Convert Tasks to GitHub Issues

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

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DevOpsIntermediate
206/2/2026
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#tasks#github-issues#project-management#task-export#dependencies

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Converts tasks from a tasks.md file into GitHub Issues, with labels and dependency links.

Strengths

  • Structured conversion of task phases and user stories
  • Parallel issue creation for speed
  • Automatic dependency linking between issues
  • Validates GitHub remote before proceeding

Limitations

  • Requires a GitHub repository remote
  • Relies on a specific tasks.md format
  • Partial failures may leave some issues uncreated
When to use it

When you need to export a structured task list to GitHub issues for project board management.

When not to use it

When you don't have a GitHub repository or when tasks are already in another issue tracker.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score85/100

The skill exclusively performs legitimate GitHub issue creation using standard tools (gh, curl) with validation to restrict actions to the correct repository. No destructive, exfiltrative, or obfuscated instructions are present.

No concerns found

Examples

Export current feature tasks to GitHub
Convert our tasks.md to GitHub issues with labels and dependencies.
Create issues for a specific phase
Create GitHub issues for tasks in phase 2 of tasks.md with appropriate labels.

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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