issue-track

name	issue-track
description	Post a status comment on a GitHub issue (starting work, plan update, completed)
argument-hint	<issue-number> <status>
allowed-tools	Bash(gh *)

Track Issue Progress via Comments

Post a status update comment on GitHub issue #$ARGUMENTS.

Usage

The argument format is: <issue-number> <status> where status is one of:

• start — Post a "Work started" comment
• plan — Post the implementation plan as a comment
• update <text> — Post a custom progress update
• done — Post a completion comment

Behavior

For start:

gh issue comment <number> --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
🔧 **Work started** on this issue.

Branch: `feature/<number>-<slug>` (will be created shortly)
EOF
)"

For plan: Read /tmp/plan-<number>.md if it exists, and post it as a comment:

gh issue comment <number> --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
📋 **Implementation Plan**

<contents of /tmp/plan-<number>.md>
EOF
)"

For update <text>:

gh issue comment <number> --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
📝 **Progress Update**

<text>
EOF
)"

For done:

gh issue comment <number> --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
✅ **Implementation complete** — PR created and CI checks passing.
EOF
)"