The GitHub Issue Writer Skill provides developers with structured templates, safety checks, and repeatable workflows to draft clear, copy-paste-safe GitHub issues.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install github-issue-writer-skill
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install github-issue-writer-skill using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is GitHub Issue Writer Skill?
The GitHub Issue Writer Skill is a highly effective tool designed to bring structure, safety, and reliability to your issue creation workflow. Built to enhance the overall developer experience, this skill guides users through formulating clear, descriptive, and actionable issue templates. By eliminating improvised commands and messy manual drafts, it ensures that your issues are standardized and ready for team collaboration.
As part of the broader ecosystem of Openclaw Skills, this tool integrates seamlessly into your AI coding agent environment. It enforces clear logical boundaries, keeping your workspace clean while promoting best practices in documentation. Developers can easily manage team-wide standardizations without exposing private data or running risky system actions.
GitHub Issue Writer Skill Use Cases
- When you want structured guidance and templates in your developer experience workflow.
- When you need copy-paste-safe templates instead of improvised, potentially dangerous shell commands.
- When you want repeatable prompts your AI agent can follow without relying on external web scraping.
- When establishing a collaborative team standard for bug reporting and feature requests without risking data exposure.
How GitHub Issue Writer Skill Works
- Gather Inputs: The skill collects your parameters, including your overall goal (in one paragraph) and optional constraints like audience, tone, length, or deadlines.
- Apply Safety Checks: It filters inputs to ensure no secrets, passwords, OTPs, or private keys are processed, keeping your workflow safe.
- Process Layout: Using offline, repeatable prompting pathways, the skill generates a concise issue plan without scraping external sources.
- Generate Output: It outputs a structured format consisting of a concise plan, a numbered checklist, next actions, and optional draft copy blocks.
GitHub Issue Writer Skill Setup
To integrate this skill into your local environment, follow these steps:
- Locate your configuration directory (typically
~/.openclaw/or your current workspace settings). - Create a folder for the skill:
mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills/github-issue-writer
- Add the skill configuration file to define its operational scope:
cat << 'EOF' > ~/.openclaw/skills/github-issue-writer/skill.yaml
name: "GitHub Issue Writer Skill"
version: "0.1.0"
category: "git-version-control"
EOF
- Restart your agent session to load the updated Openclaw Skills profile.
GitHub Issue Writer Skill Data Schema & Taxonomy
The GitHub Issue Writer Skill operates on a predictable schema to ensure clean outputs and safe data handling. It organizes data according to the structure below:
| Parameter | Data Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
goal |
String | A single paragraph summarizing your objective without secrets. | Yes |
audience |
String | The target audience for the generated issue. | No |
tone |
String | Desired tone of voice (e.g., technical, objective, concise). | No |
notes |
String | Pasteable notes that you own the rights to, keeping PII minimal. | No |
output_plan |
Markdown | A structured outline representing the layout of the proposed issue. | Yes |
checklist |
Markdown | Reusable numbered list representing next actions. | Yes |
copy_blocks |
Code Block | Safe, ready-to-use template blocks containing the issue draft. | Yes |
GitHub Issue Writer Skill Advanced Features
- No-Run Safety Defaults: Prioritizes checklists and copy-paste blocks over executing direct, irreversible shell scripts on your local system.
- PII and Secret Protection: Enforces a strict filter rejecting passwords, OTPs, private keys, crypto wallets, seed phrases, or active session secrets.
- Repeatable Offline Execution: Provides consistent prompt results locally without demanding external scraping tools, API keys, or remote dependencies.
- Chained Workflow Integration: Works with other Openclaw Skills to connect code refactoring outputs directly with structured issue reporting templates.
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