speckit-taskstoissues

name	speckit-taskstoissues
description	Convert existing tasks into actionable, dependency-ordered GitHub issues for the feature based on available design artifacts.
compatibility	Requires spec-kit project structure with .specify/ directory
metadata	{"author":"github-spec-kit","source":"templates/commands/taskstoissues.md"}

User Input

$ARGUMENTS

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

Pre-Execution Checks

Check for extension hooks (before taskstoissues):

• Discover hooks across all extension files (multi-file discovery), not just the central file:
  • Read .specify/extensions.yml from the project root (if present) and collect entries under the hooks.before_taskstoissues key.
  • Then enumerate every .specify/extensions/*/*.yml file in sorted order, parse each, and collect its hooks.before_taskstoissues entries too — so a hook registered only in a per-extension file (e.g. the feedback extension at .specify/extensions/feedback/feedback.yml) is still discovered and runs.
  • Merge all collected entries and dedupe by (extension, command) (first occurrence wins, so a hook declared in both files runs once).
  • If a file is absent or its YAML cannot be parsed/is invalid, skip that file silently and continue.
• For every optional: true hook that is discovered but not executed this phase, emit one line so the skip is a visible decision: Note: optional hook {extension}:{command} is registered but was not run (skipped).
• Filter out hooks where enabled is explicitly false. Treat hooks without an enabled field as enabled.
• For each remaining hook, do not interpret or evaluate hook condition expressions:
  • If the hook has no condition field, or it is null/empty, treat the hook as executable
  • If the hook defines a non-empty condition, skip it and leave condition evaluation to the HookExecutor implementation
• For each executable hook, output the following based on its optional flag:
  • Optional hook (optional: true):

    ## Extension Hooks
    
    **Optional Pre-Hook**: {extension}
    Command: `/{command}`
    Description: {description}
    
    Prompt: {prompt}
    To execute: `/{command}`
    

  • Mandatory hook (optional: false):

    ## Extension Hooks
    
    **Automatic Pre-Hook**: {extension}
    Executing: `/{command}`
    EXECUTE_COMMAND: {command}
    
    Wait for the result of the hook command before proceeding to the Outline.
    

• If no hooks are registered or .specify/extensions.yml does not exist, skip silently

Outline

1. Run .specify/scripts/bash/check-prerequisites.sh --json --require-tasks --include-tasks from repo root and parse FEATURE_DIR and AVAILABLE_DOCS list. All paths must be absolute. For single quotes in args like "I'm Groot", use escape syntax: e.g 'I'''m Groot' (or double-quote if possible: "I'm Groot").
2. From the executed script, extract the path to tasks.
3. Get the Git remote by running:

git config --get remote.origin.url

[!CAUTION] ONLY PROCEED TO NEXT STEPS IF THE REMOTE IS A GITHUB URL

1. For each task in the list, use the GitHub MCP server to create a new issue in the repository that is representative of the Git remote.

[!CAUTION] UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES EVER CREATE ISSUES IN REPOSITORIES THAT DO NOT MATCH THE REMOTE URL

Post-Execution Checks

Check for extension hooks (after taskstoissues): After the issues are created, discover hooks across all extension files (multi-file discovery), not just the central file:

• Read .specify/extensions.yml from the project root (if present) and collect entries under the hooks.after_taskstoissues key.
• Then enumerate every .specify/extensions/*/*.yml file in sorted order, parse each, and collect its hooks.after_taskstoissues entries too — so a hook registered only in a per-extension file (e.g. the feedback extension at .specify/extensions/feedback/feedback.yml) is still discovered and runs on phase completion.
• Merge all collected entries and dedupe by (extension, command) (first occurrence wins, so a hook declared in both files runs once).
• Hook execution precedence (D1): when settings.auto_execute_hooks: true in .specify/extensions.yml, a mandatory hook (optional: false) auto-runs with no confirmation; an optional hook (optional: true) is always surfaced ("To execute: /{command}") and is never force-run by auto_execute_hooks; a hook with a non-empty condition is never evaluated by this skill — evaluation is left to the executor and the notice reports the resolved decision. When auto_execute_hooks: false, even mandatory hooks are surfaced for confirmation.
• Effective-hooks notice (D2): after the merge + dedup by (extension, command), emit one consolidated notice for the phase so the operator never hand-reconciles files — a promoted feedback hook (optional: false) appears as auto-run, never as a surfaced optional:

  ## Effective hooks for taskstoissues
  - {extension}:{command} — auto-run        (mandatory; auto_execute_hooks=true)
  - {extension}:{command} — surfaced        (optional)
  - {extension}:{command} — skipped         (enabled: false)
  - {extension}:{command} — condition-deferred
  

• If a file is absent or its YAML cannot be parsed/is invalid, skip that file silently and continue.
• For every optional: true hook that is discovered but not executed this phase, emit one line so the skip is a visible decision: Note: optional hook {extension}:{command} is registered but was not run (skipped).
• Filter out hooks where enabled is explicitly false. Treat hooks without an enabled field as enabled.
• For each remaining hook, do not interpret or evaluate hook condition expressions:
  • If the hook has no condition field, or it is null/empty, treat the hook as executable
  • If the hook defines a non-empty condition, skip it and leave condition evaluation to the HookExecutor implementation
• For each executable hook, output the following based on its optional flag:
  • Optional hook (optional: true):

    ## Extension Hooks
    
    **Optional Hook**: {extension}
    Command: `/{command}`
    Description: {description}
    
    Prompt: {prompt}
    To execute: `/{command}`
    

  • Mandatory hook (optional: false):

    ## Extension Hooks
    
    **Automatic Hook**: {extension}
    Executing: `/{command}`
    EXECUTE_COMMAND: {command}
    

• If no hooks are registered or .specify/extensions.yml does not exist, skip silently