How does this skill differ from managing epics?

While epics group work by feature or capability, milestones group work by time or delivery phase, such as a specific release date, sprint, or quarter.

Does this work with private GitHub repositories?

Yes, as long as Claude Code has the necessary permissions via the GitHub CLI to access and modify your repository data.

Can Claude automatically update the status of a milestone?

Yes, this skill allows Claude to query open and closed issues to calculate completion percentages and update milestone metadata or status reports.

What happens if a milestone misses its deadline?

The skill includes patterns for handling slippage, such as moving incomplete issues to a future milestone, extending the due date, or documenting the reduction in scope.

Milestone Management

Name: Milestone Management
Author: troykelly

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Collaboration Tools

Manages GitHub milestones to organize development issues into time-based delivery phases and track project progress.

About

Milestone Management is a specialized Claude Code skill designed for autonomous, issue-driven development that prioritizes time-based grouping and delivery commitments. It enables Claude to create, update, and monitor GitHub milestones, linking them to specific epics and issues to provide a clear view of progress toward deadlines. By automating the tracking of completion percentages and handling slippage through re-assignment or scope reduction, this skill ensures that development teams maintain a disciplined approach to release cycles, quarterly planning, and sprint management directly within the GitHub ecosystem.

Key Features

Automate handling of project slippage through reassignment or scope reduction
Generate automated status reports for stakeholders directly from GitHub data
Create and manage GitHub milestones with titles, descriptions, and due dates
Track milestone progress via completion percentages of linked issues
0 GitHub stars
Group issues and epics into delivery phases like sprints, quarters, or versions

Use Cases

Managing multi-phase initiatives that require infrastructure, core, and polish stages
Planning and tracking a major version release with specific delivery goals
Organizing developer tasks into Agile sprints or quarterly planning cycles

About

Key Features

Automate handling of project slippage through reassignment or scope reduction
Generate automated status reports for stakeholders directly from GitHub data
Create and manage GitHub milestones with titles, descriptions, and due dates
Track milestone progress via completion percentages of linked issues
0 GitHub stars
Group issues and epics into delivery phases like sprints, quarters, or versions

Use Cases

Managing multi-phase initiatives that require infrastructure, core, and polish stages
Planning and tracking a major version release with specific delivery goals
Organizing developer tasks into Agile sprints or quarterly planning cycles