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github-issuesby GitHubDevelopmentGitHub stars: 40k

GitHub Issues skill: what it does and how to install it

Manages GitHub issues with structured creation, updates, labels, issue types, dependencies, projects and related workflow actions.

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Warning. A security audit flagged this skill with a medium risk warning. Read its SKILL.md and scripts before you install it.

Install

$ npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill github-issues

Run it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.

About this skill

What it does. Manages GitHub issues through the GitHub MCP server for reading and querying, and gh api for writes. It creates and updates issues from bug, feature and task templates, and handles labels, assignees, milestones, issue types, comments, sub-issues, dependencies and project fields.

When to use it. For creating, updating, searching and organising GitHub issues, including repository labels, workflows and blocked-by or blocking relationships. It also covers advanced searches, milestones, projects and custom issue metadata.

History

Repo stars

40k+229 since 5 Oct 2026

Stars are counted for the whole repository, which holds 30 skills.

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DateRepo stars
12 Oct 202639,948
11 Oct 202639,904
10 Oct 202639,881
9 Oct 202639,845
8 Oct 202639,804
7 Oct 202639,761
6 Oct 202639,731
5 Oct 202639,719

Installs

17.1k

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