Create / Update / Query / Find GitHub Issues
AI-agent-native skill for managing GitHub issues in dotCMS/core. Infers where possible — asks only what's needed.
Contents: Critical Rules · Mode Detection · CREATE · UPDATE · QUERY · FIND · Authorization
References: feature-labels.md · project-fields.md · github-apis.md · issue-refinement.md
Critical Rules
These rules are NON-SKIPPABLE. They apply to CREATE, to UPDATE, and to the Step 11 cross-reference comment — including quick-draft. Quick-draft skips only the Issue Refinement loop (Step 7b); the gate and the preview still run.
Rule 1 — No customer data
dotCMS/core is a public repository and GitHub keeps edit history, so scrubbing text later does not remove it. Never put customer data of any kind in anything written to GitHub — title, body, comment or attachment. This includes, and is not limited to:
- Customer names
- Their site domains and URLs
- Site-specific identifiers: their content type names, theme CSS classes, CDN or hosting vendor
- Their content, code, markup, configuration or screenshots
- Personal data: names, emails, usernames, IP addresses
- Logs, stack traces or payloads that carry any of the above
- Credentials, tokens, keys, and contract details
Linking the related support ticket is fine and expected (the defect template asks for it). Refer to "a customer site" instead. When code, markup or logs come from a customer site, reduce them to a generic reproduction before including them. When in doubt, leave it out.
Rule 2 — Pre-write gate
Run before every gh issue create, every gh issue edit that changes the title or body, and every gh issue comment:
- Customer data — collect every piece of customer data that appeared in the conversation (anything Rule 1 lists) and grep the full draft (title, body, comment) case-insensitively for each term. Also read the draft for customer data the grep cannot catch, such as pasted content, logs or personal data.
- URLs — extract every URL from the draft and flag any whose host is not one of:
- a dotCMS domain:
dotcms.com,dotcms.dev, and their subdomains - the dotCMS support desk:
dotcms.freshdesk.com - a GitHub domain:
github.com,githubusercontent.com, and their subdomains localhostor127.0.0.1
- a dotCMS domain:
Outcomes:
- Customer data match → block. Show the matched terms, rewrite the text to remove them, and re-run the gate.
- Flagged URL → block. Show the URL and continue only after the user removes it or explicitly confirms it is not a customer site.
- No match → pass silently; do not ask an extra question.
Rule 3 — Preview and confirm
After the gate passes:
- Before
gh issue create→ show everything that will be written after approval, so one approval covers it: title, labels, body, native issue type, Technology, Priority (or "unset"), relationships (parent / blocked-by), and the text of any Step 11 cross-reference comment. - Before
gh issue edit(title or body) orgh issue comment→ show the new text in full.
Wait for explicit confirmation — AskUserQuestion with Post / Revise, or an explicit yes. Never post on silence, and never reuse an approval given for a different draft. If the user revises, re-run the gate (Rule 2) on the new text.
Label-only and project-field-only edits do not need a preview.
Step 0 — Mode Detection
0a — Check current branch for issue context
Before classifying the request, check the current git branch for an embedded issue number:
bashgit branch --show-current 2>/dev/null
Extract the issue number by trying these patterns in order (stop at first match):
| Priority | Pattern | Example branch | Extracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | issue-(\d+) | issue-34791-nx-workspace | 34791 |
| 2 | Branch starts with digits | 34792-fix-login | 34792 |
| 3 | Digits after / or - separator | fix/34793-something | 34793 |
Do not match short numeric suffixes that are clearly not issue numbers (e.g., setup-e028, v2, node22). A valid issue number is 4+ consecutive digits standing alone — not embedded inside a word or preceded by a letter.
Store the result as the branch issue number.
Use the branch issue number as the default for UPDATE and QUERY operations when the user refers to "the issue", "this issue", "it", "the current issue/PR", or any other pronoun without specifying a number explicitly — unless the user is clearly discussing a different issue mid-conversation.
If no issue number is found in the branch name, proceed without a default.
0b — Classify mode
Read the user's request and classify:
- CREATE — "create an issue for X", "file a bug for Y", "spike on Z", "I need an issue for…"
- UPDATE — "update issue #N", "set issue #N to In Progress", "add sub-issue to #N", "change the title of #N"
- QUERY — "show issue #N", "what's the status of #N", "list sub-issues of #N", "check #N"
- FIND — "find an issue", "what issues are assigned to me", "show my open issues", "which issues am I working on", "open issues for my team", "search for X", "what's on my plate", "show recent issues"
If the mode is UPDATE or QUERY and no issue number is given but a branch issue number was found, use it and proceed — no need to ask.
If genuinely unclear, ask one question to clarify.
CREATE Mode
Step 1 — Classify issue type
From the user's description — do NOT ask unless genuinely ambiguous:
| User signals | Template |
|---|---|
| Bug / not working / broken / error / regression | Defect |
| Research / investigate / POC / spike / unknowns / explore | Spike |
| Task / implement / refactor / update library / improve / CI / infra | Task |
| New feature / add capability (product context) | Feature |
| Large initiative / umbrella work | Epic |
| UX / usability / interface problem / design | UX |
Note: Feature and Epic templates are "Product team use only"; Defect, Task, and Spike are "Engineering team use".
Step 2 — Read the correct template
bashls .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
Then read the specific template file for the type chosen in Step 1 using the Read tool. Always read fresh — never assume structure.
Step 3 — Generate title
Concise, imperative, in English. Translate from Spanish if needed.
Apply Critical Rules Rule 1 — no customer data in the title (the rule covers every text written to GitHub).
Step 4 — Select feature label (optional)
Feature labels are optional. Use references/feature-labels.md to match against the issue description.
- Single clear match → apply silently, no confirmation needed. "Clear" means the description contains an explicit keyword from the Keyword Matching Guide. Inferred context does not qualify.
- 2–3 plausible matches → ask using
AskUserQuestion. Always include "None — skip feature label" as the first option. - No clear match → ask using
AskUserQuestion. Always include "None — skip feature label" as the first option.
Note: dotCMS : Content Management is a specific label for issues about core content management features (content types, contentlet operations, content creation workflows). It is not a generic fallback.
Step 4b — Determine native GitHub Issue Type (REQUIRED)
Set via REST PATCH immediately after creation. This is GitHub's first-class type system.
Read the matching template file in .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ (e.g. defect.yaml, task.yaml) and use its type: field value — that is the exact string for the REST PATCH call. For example, defect.yaml has type: bug → use Bug (capitalize first letter).
Exception:
ux.yamlhas notype:field. UseTaskfor UX issues.
Step 4c — Select Type : label (OPTIONAL)
Apply alongside the feature label. Omit only when no reasonable match exists.
| Template | Default Type : label | Refine on description keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Defect | Type : Defect | — |
| Spike | Type : Spike | — |
| Task | Type : Task | "refactor" → Type : Refactoring; "CI/CD/pipeline/workflow" → Type : CI/CD; "docs/documentation" → Type : Documentation; "test automation/e2e" → Type : Test Automation; "technical design/ADR" → Type : Technical Design |
| Feature | Type : New Functionality | — |
| Epic | Type : New Functionality | — |
| UX | Type : Visual Design | — |
Step 5 — Determine Technology
Derived automatically from user description — no extra input needed:
| Signals | Technology value |
|---|---|
| Angular / frontend / UI / TypeScript / component / admin interface | Front-end |
| Java / REST / backend / Spring / Maven / server-side | Java |
| Angular + Java / full-stack / both frontend and backend | FE and BE |
| Build / CI / Docker / infra / Nx / npm / Maven structure / pipeline | Platform |
| Marketing / sales / business | Go-To-Market |
See references/project-fields.md for field and option IDs.
Step 5b — Priority
Skip when the request already states a priority — map it to the matching option below.
Otherwise ask using AskUserQuestion with these options, in this order:
- None — leave unset
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Never infer the priority from the description. The chosen value is used in Step 8 (body) and Step 10 (Project #7 field).
Step 6 — Determine team assignment
Cache file: ~/.config/dotcms/create-issue/default-team
This path is user-level and stable regardless of where the skill is installed (user-level ~/.claude/ or project-level plugin).
Resolution order:
-
Explicit in user's message (e.g., "Enablement team issue", "for the Falcon team") → use it directly; if different from cached default, offer to update the cache
-
Cache hit — read the file:
bashcat ~/.config/dotcms/create-issue/default-team 2>/dev/nullIf non-empty, use that team silently — no question asked. Mention it briefly in the confirmation (e.g., "Team: Enablement (default)").
-
No cache → use a two-stage cascading selection. Team is determined by which team the developer belongs to — it has no relation to issue content.
Stage 1 — present the 4 highest-usage teams (by historical frequency):
Team : FalconTeam : MaintenanceTeam : ScoutTeam : Platform
If the user picks "Other", proceed to Stage 2.
Stage 2 — present the next tier:
Team : ModernizationTeam : EnablementTeam : SecurityTeam : UX
If the user picks "Other" again, they type the team name freely (covers
Team : Architecture,Team : Lunik,Team : Cloud Eng,Team : 3rd Party, or any new team).After selection at any stage, ask: "Set as default team for future issues?" If yes:
bashmkdir -p ~/.config/dotcms/create-issue && echo "Team : SELECTED_TEAM" > ~/.config/dotcms/create-issue/default-team
Override: If the user says the wrong team was used, or provides a different team explicitly, apply the new team and ask whether to update the default.
Reset: User can clear the cache at any time:
bashrm ~/.config/dotcms/create-issue/default-team
If the user specifies a team not in the known list, verify it exists before applying:
bashgh label list --repo dotCMS/core --limit 1000 | grep "^Team :"
Step 7 — Check for relationships
Scan user's description for:
- "sub-issue of #N" / "child of #N" / "part of epic #N" → capture parent number
- "blocks #N" / "blocked by #N" → capture dependency numbers
Ask only if partially specified (e.g., "it's a sub-issue" but no number given).
Step 7a — Quick-draft detection (skip Issue Refinement when requested)
Trigger: User explicitly asks to create the issue without going through ambiguity resolution. Treat as quick-draft when the request includes any of:
- English: "draft", "quick", "quick draft", "without full details", "skip ambiguities", "create quickly", "minimal details"
- Spanish: "draft rápido", "rápido", "sin detalles completos", "sin resolver ambigüedades", "crear rápido", "sin pasar por ambigüedades"
When quick-draft is set:
- Skip Step 7b (Issue Refinement loop) entirely — do not run Phase 1–6, do not ask clarification questions.
- Only the Issue Refinement loop is skipped — the Critical Rules gate and preview still run before Step 9.
- In Step 8, for the Acceptance Criteria section use a short placeholder, e.g.:
- "Acceptance criteria — To be refined. (Quick draft; details to be added later.)"
- Or 1–3 bullet points derived only from the user's raw description, with no ambiguity resolution.
- Proceed directly from Step 7 to Step 8 after relationships are captured.
When quick-draft is not set, continue to Step 7b as usual.
Step 7b — Issue Refinement Loop (REQUIRED before writing body, unless quick-draft)
Read references/issue-refinement.md and execute the full loop against the user's description.
Goal: Produce unambiguous, testable Acceptance Criteria as checkbox items before the issue body is written.
Execute in strict order:
- Phase 1 — Decompose: Extract problem, actor, expected behavior, business rules, out-of-scope.
- Phase 2 — Ambiguity Scan: Flag every ambiguity by type and severity (CRITICAL / MAJOR / MINOR).
- Phase 3 — Clarification Questions: For each CRITICAL and MAJOR ambiguity, ask one precise question with concrete options. Present all questions at once.
- Phase 4 — Wait: Print
>>> WAITING FOR ANSWERS.and stop. Do NOT guess. Do NOT proceed. - Phase 5 — Re-Analyze: After user replies, confirm resolutions, check for new ambiguities. If new CRITICAL/MAJOR found → return to Phase 3.
- Phase 6 — Write AC: When all CRITICAL + MAJOR are resolved (or loop 3 reached), write checkbox-based Acceptance Criteria covering happy path, sad path, and edge cases. Score the result (min 80/100 to proceed).
Loop control: Max 3 clarification rounds. After round 3 — rewrite with best available info, flag unresolved items with ⚠ UNRESOLVED.
Skip condition: If the user's request is a Defect/Bug and contains reproduction steps with expected vs actual results — ambiguity scan still runs, but the bar for CRITICAL is higher (focus on missing edge cases and error handling rather than unclear outcomes).
The checkbox output from Phase 6 becomes the Acceptance Criteria section of the issue body in Step 8.
Step 8 — Build issue body
Match the template structure read in Step 2. Populate all fields substantively from the user's description.
Apply Critical Rules Rule 1 — no customer data anywhere in the body (the rule covers every text written to GitHub).
Priority (from Step 5b):
- Task type with a chosen value → write the template's
### Prioritysection with that value.Criticalis written too, even though thetask.yamldropdown lists only High / Medium / Low. - Other types → their templates have no Priority section, so the body gets none.
- None → no Priority section for any type.
When quick-draft was set (Step 7a): Use a short Acceptance Criteria placeholder (e.g. "To be refined" or 1–3 bullets from the description); do not run or reuse the Issue Refinement loop.
Best-practice patterns:
- Tables for comparisons
- Code blocks for examples
- Checkboxes for acceptance criteria
- Numbered lists for reproduction steps
All content in English (translate Spanish if needed).
Step 9 — Create the issue
CRITICAL: Run the Critical Rules pre-write gate (Rule 2) and preview (Rule 3) first. Do NOT run gh issue create until the user confirms.
CRITICAL: Do NOT use --template flag — incompatible with --title/--body in non-interactive mode.
bashgh issue create \ --repo "dotCMS/core" \ --title "TITLE" \ --body "BODY" \ --label "LABEL1,LABEL2,..."
Build the label list by including only those that apply — omit any that were not selected:
Type :label from Step 4c (include when matched)Team : [Name]from Step 6 (always include)dotCMS : [Feature]from Step 4 (omit if none was selected — do not leave a trailing comma)- Template labels from the template file (e.g.,
Triage,OKR : Customer Support)
Capture the returned issue number.
Step 9b — Set native GitHub Issue Type (REQUIRED, always)
Immediately after creation:
bashgh api repos/dotCMS/core/issues/ISSUE_NUM -X PATCH -f type='TYPE_NAME'
Use the type name from Step 4b: Bug | Task | Spike | Feature | Epic | Pillar.
See references/github-apis.md — Section A.
Step 10 — Set Technology and Priority in Project #7
No extra user input needed — derived from Step 5 and Step 5b.
- Get the project item ID (Section B of references/github-apis.md). Project #7 auto-adds new issues a few seconds after creation; if the item ID is empty, wait and retry.
- Set the Technology single-select field (Section C) using IDs from references/project-fields.md
- If Step 5b chose a value other than None, set the Priority field (Section C) using IDs from references/project-fields.md. With None, leave it unset.
Status defaults to "New" automatically — do not set it.
Step 11 — Set relationships (if captured in Step 7)
- Parent/sub-issue: POST to sub-issues REST endpoint — Section E of references/github-apis.md
- Requires the child issue's database ID (Section D), not the display number
- Blocked-by/blocking: Add a cross-reference comment on the related issue
- CRITICAL: The comment text is subject to Critical Rules Rule 1. The gate (Rule 2) still runs on the comment before
gh issue comment. A new preview (Rule 3) is needed only if the comment text differs from what was approved in the Step 9 preview.
- CRITICAL: The comment text is subject to Critical Rules Rule 1. The gate (Rule 2) still runs on the comment before
Step 12 — Confirm
Report back:
- Issue URL
- Team label applied
- Feature label applied
Type :label applied (if any)- Native type set
- Technology field set in Project #7
- Priority field set in Project #7 (or "unset")
- Any relationships established
Quick-draft tip (only when Issue Refinement ran): If the Issue Refinement loop (Step 7b) was executed (i.e., quick-draft was not set), append a brief tip after the confirmation:
Tip: Say "quick draft" or "rápido" next time to skip the AC clarification step.
UPDATE Mode
Accept an issue number and user intent. Show current state first, then apply changes.
Flow
Step 1 — Fetch current state:
bashgh issue view NUMBER --repo dotCMS/core \ --json number,title,state,labels,assignees,body,projectItems,url
Step 2 — Validate and show current state:
For each expected field, explicitly confirm ✓ correct or flag ✗ gap:
- Feature label (
dotCMS : *): Is one present? Is it the right one for this issue type/content? - Team label (
Team : *): Present and correct? Type :label: Present and matching the issue type?- Native GitHub type: Matches the issue template type?
- Technology field (Project #7): Set? Correct for the content?
Show a validation table to the user, e.g.:
✓ dotCMS : Build — feature label, correct ✓ Team : Enablement — team label, correct ✗ Type : Spike — missing ✗ Native type — Task (should be Spike) ✗ Technology — not set (should be Platform)
Then propose the changes needed based on the gaps found. Any title, body or comment text you propose is subject to Critical Rules Rule 1.
Step 3 — Apply changes (as specified by user or ask what to change):
CRITICAL: Before gh issue edit with --title or --body, and before any gh issue comment, run the Critical Rules gate (Rule 2) and preview (Rule 3).
| What to update | Command |
|---|---|
| Labels (add) | gh issue edit N --repo dotCMS/core --add-label "LABEL" |
| Labels (remove) | gh issue edit N --repo dotCMS/core --remove-label "LABEL" |
| Title | gh issue edit N --repo dotCMS/core --title "NEW TITLE" |
| Native type | gh api repos/dotCMS/core/issues/N -X PATCH -f type='TYPE_NAME' |
| Project Status / Technology / Priority | GraphQL mutation — Section C of references/github-apis.md |
| Add sub-issue | Section E of references/github-apis.md |
| Remove sub-issue | Section G of references/github-apis.md |
Step 4 — Confirm each change applied.
QUERY Mode
Accept an issue number. Return comprehensive state.
Flow
bash# Main issue data gh issue view ISSUE_NUM --repo dotCMS/core \ --json number,title,state,labels,assignees,body,projectItems,url # Sub-issues gh api repos/dotCMS/core/issues/ISSUE_NUM/sub_issues # Native type gh api repos/dotCMS/core/issues/ISSUE_NUM --jq '.type.name'
Output includes:
- Title, state, labels, assignees, URL
- Native GitHub Issue Type
- Project #7 Status, Technology, Priority fields
- Parent issue (if sub-issue)
- Sub-issues list with completion status
- Blocked-by / blocking relationships
See Section H of references/github-apis.md for full query patterns.
FIND Mode
Discover issues relevant to the user without needing a specific issue number. Results are presented as a numbered list with clickable URLs that can be used directly in follow-up UPDATE, QUERY, or CREATE (sub-issue) operations.
Trigger classification
Infer the search intent from the user's phrasing. Sprint and scope filters compose freely.
Scope filter (who/what):
| Phrasing | Scope |
|---|---|
| "assigned to me", "my issues", "what am I working on", "what's on my plate" | Assigned |
| "my team's issues", "open for [team]", "what is [team] working on" | Team |
| "recent", "recently updated", "what changed lately" | Recent |
| "find X", "search for X", "issues about X" | Keyword |
| No specific filter | Default: Assigned + Team combined |
Sprint filter (when — applied on top of scope filter when present):
| Phrasing | Sprint intent |
|---|---|
| "current sprint", "this sprint", "in sprint", "in the sprint" | Current |
| "next sprint" | Next |
| "last sprint", "previous sprint" | Previous |
| "sprint 42" / any specific sprint name | Named — match title |
| No sprint filter | No sprint constraint — use Status field as fallback if helpful |
Sprint + scope combinations are valid: "my issues in the current sprint" = Assigned filtered to current; "Enablement issues next sprint" = Team filtered to next sprint.
If the intent is ambiguous between Assigned and Team, run both and merge results.
Flow
Step 1 — Read cached team and resolve project view URL (if available):
bashCACHED_TEAM=$(cat ~/.config/dotcms/create-issue/default-team 2>/dev/null)
If $CACHED_TEAM is set, look up the team's project view number from references/project-fields.md. If the view number is known, construct the direct board URL:
https://github.com/orgs/dotCMS/projects/7/views/N
If the view number is not yet recorded, discover it:
bashgh api graphql -f query=' { organization(login: "dotCMS") { projectV2(number: 7) { views(first: 30) { nodes { number name } } } } }' | jq -r --arg team "TEAM_NAME" \ '.data.organization.projectV2.views.nodes[] | select(.name | test($team; "i")) | "\(.number) \(.name)"'
Store the resolved view URL (if found) as $TEAM_VIEW_URL.
Step 1b — Resolve sprint filter (if a sprint intent was detected):
If the user's request includes a sprint filter, resolve it before querying issues.
No cached team + sprint filter: If $CACHED_TEAM is empty and the user asked for a sprint-filtered view, ask which team before proceeding — sprint fields are team-specific and cannot be resolved without a team. Use AskUserQuestion with the same two-stage team list from Step 6 of CREATE mode.
Derive the sprint field name: strip Team : prefix, append Sprint (e.g. Team : Scout → Scout Sprint). Known field IDs and the iteration discovery query are in references/project-fields.md — "Sprint / Iteration Fields" section. Use known IDs to skip the discovery call for Falcon, Maintenance, Scout, and Platform.
From the returned configuration, identify the target sprint title using today's date:
| Sprint intent | Which iteration |
|---|---|
| Current | iterations[] where startDate ≤ today AND startDate + duration > today |
| Next | iterations[] where startDate > today, earliest by startDate |
| Previous / Last | completedIterations[], most recent by startDate |
| Named (e.g. "Sprint 42") | Match title in iterations[] or completedIterations[] |
Store the resolved sprint title as $SPRINT_TITLE for use in Step 2 jq filtering.
No sprint field found (teams without iteration fields): Teams known to use kanban / status-only workflows (Enablement, Modernization, UX, Architecture, and others not in the sprint field table in project-fields.md) do not have iteration fields. When the field query returns no match:
- Tell the user: "[Team] doesn't use sprint iterations — showing issues by status instead."
- Map the sprint intent to Status values:
| Sprint intent | Status values to show |
|---|---|
| Current / this sprint | In Progress, In Review, Current Sprint Backlog |
| Next sprint | Next Sprint, Next 2-4 Sprints |
| Previous / last sprint | Cannot reliably reconstruct — offer to show Done issues updated in the last 2 weeks instead |
- Use the flat
gh issue list+ jq status filter (see references/project-fields.md) rather than the GraphQL sprint query.
Step 2 — Run the appropriate queries:
jq shell-quoting rules (apply to all queries below):
- Never use
!=in a jq expression passed via bash — the!is shell-escaped as\!causing a compile error. Use chainedselect()calls instead:select($x) | select(...)rather thanselect($x != null).- Never reuse a
--argname as an internalas $varbinding in the same expression. Use distinct names (e.g.--arg sprint "..."+ internalas $iterTitle).
Assigned to current user (open):
bashgh issue list --repo dotCMS/core \ --assignee @me \ --state open \ --json number,title,url,labels,assignees,updatedAt,projectItems \ --limit 50
Open issues for cached team (if $CACHED_TEAM is set, no sprint filter):
bashgh issue list --repo dotCMS/core \ --label "$CACHED_TEAM" \ --state open \ --json number,title,url,labels,assignees,updatedAt,projectItems \ --limit 50
Sprint filter — use GraphQL instead of
gh issue list: Teams have 1000+ issues;gh issue listreturns up to 100 oldest-first and misses recent Done/closed items. Use the GraphQL sprint query from references/project-fields.md — "Filter issues by sprint iteration" section. It usesstates: [OPEN, CLOSED]andorderBy: UPDATED_AT DESC, filtering by$iterTitle == $sprint.
Keyword search:
bashgh issue list --repo dotCMS/core \ --search "KEYWORD in:title,body" \ --state open \ --json number,title,url,labels,updatedAt \ --limit 10
Recently updated (not filtered by assignee or team):
bashgh issue list --repo dotCMS/core \ --state open \ --json number,title,url,labels,updatedAt,assignees \ --limit 10 \ --sort updated
Run only the queries relevant to the user's intent. For Default, run Assigned and Team in parallel and deduplicate by issue number.
Step 3 — Extract project fields from results:
gh issue list --json projectItems returns a flat structure per project — Status is directly accessible but sprint/iteration values are not. See references/project-fields.md — "Filter issues by status (fast — flat structure)" for the exact extraction pattern. Show "—" when status is absent.
Step 4 — Present results:
Pagination note: Sprint queries use
first: 100withorderBy: UPDATED_AT DESC. This covers almost all cases since sprint work is recent. On very active teams where 100+ issues were updated more recently than the sprint's oldest items, some sprint items could be missed. If results look incomplete, paginate by addingafter: "CURSOR"using thepageInfo.endCursorfrom a prior response — but this is rarely needed in practice.
Format as a numbered list grouped by query type. Include the sprint column when a sprint filter was applied or when sprint data is present.
When results are from a sprint query, prepend a velocity summary line:
5 Done · 2 In Progress · 1 In Review · 1 Current Sprint Backlog
Derive counts from the result set:
bashjq 'group_by(.status) | map({status: .[0].status, count: length}) | sort_by(.count) | reverse'
Render as N StatusName · N StatusName · ... ordered by count descending. Omit statuses with 0 count.
For each issue show:
- Number and title
- Clickable URL
- Status from Project #7 (if available)
- Sprint assignment (if available — "—" if not set)
- Assignee(s) — always show; helps spot misassignment or abandoned work
- Last updated (relative: "today", "2 days ago", "3 weeks ago")
- Exception flags (see below) — shown inline as
⚠
Exception flag — applies when status is "In Progress" or "In Review":
| Condition | Flag |
|---|---|
| Last updated > 30 days ago | ⚠ stale (N months) |
Sprint assignment is shown as "—" when not set — no flag, just the data. The stale flag is the only active signal. It doesn't filter out the issue — it appears inline so the user can decide whether to investigate.
Example output (no sprint filter):
**Team: Scout (In Progress)** Board: https://github.com/orgs/dotCMS/projects/7/views/5 1. #34354 — [DEFECT] Content Drive Search leaks info with limited user https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/34354 Status: In Progress | Sprint: — | Assignee: jsmith | Updated: yesterday 2. #33829 — [TASK] Create Developer Onboarding Guide for Next.js with dotCMS UVE https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/33829 Status: In Progress | Sprint: — | Assignee: fmontes | Updated: Nov 2025 ⚠ stale (3 months)
Example output (with sprint filter "last sprint"):
**Team: Scout — Sprint 4: Feb 24, 2026 (previous)** Board: https://github.com/orgs/dotCMS/projects/7/views/5 5 Done · 0 In Progress 1. #34723 — CollectionBuilder.draft() does not return draft content when deployed to Vercel https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/34723 Status: Done | Assignee: — | Updated: Feb 24 2. #34708 — Expose `registerStyleEditorSchema` in the `dotUVE` Global Object https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/34708 Status: Done | Assignee: — | Updated: Feb 24
When a sprint filter is active, include the resolved sprint title and intent ("current", "next", "previous") in the group header so the user can confirm it matched the right sprint.
Include the Board link at the top of every team-scoped group when $TEAM_VIEW_URL is known. Omit silently if the view number is unknown — do not show a broken URL.
After listing, offer:
"Enter a number to query details, update, or use as a parent for a new sub-issue."
Step 5 — Handle follow-up selection:
If the user selects a number from the list:
- Map the selection to the issue number from the results
- Treat it as if the user had said "query issue #N", "update issue #N", or "sub-issue of #N" — proceed in the appropriate mode
- No need to re-ask for the issue number
Notes
- If neither
--assignee @menor a team label returns results, fall back to recently updated issues across the repo (limit 10, sort by updated). - If a keyword search returns no results, say so clearly and suggest broadening the terms.
- De-duplicate results across query types — if an issue appears in both Assigned and Team lists, show it once under whichever group is more specific (Assigned takes priority).
- Issues from the current branch (Step 0a) are shown at the top of results if they appear, flagged as "current branch".
Authorization
If project field mutations fail, refresh GitHub CLI auth:
bashgh auth refresh -s read:project -s project --hostname github.com


