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GitHub Issues ​

Show GitHub issues with their associated PRs and branches, grouped by status (in progress vs. available), to help decide what to work on next.

When to use ​

Use this pattern when you need an overview of open work in a repository to decide what to work on next, review open issues and their linked PRs, or check merge readiness of open pull requests.

The pattern ​

Run the collocated script:

sh
node skills/github/issue-dashboard.js

Present the output directly — it is already formatted as markdown.

What the script does ​

  • Collects open issues, open PRs (with closingIssuesReferences), branches, and worktrees via gh CLI and git
  • Links PRs to issues via GitHub's closingIssuesReferences API field, falling back to "fixes/closes/resolves #N" regex on the PR body
  • Links PRs to issues via branch name pattern matching (issue number in branch)
  • Resolves UNKNOWN merge status via git merge-tree fallback
  • Queries unresolved review comment counts via GraphQL
  • Deduplicates local and remote branches

Output format ​

  • In Progress — issues with active branches or PRs, showing merge status, unresolved comment counts, and worktree paths
  • Available — issues with no branches or PRs, marked "Ready to work on"
  • Summary — total open issues/PRs, merge readiness counts, in progress vs available counts