Create Issue Skill

Name: create-issue
Rating: 78
Author: stevendejongnl

Commands for creating new issues and managing priority on the Guidr GitHub Projects board.

Create a New Issue

bash

# Create a basic issue
gh issue create --title "Add user authentication" --body "Implement user login and registration"

# Create with more details
gh issue create \
  --title "Add push notifications" \
  --body "Implement push notifications for guides" \
  --assignee @me

# Create with labels
gh issue create \
  --title "Fix session timer bug" \
  --body "Timer continues running after pause" \
  --label "bug,mobile"

# Create with milestone
gh issue create \
  --title "Redesign home screen" \
  --body "Improve UI/UX for home screen" \
  --milestone "v1.1.0"

Add to Project and Set Priority

bash

# Add issue to Guidr project (after creation)
gh issue edit 123 --add-project "Guidr"

# Set initial status
gh issue edit 123 --add-project "Guidr" --project-field "Status" --project-value "Todo"

# Set priority (if project has priority field)
gh issue edit 123 --add-project "Guidr" --project-field "Priority" --project-value "High"

Issue Labels

Useful labels for categorization:

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# Common labels
--label "bug"              # Bug fix
--label "feature"          # New feature
--label "enhancement"      # Enhancement to existing feature
--label "documentation"    # Documentation
--label "mobile"           # Mobile-specific
--label "web"              # Web-specific
--label "api"              # API-specific
--label "performance"      # Performance improvement
--label "blocked"          # Blocked by something
--label "help-wanted"      # Help needed

Create from Template

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# Create a feature request
gh issue create \
  --title "Feature: [brief description]" \
  --body "## Description
Describe the feature here

## Use Case
Why is this needed?

## Implementation Notes
Any technical considerations?"

# Create a bug report
gh issue create \
  --title "Bug: [brief description]" \
  --body "## Description
What's the bug?

## Steps to Reproduce
1. ...
2. ...

## Expected Behavior
What should happen?

## Actual Behavior
What happens instead?

## Environment
Platform, version, etc."

Set Up for Claude Code

When creating an issue you'll work on:

bash

# Create and assign to yourself
gh issue create --title "Implementation task" --body "Details" --assignee @me

# Get the issue number from output, then:
gh issue edit <number> --add-project "Guidr" --project-field "Status" --project-value "In Progress"

Common Issue Types

Feature Requests

bash

gh issue create \
  --title "feat: add offline support" \
  --body "Allow users to access guides offline by caching content locally" \
  --label "feature,mobile"

Bug Reports

bash

gh issue create \
  --title "fix: session timer glitch on pause" \
  --body "Timer continues running after pause button clicked" \
  --label "bug,critical"

Documentation

bash

gh issue create \
  --title "docs: add API authentication guide" \
  --body "Document how to authenticate with the API" \
  --label "documentation"

Technical Debt

bash

gh issue create \
  --title "refactor: simplify session state management" \
  --body "Current implementation is complex. Refactor to use cleaner patterns" \
  --label "refactor,technical-debt"

Project Board

Board URL: https://github.com/users/stevendejongnl/projects/3

New issues start in Todo status and can be prioritized from there.

Tips

•Use clear, descriptive titles
•Include acceptance criteria in the body
•Label issues appropriately for filtering
•Add to project immediately for visibility
•Assign to yourself if you plan to work on it