Fable New Issue Loop

fable-new-issue-loop

Chain fable-new-issue → validate-issue-loop into one autonomous run: a Fable 5 subagent drafts the issue, the main agent files it, and the loop drives it to a reviewed PR without a human in between. Identical to new-issue-loop except the front of the chain is fable-new-issue.

Do not skip filing a complete issue. The downstream loop validates and implements the issue text — a thin or unverified draft propagates straight into the PR. Every step of fable-new-issue still runs (subagent drafting, duplicate gate, spot-check, filing); only the "offer next steps and wait" step is replaced by the handoff.

Input

Same as fable-new-issue: an optional description of what the issue should cover; with no input, derive it from the current conversation. Optionally owner/repo when the issue belongs elsewhere.

Steps

1. Run fable-new-issue

Invoke the fable-new-issue skill (Skill tool, skill: fable-new-issue) with the user's description (or conversation-derived scope). Let it run its full process — Fable 5 subagent draft, duplicate gate, spot-check, filing. Capture the created issue number from its report.

2. Stop gate — cases the loop can't safely continue

| Condition | Action | |---|---| | The subagent found an existing open issue/PR already covering it (no issue filed) | STOP. Report the duplicate and the offer to update/comment instead — whether to merge scopes is a human call. | | The conversation held several distinct candidates | If one clearly converged, file it and continue the chain with it; the unfiled candidates go in the final report. If none clearly converged, STOP — report the candidates and ask which to file. Never bundle, never auto-file the extras. | | The draft was structurally wrong and fable-new-issue paused for a human decision | STOP. Relay what's off — don't file or re-dispatch on your own. | | The scope check named unfiled follow-ups | Continue with the core issue only; relay the unfiled follow-ups in the final report. |

Otherwise (one issue filed cleanly), continue.

3. Hand off to validate-issue-loop

Invoke the validate-issue-loop skill (Skill tool, skill: validate-issue-loop) with the issue from step 1 passed explicitly — don't let it default to "latest open issue" and risk racing another just-filed issue. If filed to a repo other than the current checkout, pass the full owner/repo#N reference, not the bare number. Its own scope gate (too large / infeasible / already-addressed) still applies and may stop the run; that's the designed behavior, not a failure.

Validating an issue this chain just filed is not redundant: validate-issue re-traces the claims against the code independently, catching anything the Fable draft or the spot-check got wrong.

4. Report

Relay validate-issue-loop's final summary (PR URL, review cycles, verdict), prefixed with one line covering the front of the chain: issue number/URL filed (drafted by Fable 5), complexity score, and any unfiled follow-ups from step 2.

Cap the whole report at 55 words, ELI18 — plain language, no jargon, as if explaining the outcome to a smart 18-year-old with no context on this codebase.

Red Flags — STOP

| Situation | Action | |---|---| | Tempted to skip the Fable subagent and draft/file the issue yourself to go faster | Never — the draft coming from Fable 5 is the point of this skill | | fable-new-issue stopped on a duplicate or a structurally-wrong draft | Stop and report per step 2 — don't file anyway | | Tempted to hand off without an explicit issue reference | Always pass the issue from step 1 — owner/repo#N if filed cross-repo — "latest issue" can race | | validate-issue-loop's scope gate stops the run | Report its disposition faithfully — don't override and implement anyway |

Source & license

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

• Author: richkuo
• Source: richkuo/rk-skills
• License: MIT

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