GitHub Issue Hierarchies & Relationships

About

This skill empowers Claude to go beyond the standard GitHub CLI by leveraging the GraphQL API to create and manage advanced issue relationships. It provides specialized capabilities for building multi-level hierarchies (Epics and sub-issues), tracking blocking dependencies, and querying full relationship graphs. It is essential for teams managing complex project roadmaps, nested task structures, or dependency-heavy workflows directly from their terminal, ensuring that issue progress rollups and hierarchical navigation are correctly configured in the GitHub UI.

Key Features

• Complex relationship graph querying via GitHub GraphQL API
• Advanced dependency tracking for 'blocking' and 'blocked-by' relationships
• Support for hierarchical organization of Epics and nested task structures
• True parent-child sub-issue management with progress tracking rollups
• 1 GitHub stars
• Automated node ID resolution for seamless issue linking

Use Cases

• Managing critical path dependencies in large-scale software releases
• Converting simple task lists into formal GitHub sub-issue hierarchies for better visibility
• Building multi-level project roadmaps with Epics, Features, and Tasks