Add sub-issue discovery to github-issues skill#817
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Agents were using the older trackedIssues/trackedInIssues GraphQL fields which miss native GitHub sub-issues. Add the correct subIssues/parent query to both issue-evaluation and parent-child-issues workflows. Made-with: Cursor
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@cetagostini could we review/merge this one (and #808) before I review your #837 ? Logic is that my 2 are open agent PR's and yours looks to try to unify things, so makes sense to do that after? |
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Sorry, just now seeing this.
Also just now learning about subissues! I think I should be using them.
Regarding this PR, this looks very benign and I think you should just merge it.
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Summary
Add sub-issue discovery guidance to the github-issues skill so agents check for native GitHub sub-issues when evaluating issues.
subIssues/parentGraphQL fields, and note to review sub-issues during context analysis.trackedIssues/trackedInIssuesfields.Motivation
GitHub's native sub-issues use the
subIssuesGraphQL field, nottrackedIssues. Without this guidance, agents default to the wrong API and silently miss existing sub-issues on a parent issue.Test plan