Convert Tasks to GitHub Issues

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Convert tasks from tasks.md into dependency-ordered GitHub issues with labels and links for project tracking and team collaboration.

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606/2/2026
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Converts tasks from a tasks.md file into GitHub Issues with labels and dependencies.

Strengths

  • Automates issue creation from a structured task file
  • Handles task dependencies and phase labeling
  • Supports parallel execution for faster processing

Limitations

  • Requires a GitHub repository and configured gh or curl
  • Depends on a specific tasks.md structure and external scripts
  • Only works with GitHub remotes
When to use it

When you have a structured tasks.md file and want to import tasks into GitHub Issues with phases and dependency tracking.

When not to use it

If you use a different issue tracker (Jira, Trello) or tasks are too simple to require cross-references.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score88/100

The skill runs local scripts and git/GitHub commands within the context of a known toolkit. It does not perform destructive actions, exfiltrate data, or execute arbitrary user input unsafely. GitHub API interactions are standard.

No concerns found

Examples

Convert default tasks.md
Run the tasks to issues skill to convert all tasks from tasks.md into GitHub issues with labels and dependencies.
Select a feature first
Execute iikit-08-taskstoissues. I have multiple features in my project. Let me choose one first.
Create issues from selected tasks
Please take the tasks from my tasks.md and create GitHub issues for them, respecting the phases and dependencies.

name: iikit-08-taskstoissues description: >- Convert tasks from tasks.md into GitHub Issues with labels and dependencies. Use when exporting work items to GitHub, setting up project boards, or assigning tasks to team members. license: MIT metadata: version: "1.6.4"

Intent Integrity Kit Tasks to Issues

Convert existing tasks into dependency-ordered GitHub issues for project tracking.

User Input

$ARGUMENTS

You MUST consider the user input before proceeding (if not empty).

Prerequisites Check

  1. Run prerequisites check:

    bash .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/bash/check-prerequisites.sh --phase 08 --json
    

    Windows: pwsh .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/powershell/check-prerequisites.ps1 -Phase 08 -Json

  2. Parse JSON for FEATURE_DIR and AVAILABLE_DOCS. Extract path to tasks.md.

  3. If JSON contains needs_selection: true: present the features array as a numbered table (name and stage columns). Follow the options presentation pattern in conversation-guide.md. After user selects, run:

    bash .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/bash/set-active-feature.sh --json <selection>
    

    Windows: pwsh .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/powershell/set-active-feature.ps1 -Json <selection>

    Then re-run the prerequisites check from step 1.

GitHub Remote Validation

git config --get remote.origin.url

CRITICAL: Only proceed if remote is a GitHub URL (git@github.com: or https://github.com/). Otherwise ERROR.

Execution Flow

1. Parse tasks.md

Extract: Task IDs, descriptions, phase groupings, parallel markers [P], user story labels [USn], dependencies.

2. Create GitHub Issues

Title format: [FeatureID/TaskID] [Story] Description — feature-id extracted from FEATURE_DIR (e.g. 001-user-auth).

Body: use template from issue-body-template.md. Labels (create if needed): iikit, phase-N, us-N, parallel.

3. Create Issues (parallel)

Use the Task tool to dispatch issue creation in parallel — one subagent per chunk of tasks (split by phase or user story). Each subagent receives:

  • The chunk of tasks to create issues for
  • The feature-id, repo owner/name, and label set
  • Instructions to use gh issue create if available, otherwise curl the GitHub API
# Preferred:
gh issue create --title "[001-user-auth/T012] [US1] Create User model" --body "..." --label "iikit,phase-3,us-1"

CRITICAL: Never create issues in repositories that don't match the remote URL. Verify before dispatching.

Collect all created issue numbers from subagents. Verify all returned successfully before proceeding. If some failed: report failures, continue with successful issues only.

4. Link Dependencies

After all issues exist, edit bodies to add cross-references using #NNN syntax. Skip dependency links for any issues that failed to create.

Report

Output: issues created (count + numbers), failures (count + details), link to repo issues list.

Error Handling

| Condition | Response | |-----------|----------| | Not a GitHub remote | STOP with error | | Issue creation fails | Report, continue with remaining issues | | Partial failure | Link dependencies for successful issues only |

Next Steps

Run: bash .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/bash/next-step.sh --phase 08 --json Windows: pwsh .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/powershell/next-step.ps1 -Phase 08 -Json

Parse the JSON and present:

  1. next_step will be null (workflow complete)
  2. If alt_steps non-empty: list as alternatives
  3. Append dashboard link

If on a feature branch, offer to merge:

  • A) Merge locally: git checkout main && git merge <branch>
  • B) Create PR: gh pr create
  • C) Skip: user will handle it

Format:

Issues exported! Review in GitHub, assign team members, add to project boards.
- Dashboard: file://$(pwd)/.specify/dashboard.html (resolve the path)
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