Pull Task

Pull Task Skill

Queries a GitHub project board or Jira and presents candidates for the user to select as their next task.

Operation

When: User needs to pick the next task from the project board.

Implementation: Load operations/github-backend.md (GitHub) or operations/jira-backend.md (Jira) for detailed steps.

Quick summary: Detects backend (GitHub or Jira) from workspace context, fetches items filtered by status/sprint, ranks candidates, presents for selection, outputs issue reference for /create-workspace.

Backend Detection

The skill detects which backend to use by checking workspace CLAUDE.md:

• GitHub Issue: field present → GitHub backend
• Jira Ticket: field present → Jira backend
• Neither or both → Ask user via AskUserQuestion

Common Patterns

GitHub Backend

Cache sync: project-board-helper sync refreshes the local SQLite cache at ~/Library/Caches//project-board.db.

Item filtering: sqlite3 queries against the cache DB, filtering by Status and Sprint field values.

Field metadata: project-board-helper field returns field IDs and option IDs.

Item lookup: project-board-helper lookup resolves issue to project item ID.

Issue reference: Constructed from repo + # + issue_number (e.g., /#77).

Jira Backend

Authentication check: acli jira auth status

Issue search: acli jira workitem search --jql "" --json

Default JQL (Scrum): sprint in openSprints() AND status = "To Do" AND project =

Default JQL (Kanban): status in ("To Do", "Backlog") AND project =

Issue reference: Project key + issue number (e.g., DO-123).

Permissions

GitHub

| Permission | Commands | Purpose | |------------|----------|---------| | sync project board cache | project-board-helper sync | Refresh local board cache | | query project board cache | sqlite3 ~/Library/Caches//project-board.db | Filter items by status/sprint | | look up board item ID | project-board-helper lookup | Resolve issue to item ID | | query board field metadata | project-board-helper field | Discover field IDs and options | | view GitHub issue details | gh issue view | Fetch full issue details for selected item | | update GitHub project item status | gh project item-edit | Move selected item to "In Progress" |

Jira

| Permission | Commands | Purpose | |------------|----------|---------| | check Jira authentication status | acli jira auth status | Verify acli is authenticated | | search Jira issues with JQL | acli jira workitem search | Query issues by JQL | | view Jira issue details | acli jira workitem view | Fetch full issue details | | transition Jira issue status | acli jira workitem transition | Move issue to "In Progress" | | search Jira boards | acli jira board search | Find board for a project | | list Jira board sprints | acli jira board list-sprints | Discover active sprints |

Commands

| Command | Operation | |---------|-----------| | /claude-skills:pull-task | pull-task |

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: pfeff
• Source: pfeff/claude-skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.