New Issue Loop

new-issue-loop

Chain new-issue → validate-issue-loop into one autonomous run, so a bug/idea/discussion goes from "described" to "filed issue with a PR through N rounds of review" without a human in the loop between steps. This is new-issue's normal interactive handoff (Offer "validate issue" / "work on issue") made unattended: the loop takes the issue it just filed and feeds it straight into the validate-and-implement pipeline.

Do not skip filing a complete issue. The downstream loop validates and implements the issue text — a thin or unverified body propagates straight into the PR. Every step of new-issue still runs (grounding, approach design, complexity score); only the "offer next steps and wait" step is replaced by the handoff.

Input

Same as 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 new-issue

Invoke the new-issue skill (Skill tool, skill: new-issue) with the user's description (or conversation-derived scope). Let it run its full process — duplicate check, code grounding, approach, complexity score, filing. Capture the created issue number from its report.

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

| Condition | Action | |---|---| | new-issue found an existing open issue/PR already covering it (no issue filed) | STOP. Report the duplicate and new-issue's 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. | | new-issue split the work and 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 new-issue filed to a repo other than the current checkout (-R owner/repo), pass the full owner/repo#N reference, not the bare number — a bare number resolves against the current repo and would target the wrong issue. 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 same session just wrote is not redundant: validate-issue re-traces the claims against the code independently, catching anything the filing pass 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, 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 new-issue's grounding/duplicate check to get to implementation faster | Never — a fabricated or duplicate issue poisons the whole chain | | new-issue stopped on a duplicate | 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.