Github Project Management

GitHub Project Management

Manage GitHub projects with AI swarm coordination: intelligent issue management, automated project-board synchronization, and sprint planning. This file holds the core workflow; the exhaustive command catalog and issue templates live in references/ and load only when needed.

When to use

Triaging or organizing issues, wiring a project board to a swarm, decomposing an issue into subtasks, planning or tracking a sprint, or coordinating a release/roadmap on GitHub.

Prerequisites

• gh (GitHub CLI) installed and authenticated.
• ruv-swarm or claude-flow available (npx ruv-swarm ...).
• Permission to edit issues and projects in the target repo/org.

Quick start

# Create a swarm-ready issue
gh issue create \
  --title "Feature: Advanced Authentication" \
  --body "Implement OAuth2 with social login..." \
  --label "enhancement,swarm-ready"

# Initialize a swarm for it
npx claude-flow@alpha hooks pre-task --description "Feature implementation"

# Wire a project board to the swarm (bidirectional)
PROJECT_ID=$(gh project list --owner @me --format json | jq -r '.projects[0].id')
npx ruv-swarm github board-init --project-id "$PROJECT_ID" --sync-mode "bidirectional"

Core workflow

1. Issue management & triage

Spin up a small coordination swarm, create a well-structured issue, then orchestrate tracking:

mcp__claude-flow__swarm_init { topology: "star", maxAgents: 3 }
mcp__claude-flow__agent_spawn { type: "coordinator", name: "Issue Coordinator" }
mcp__github__create_issue {
  owner: "org", repo: "repository",
  title: "Integration Review: Complete system integration",
  body: "## Objectives\n- [ ] Verify dependencies\n- [ ] Ensure API integration\n- [ ] Validate data systems",
  labels: ["integration", "review", "enhancement"]
}
mcp__claude-flow__task_orchestrate { task: "Monitor and coordinate issue progress", strategy: "adaptive", priority: "medium" }

Auto-triage unlabeled issues and decompose large ones into subtask checklists — see references/command-reference.md for triage rules, issue→swarm conversion, decomposition, automated progress comments, and stale-issue handling.

2. Project board automation

Connect a swarm to a GitHub Project and let it move cards as work progresses:

npx ruv-swarm github board-sync --auto-move-cards --update-metadata
npx ruv-swarm github board-auto-assign --strategy "load-balanced" --update-cards

Status mapping, custom fields, smart card transitions, bulk operations, and the .github/board-sync.yml config are in references/command-reference.md.

3. Sprint planning & analytics

npx ruv-swarm github sprint-manage --sprint "Sprint 23" --auto-populate --track-velocity
npx ruv-swarm github milestone-track --milestone "v2.0 Release" --predict-completion

Agile/kanban board setup, board analytics, KPI tracking, and reporting commands are in the command reference.

4. Advanced coordination

Multi-board and cross-org sync, issue dependencies, epic orchestration, cross-repo coordination, and team-collaboration automation (work distribution, standups, review coordination) are all catalogued in references/command-reference.md.

Issue templates

Ready-to-use templates for integration tasks, bug reports, feature requests, and swarm tasks: references/issue-templates.md.

Best practices

• Swarm coordination: initialize a swarm for complex issues; assign specialized agents by issue type; post regular automated progress updates.
• Board organization: consistent column/label naming across repos; regular grooming; well-defined automation rules.
• Data integrity: validate bidirectional sync; define conflict-resolution strategy; keep audit trails and backups of project data.
• Labeling: consistent, priority-based labeling; map agent types to labels; integrate milestones for coordination.

Security & permissions

Validate user permissions before executing issue commands; rate-limit to prevent abuse; log all swarm operations; respect private-repo settings; secure webhook endpoints for real-time updates.

Integrates with

• github-release-management — coordinate release issues and milestones.
• github-multi-repo — multi-repository issue coordination.