| name | pick-issue-to-pr |
| description | Use when the user wants to pick a GitHub issue to work on from a list. Lists open issues (the ones already assigned to the current user first), lets the user choose one, self-assigns it, creates an isolated workspace, runs setup, clarifies the issue one question at a time, plans (one approval checkpoint), implements, opens a draft PR, and folds every later change — including review feedback — into a single amended commit. |
Pick Issue to PR
Take a GitHub issue from a pick-list all the way to a draft pull request, working in an isolated workspace and keeping the branch at a single commit.
Tooling
Prefer the GitHub MCP tools (mcp__github__*). If they are not available in the session, fall back to the gh CLI for the equivalent operations. Use git directly for all local repository operations (fetch, worktree, commit, push).
Derive owner/repo from the origin remote: git remote get-url origin (handles both git@github.com:OWNER/REPO.git and https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git).
Workflow
1. List the issues and let the user choose
Resolve the current user first — assignment is relative to whoever runs the skill, never hard-coded:
mcp__github__get_me (or gh api user --jq .login).
List the open issues of the current repo, then present them sorted so the issues already assigned to the current user come first, the rest after:
mcp__github__list_issues with state: open (or gh issue list --state open --json number,title,assignees,labels).
Show the list (number, title, assignees, labels) and ask the user which one they want to work on. Do not pick for them. Wait for the choice before continuing.
2. Self-assign the chosen issue
Assign the issue to the current user resolved in step 1:
mcp__github__issue_write (method update, add the current login to assignees), or gh issue edit <N> --add-assignee @me.
This is always the user running the skill — if someone else runs it, it assigns to them.
3. Create an isolated workspace linked to the issue
The workspace is a git worktree based on the latest remote default branch, not the local checkout.
git fetch origin
DEFAULT=$(git symbolic-ref --quiet --short refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 2>/dev/null | sed 's@^origin/@@')
DEFAULT=${DEFAULT:-main}
- Parse
<group>/<project> from the origin URL (e.g. ippontech/ui -> group ippontech, project ui).
- Branch name linked to the issue:
<issue-number>-<kebab-slug-of-title> (e.g. 12-fix-badge-contrast). If recent history suggests another scheme, match it.
- Path:
~/.workspace/<group>/<project>/<branch>.
WT="$HOME/.workspace/<group>/<project>/<branch>"
git worktree add -b "<branch>" "$WT" "origin/$DEFAULT"
If the branch already exists, reuse it: git worktree add "$WT" "<branch>". Do all subsequent work with that worktree as the working directory.
4. Run setup in the workspace
From the workspace root (only if a mise.toml exists there):
mise trust && mise install && mise setup && mise build
If the project doesn't use mise, run the project's documented install/setup instead.
5. Clarify the issue — one question at a time
Read the full issue (mcp__github__issue_read get + comments + labels) and the relevant code, then question the user to remove ambiguity:
- Ask exactly one question per turn and wait for the answer before the next.
- Stop asking once you have enough to write a confident plan.
- The user may decide to complete the issue itself. When they do, update the issue on GitHub (
mcp__github__issue_write / gh issue edit) so the issue stays the source of truth.
6. Propose a plan — REQUIRED CHECKPOINT
Build a concrete plan from the issue, the answers, and a look at the code. Present it and wait for approval. This is the only mandatory stop before implementation.
7. Implement
Implement the change following the approved plan and the repo's own conventions (read CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md and neighbouring code). Keep the diff scoped to the issue.
8. Commit once, push, open a draft PR
The branch must hold exactly one commit.
- Detect the repo's commit convention (recent
git log --oneline -20, any commitlint config). Reference the issue in the commit.
- Create the single commit, then:
git push -u origin <branch>
- Open a draft PR targeting
$DEFAULT with a body that closes the issue (mcp__github__create_pull_request with draft: true, or gh pr create --draft --base "$DEFAULT" --body "Closes #<N>").
Report the PR URL.
9. Fold reviews into the single commit
When reviews arrive (read them: mcp__github__pull_request_read get_review_comments, or gh pr view --comments) or the user asks for changes:
- Apply the changes, then amend the existing commit — never add a second commit:
git commit --amend --no-edit
git push --force-with-lease
- Reply to each review thread (
mcp__github__add_reply_to_pull_request_comment, or gh api) saying what you did.
Resolve only what is actually resolved
After replying, resolve a thread only when its feedback is fully addressed in the pushed commit and you are confident the change satisfies it. Resolving has no direct MCP or gh pr command; use the GraphQL resolveReviewThread mutation, keyed on the thread node id (the id field like PRRT_… from get_review_comments, not a comment id):
gh api graphql -f query='mutation($t:ID!){ resolveReviewThread(input:{threadId:$t}){ thread { isResolved } } }' -f t="PRRT_…"
Leave the thread open for the reviewer whenever you are not closing the loop yourself: replying with a question, pushing back or proposing an alternative not yet agreed, only partially addressing it, or deferring it to a follow-up. When in doubt, leave it open. Never resolve a thread you have not replied to.
Repeat until the PR is approved. The branch ends with a single commit, always.
Notes
- Never push directly to the default branch.
- One issue = one branch = one workspace = one PR = one commit.
- The worktree stays under
~/.workspace/... until the branch is merged; it can be cleaned up afterwards with git worktree remove.
