create-github-issue-feature-from-specification

Use it when:: You have a written specification and want it tracked as a single GitHub feature request.
It does:: Pulls the requirements from the spec, searches existing issues, then creates a new issue or updates the matching one.
You get:: One issue titled with the feature name, holding the problem, proposed solution and context, labelled feature or enhancement.
Uses:: The repo's feature_request.yml issue template, or the default one when there's none.

Calls search_issues, create_issue and update_issue, tools such as the GitHub MCP server provides, so connect one first.

TL;DR

A short command for spec-driven work on GitHub. You point it at a specification file; the agent reads it for requirements and checks existing issues with search_issues so it doesn't open a duplicate. It then files one issue for the whole specification with create_issue, or updates the existing one with update_issue, following the repo's feature_request.yml template and falling back to the default. The title names the feature from the specification, the description holds the problem statement, proposed solution and context, the issue includes only changes the specification requires, and it gets feature or enhancement labels as appropriate.

Summarizes the skill at 797337f.

npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill create-github-issue-feature-from-specification

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Frontmatter

name: create-github-issue-feature-from-specification
description: 'Create GitHub Issue for feature request from specification file using feature_request.yml template.'

Create GitHub Issue from Specification

Create GitHub Issue for the specification at ${file}.

Process

Analyze specification file to extract requirements
Check existing issues using search_issues
Create new issue using create_issue or update existing with update_issue
Use feature_request.yml template (fallback to default)

Requirements

Single issue for the complete specification
Clear title identifying the specification
Include only changes required by the specification
Verify against existing issues before creation

Issue Content

Title: Feature name from specification
Description: Problem statement, proposed solution, and context
Labels: feature, enhancement (as appropriate)