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  • I have read and followed the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines.
  • My contribution adds a new instruction, prompt, or chat mode file in the correct directory. (skill)
  • The file follows the required naming convention.
  • The content is clearly structured and follows the example format.
  • I have tested my instructions, prompt, or chat mode with GitHub Copilot. (skill)
  • I have run npm start and verified that README.md is up to date.

Description

This Agent Skill is used to create, update, and manage GitHub issues using MCP tools. It activates when users want to create bug reports, feature requests, or task issues, update existing issues, add labels/assignees/milestones, or manage issue workflows. Triggers on requests like "create an issue", "file a bug", "request a feature", "update issue X", or any GitHub issue management task.

Something like :

Create new issue & sub issues: Can you look at the list of languages supported by the application, and create issue about i18n, and sub issues for missing european languages

Update an existing issue : Can you update the issue 192 to match the proper template

Create a bug : I have an issue when running the selected test. Can you create an issue with this Error: Locator: getByText('Total : 3') Expected: visible Timeout: 5000ms Error: element(s) not found


Type of Contribution

  • New instruction file.
  • New prompt file.
  • New chat mode file.
  • New collection file.
  • Update to existing instruction, prompt, chat mode, or collection.
  • Other (please specify):
    • Skill

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By submitting this pull request, I confirm that my contribution abides by the Code of Conduct and will be licensed under the MIT License.

Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings January 8, 2026 07:25
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Pull request overview

This pull request adds a new Agent Skill for managing GitHub issues through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The skill enables users to create, update, and manage GitHub issues using structured templates and MCP tools.

Key Changes:

  • Adds a comprehensive GitHub Issues skill with detailed workflow instructions and examples
  • Includes reusable issue templates (bug report, feature request, task, minimal) as bundled reference assets
  • Updates the skills documentation registry with the new skill entry

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File Description
skills/github-issues/SKILL.md Main skill definition with MCP tool documentation, workflow instructions, and usage examples
skills/github-issues/references/templates.md Bundled asset containing four issue templates for consistent GitHub issue creation
docs/README.skills.md Added registry entry for the github-issues skill with correct bundled asset reference
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skills/github-issues/SKILL.md:92

  • Missing space after comma in JSON array. For consistency with line 107, change to: "labels": ["ai", "bug"]
  "labels": ["ai","bug"]

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name: github-issues
description: Create, update, and manage GitHub issues using MCP tools. Use this skill when users want to create bug reports, feature requests, or task issues, update existing issues, add labels/assignees/milestones, or manage issue workflows. Triggers on requests like "create an issue", "file a bug", "request a feature", "update issue X", or any GitHub issue management task.
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The description field value must be wrapped in single quotes according to the Agent Skills guide. Change to: description: 'Create, update, and manage GitHub issues using MCP tools. Use this skill when users want to create bug reports, feature requests, or task issues, update existing issues, add labels/assignees/milestones, or manage issue workflows. Triggers on requests like "create an issue", "file a bug", "request a feature", "update issue X", or any GitHub issue management task.'

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tgrall and others added 2 commits January 8, 2026 08:33
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@tgrall tgrall closed this Jan 8, 2026
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