs"
  • label: "good first issue" description: "Good for newcomers"

Step 5a: Create the Issue

Construct the issue body based on the type:

For Bug reports:

## Description
[User's description]

## Steps to Reproduce
[User's reproduction steps or "Not easily reproducible"]

## Expected Behavior
[What should happen]

## Actual Behavior
[What actually happens]

For Feature requests/Enhancements:

## Description
[User's description]

## Use Case
[Why this would be useful]

For Tasks/Other:

## Description
[User's description]

Run the gh command to create the issue:

gh issue create --title "[title]" --body "[constructed body]" --label "[labels]"

Report the issue URL back to the user.