GitHub Issue Manager

Fetch GitHub issues, spawn sub-agents to implement fixes, open PRs, and monitor review comments.

Overview

This skill enables autonomous issue management on GitHub repositories. It can:

• List and filter issues by labels, milestones, assignees
• Spawn sub-agents to work on fixes
• Create PRs with automated descriptions
• Track PR review status and respond to comments

Prerequisites

• gh CLI must be authenticated (gh auth status)
• Repository must be accessible via HTTPS or SSH

Configuration

# Optional: Set default repo
export GITHUB_REPO="owner/repo"
export GITHUB_TOKEN="ghp_xxx"  # Or use gh auth

Commands

List Issues

# All open issues
gh issue list

# With labels
gh issue list --label "bug" --label "priority"

# Assigned to you
gh issue list --assignee "@me"

Create Issue

gh issue create --title "Fix login bug" --body "Description..." --label bug

View Issue Details

gh issue view 123

Usage in Agents

# Spawn agent to fix issue
spawn_subagent(
  task=f"Fix GitHub issue #{issue_number}: {title}. {description}"
)

Notes

• Requires gh CLI installed
• Authentication handled via gh auth
• Rate limits apply (5000 requests/hour for authenticated users)