Issue Worker Skill

Spawn a Claude worker to handle a GitHub issue.

Usage

/issue-worker <issue-number>

Examples

/issue-worker 42
/issue-worker 123

Instructions

When the user invokes /issue-worker, follow these steps:

1. Fetch Issue Details

gh issue view <issue-number> --json number,title,body,labels,comments

2. Generate Branch Name

Create a descriptive branch name from the issue:

Format: feat/issue-<number>-<short-description>
Example: Issue #42 "Add retry logic" → feat/issue-42-add-retry-logic

For bug issues, use fix/ prefix instead of feat/.

3. Create Worktree

BRANCH="feat/issue-<number>-<slug>"
WORKTREE_PATH="../artemis-issue-<number>"
git worktree add "$WORKTREE_PATH" -b "$BRANCH"

4. Build Task Prompt

Construct a comprehensive prompt for the worker:

You are working on GitHub Issue #<number>: <title>

## Issue Description
<body>

## Labels
<labels>

## Comments
<comments if any>

## Your Task
1. Understand the issue requirements
2. Implement the necessary changes
3. Write tests if applicable
4. Commit your changes with message referencing the issue (e.g., "feat: add retry logic (fixes #42)")
5. Push your branch and create a PR

## Guidelines
- Follow existing code patterns in the repository
- Keep changes focused on the issue scope
- Add comments only where logic isn't self-evident

5. Spawn Worker

cd "$WORKTREE_PATH" && claude --print --dangerously-skip-permissions "$PROMPT"

6. Push and Create PR

After the worker completes successfully and has made commits:

# Push the branch to origin
git push -u origin "$BRANCH"

# Create PR linking to the issue
gh pr create --title "<issue title>" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
<brief description of changes>

Closes #<issue-number>

## Changes
<list of key changes made>

---
🤖 Generated by Claude worker
EOF
)"

# Enable auto-merge (will merge automatically when CI passes)
gh pr merge --auto --squash

7. Report Results

After completion:

Show worker output summary
Show commits made: git log $BRANCH --oneline -5
Show files changed: git diff main...$BRANCH --stat
Show the PR URL
Offer next steps:
- Review the PR
- Continue working on it
- Clean up if failed

8. Track Worker

Add to .claude/workers.json:

{
  "type": "issue",
  "issue": 42,
  "branch": "feat/issue-42-add-retry-logic",
  "worktree": "../artemis-issue-42",
  "created": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "status": "completed",
  "pr": "<pr-url>"
}

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