Track Issue Progress via Comments
Post a status update comment on GitHub issue #$ARGUMENTS.
Usage
The argument format is: <issue-number> <status> where status is one of:
start— Post a "Work started" commentplan— Post the implementation plan as a commentupdate <text>— Post a custom progress updatedone— Post a completion comment
Behavior
For start:
gh issue comment <number> --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
🔧 **Work started** on this issue.
Branch: `feature/<number>-<slug>` (will be created shortly)
EOF
)"
For plan:
Read /tmp/plan-<number>.md if it exists, and post it as a comment:
gh issue comment <number> --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
📋 **Implementation Plan**
<contents of /tmp/plan-<number>.md>
EOF
)"
For update <text>:
gh issue comment <number> --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
📝 **Progress Update**
<text>
EOF
)"
For done:
gh issue comment <number> --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
✅ **Implementation complete** — PR created and CI checks passing.
EOF
)"