GitHub Issue Breakdown

About

Managing complex features often requires breaking large Epics into manageable sub-tasks. GitHub Issue Breakdown simplifies this workflow by programmatically converting markdown task lists into official GitHub sub-issues via the GraphQL API. Unlike manual issue creation, this skill ensures that parent-child relationships are correctly linked in the GitHub UI, allowing for better progress tracking. It intelligently handles various list formats, supports dry-run previews to prevent over-parsing, and automatically syncs metadata like labels and assignees from the parent issue, making it an essential tool for teams leveraging GitHub's native hierarchical task management.

Key Features

• Automatic metadata inheritance for labels and assignees
• Context-aware section filtering to target specific task headers
• 1 GitHub stars
• Intelligent parsing of markdown checkboxes, numbered lists, and bullet points
• Interactive dry-run mode for previewing sub-issues before creation
• Official GitHub parent-child relationship linking via GraphQL API

Use Cases

• Restructuring complex project features that require formal progress tracking in the GitHub UI
• Converting a technical specification document into a tracked set of hierarchical issues
• Immediately following the creation of a feature Epic to populate it with official sub-tasks