Prompt Name

GitHub Add Issue

Category

Other

Use Case

Provides an agent-mode prompt for creating GitHub issues with automatic template discovery and guided field collection. This prompt handles the complete workflow of:

• Discovering available issue templates from .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
• Presenting template options to users
• Collecting required and optional field values
• Formatting issue body according to template structure
• Creating the issue via GitHub MCP tools

The prompt eliminates manual template selection and ensures all required fields are collected before issue creation.

Requirements

Key requirements:

Template Discovery:

• Automatically detect and read all issue templates from .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
• Parse YAML frontmatter to extract template metadata (name, description, labels)
• Support both .yml and .md template formats
• Handle missing or malformed templates gracefully

Field Collection:

• Present template fields conversationally with context and examples
• Validate required fields are completed
• Allow optional fields to be skipped
• Provide field descriptions from template definitions

Issue Creation:

• Format issue body with proper field labels and values
• Apply template default labels
• Set assignees if specified
• Create issue via mcp_github_create_issue
• Return issue URL and number to user

Artifact Logging:

• Log created issues to .copilot-tracking/github-issues/issue-{number}.md
• Include metadata (labels, assignees, template used)
• Follow markdown formatting standards from markdown.instructions.md

Requirements:

• GitHub MCP server configured in .vscode/mcp.json
• Access to repository issue templates
• Agent mode execution context