Agent skill

Issue Lifecycle

by swamp-club in swamp-club/swamp

Drive the @swamp/issue-lifecycle model for interactive issue triage and plan iteration against swamp-club lab issues.

Custom licenceAuto-check: warningsAgent Workflows

Install Issue Lifecycle

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

skills CLI
$ npx skills add swamp-club/swamp --skill issue-lifecycle -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install swamp-club/swamp issue-lifecycle --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/swamp-club/swamp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/issue-lifecycle .claude/skills/issue-lifecycle && 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-lifecycle
GitHub stars
646
Token cost
~4.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,927 words
Files
8 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Drive the @swamp/issue-lifecycle model for interactive issue triage and plan iteration against swamp-club lab issues.

  • Works in 6 steps: Triage (steps 1–4) → Planning (steps 5–7) → Adversarial Review & Iteration → …
  • The user wants to triage a swamp-club issue
  • SKILL.md covers Core Principles, Prepare to Ship (Ad-Hoc Work), Several Issues, One Piece of… and Repository Configuration, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls git, deno and gh

What it does

Issue Lifecycle is an agent skill from swamp-club/swamp. Drive the @swamp/issue-lifecycle model for interactive issue triage and plan iteration against swamp-club lab issues. Use when the user wants to triage a swamp-club issue, generate an implementation plan, or iterate on a plan with feedback. Also handles retroactive lifecycle creation for ad-hoc work via "prepare to ship", carrying several issues through one lifecycle when the same work fixes them (linkissue), and shipping a duplicate of an already-shipped issue with its fix instead of closing it (markduplicate)…

Its SKILL.md is about 4.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `references/adversarial-review.md`, `references/code-conformance-review.md` and `references/implementation.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Issue triage and Planning. It works with Deno. The repository describes itself as: Stinemates, Watson, Adam, Mahir, Paul.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to triage a swamp-club issue
  • Generate an implementation plan
  • Iterate on a plan with feedback
  • Issue lifecycle

Example prompts

  • “prepare to ship”
  • “triage issue”
  • “triage”
  • “/issue-lifecycle”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Triage (steps 1–4)
  2. Planning (steps 5–7)
  3. Adversarial Review & Iteration
  4. Implementation & Code Conformance Review
  5. Contributor Notification
  6. Session Summary

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 986f902. 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:

    • git
    • deno
    • gh

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and 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

Issue Lifecycle loads about 4.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~15k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 209 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,927 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~209
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~15k

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:75
    **This flow is fully automatic — do not ask for confirmation at each step.**

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,927 words (~4,633 tokens).

“Interactive triage and implementation planning for swamp-club lab issues using the @swamp/issue-lifecycle extension model. This skill drives the model conversationally — the human steers, you execute.”

— opening of SKILL.md by swamp-club, Custom licence
name
issue-lifecycle

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files (references) in .claude/skills/issue-lifecycle of swamp-club/swamp.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/adversarial-review.md
  • references/code-conformance-review.md
  • references/implementation.md
  • references/linked-issues.md
  • references/planning.md
  • references/triage.md
  • references/verification.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 986f902

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Works with

Questions about Issue Lifecycle

What does Issue Lifecycle do?

Drive the @swamp/issue-lifecycle model for interactive issue triage and plan iteration against swamp-club lab issues. Issue Lifecycle is an agent skill from swamp-club/swamp. Drive the @swamp/issue-lifecycle model for interactive issue triage and plan iteration against swamp-club lab issues.

When should I use Issue Lifecycle?

Issue Lifecycle fits situations like: the user wants to triage a swamp-club issue; generate an implementation plan; iterate on a plan with feedback; issue lifecycle.

How do I install Issue Lifecycle in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Issue Lifecycle in Codex?

Run `npx skills add swamp-club/swamp --skill issue-lifecycle -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/issue-lifecycle in swamp-club/swamp) into .agents/skills/issue-lifecycle in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Issue Lifecycle 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 swamp-club/swamp --skill issue-lifecycle -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-lifecycle, .gemini/skills/issue-lifecycle, .github/skills/issue-lifecycle and .opencode/skills/issue-lifecycle in your project.

What does Issue Lifecycle need to run?

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

Does Issue Lifecycle access the network?

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

Is Issue Lifecycle 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.

What licence does Issue Lifecycle use?

Issue Lifecycle has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Issue Lifecycle use?

About 4.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k 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 10k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Issue Lifecycle?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Issue Lifecycle: TiXL Ticket Processor (tixl3d/tixl, 5.1k stars), OpenSpec Guided Onboarding (Fission-AI/OpenSpec, 72k stars), Paseo Committee (getpaseo/paseo, 20k stars) and Improve (fossasia/eventyay-interpretation, 1.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Issue Lifecycle?

swamp-club (a GitHub organization) maintains it in swamp-club/swamp, which has 646 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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