GitHub Issues Generator

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Convert user stories to GitHub issues. Use when ready to create issues. Triggers on: create github issues, export to github, generate issues.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

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What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by arvorco/relentless in .claude/skills/taskstoissues/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Convert user stories from tasks.md into GitHub issues.


The Job

  1. Read tasks.md
  2. Parse user stories
  3. Generate GitHub issues with gh CLI
  4. Link dependencies

Prerequisites

  • GitHub CLI (gh) installed and authenticated
  • Git repository with GitHub remote
  • tasks.md exists with user stories

Issue Format

For each user story, create issue with:

Title: [US-XXX] Story Title

Body:

## Description
[Story description]

## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] Criterion 1
- [ ] Criterion 2
- [ ] Typecheck passes
- [ ] Tests pass

## Dependencies
#123 (if US-001 already exists as issue #123)

## Phase
Foundation / Stories / Polish

## Priority
High / Medium / Low

---
From: tasks.md
Story ID: US-XXX

Labels:

  • user-story
  • priority-high / priority-medium / priority-low
  • Domain-specific: database, api, ui, security, etc.

Execution

# Dry run first
relentless issues --feature NNN-feature --dry-run

# Create issues
relentless issues --feature NNN-feature

# Create all issues (including completed)
relentless issues --feature NNN-feature --all

Mapping

  • Extract story ID, title, description, acceptance criteria
  • Detect domain from description (api, database, ui, etc.)
  • Map priority from tasks.md
  • Create dependencies based on US dependencies

Notes

  • Dry run first to preview
  • Issues created in dependency order
  • Issue numbers used for dependency linking
  • Only creates issues for incomplete stories (unless --all)
  • See relentless CLI for actual implementation

Signals

GitHub stars
99
Forks
5
Last commit
Feb 2026
Advanced
Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
taskstoissues
Source
github.com/arvorco/relentless