Github Swarm Issue
Overview
This skill transforms GitHub Issues into intelligent swarm tasks, enabling automatic task decomposition, agent coordination, and comprehensive progress tracking. It provides issue-to-swarm conversion, automated triage, and lifecycle management.
Key Capabilities:
- Issue-to-swarm conversion with automatic decomposition
- Issue comment commands for swarm control
- Automated triage and labeling
- Task breakdown with subtask creation
- Progress tracking with visual updates
- Duplicate detection and linking
Quick Start
# Get issue details for swarm initialization
gh issue view 456 --json title,body,labels,assignees,comments
# List issues ready for swarm processing
gh issue list --label "swarm-ready"
# Add swarm label to trigger processing
gh issue edit 456 --add-label "swarm-ready"
# Post swarm status comment
gh issue comment 456 --body "Swarm initialized for this issue"
When to Use
- Complex Issues: Multi-step tasks requiring decomposition
- Bug Investigation: Issues needing systematic debugging
- Feature Requests: New features requiring architecture and implementation
- Technical Debt: Refactoring tasks with multiple components
- Epic Management: Coordinating child issues under parent
Related Skills
- github-swarm-pr - PR-based swarm coordination
- github-project-board - Project board integration
- github-workflow - CI/CD automation
- github-modes - GitHub integration modes
Version History
- 1.0.0 (2026-01-02): Initial skill conversion from swarm-issue agent
Sub-Skills
- 1. Issue-to-Swarm Conversion (+1)
- 1. Issue Templates (+3)
Sub-Skills
- Swarm Task Breakdown
- Task
- 3. Progress Tracking (+3)
- Issue Templates for Swarms
- Multi-Agent Issue Processing (+1)
- GitHub Actions Integration
- Bug Reports (+1)
- Metrics and Analytics