Issue Hunter is an advanced triage tool designed to systematically analyze, score, and select the best GitHub issues for developers to tackle.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install issue-hunter
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 issue-hunter 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 Issue Hunter?
Issue Hunter is a powerhouse for developers looking to maximize their impact in open-source or private repositories. By leveraging the GitHub CLI, this Openclaw Skills module automates the tedious process of manual issue vetting. It evaluates bug reports based on critical technical metrics like reproducibility, scope, and community signal, ensuring you spend your time on high-value tasks rather than vague or unfixable bugs.
Beyond simple filtering, Issue Hunter provides a structured framework for technical deep-dives. It helps engineers move from a raw issue report to a clear fix strategy by generating root cause hypotheses and estimating effort. This systematic approach transforms a chaotic backlog into a prioritized, actionable roadmap for any development campaign.
Issue Hunter Use Cases
- Open-Source Contribution: Quickly identify low-hanging fruit or high-impact bugs in new repositories.
- Sprint Planning: Use objective scoring to prioritize team backlogs and allocate resources efficiently.
- Backlog Grooming: Periodically re-evaluate old issues to see if community signals or reproducibility have changed.
- Bug Triage: Automatically filter out noise, red flags, and issues that already have active pull requests.
How Issue Hunter Works
- Issue Fetching: The skill queries the GitHub API to retrieve open issues, specifically targeting labels like bug, good first issue, or help wanted.
- Multi-Factor Scoring: Each issue is rated on a scale of 1-18 across six dimensions: Reproducibility, Scope, Complexity, Community Signal, Freshness, and Testability.
- Candidate Selection: It filters results based on a minimum score threshold (typically 12/18) and checks for red flags like existing PRs or proprietary dependencies.
- Technical Analysis: For selected candidates, the skill identifies relevant source files and drafts preliminary fix approaches.
- Report Generation: A comprehensive Markdown document is produced, summarizing the findings and providing a detailed breakdown for each selected issue.
Issue Hunter Setup
To use this module within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, ensure your environment is authenticated with the GitHub CLI.
# Check authentication status
gh auth status
# If not logged in, authenticate your account
gh auth login
# Alternatively, set your personal access token
export GH_TOKEN=your_github_token_here
Issue Hunter Data Schema & Taxonomy
Issue Hunter generates a structured analysis document located at {workspace}/issue-analysis.md. The data is organized as follows:
| Data Point | Description |
|---|---|
| Summary Table | A high-level overview featuring Repo, Issue #, Score, and Effort estimate. |
| Scoring Breakdown | Detailed 1-3 ratings for each of the 6 evaluation factors. |
| Root Cause | A hypothesis detailing why the bug or issue is occurring. |
| Fix Approach | A step-by-step description of the proposed technical solution. |
| Files to Modify | A list of specific file paths identified as relevant to the fix. |
| Risk Assessment | Evaluation of potential side effects or external dependencies. |
Issue Hunter Advanced Features
- Upstream Integration: Works seamlessly with repo-scout to identify target repositories before hunting issues.
- Downstream Automation: Outputs are formatted to feed directly into repo-setup and dev-test skills for immediate coding.
- Custom Label Support: Can be configured to target project-specific labels beyond standard bug tags.
- PR Conflict Detection: Automatically runs
gh pr listchecks to ensure you aren't duplicating work already in progress.
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