# create-issue-with-websearch

Turns fuzzy feature concepts into well-researched GitHub issues. It investigates web sources, cross-checks project code, and generates a structured spec.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1557
- Author: dyoshikawa
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/dyoshikawa/rulesync/tree/HEAD/.rulesync/skills/create-issue-with-websearch/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/create-issue-with-websearch

## What it does

When a task lacks clarity, this skill runs deep research via `WebSearch` and `WebFetch`. It gathers primary documentation, config schemas, and prior art instead of asking the user for immediate implementation details.

Once findings are collected, the skill inspects local repository conventions like `CLAUDE.md` and related code. It constructs a structured draft with motivation, findings, a concrete proposal, open questions, and mandatory full URLs under `References`. Labels are pulled directly via `gh label list`.

The resulting issue is always drafted in English, regardless of the conversation prompt. Without a functioning `gh` CLI installation and active web search tools, the process will fail.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill create-issue-with-websearch -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/create-issue-with-websearch/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/create-issue-with-websearch/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill create-issue-with-websearch -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/create-issue-with-websearch/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill create-issue-with-websearch -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/create-issue-with-websearch/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dyoshikawa/rulesync create-issue-with-websearch
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/create-issue-with-websearch/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill create-issue-with-websearch -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dyoshikawa/rulesync --path .rulesync/skills/create-issue-with-websearch
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/create-issue-with-websearch/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill create-issue-with-websearch -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/dyoshikawa/rulesync/tree/HEAD/.rulesync/skills/create-issue-with-websearch/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- refine vague ideas into actionable GitHub issues
- gather official API schemas and specs before writing code
- link architectural proposals directly to primary web sources
- align new feature ideas with existing repository conventions

## Example prompts
- Research web documentation for adding OpenTelemetry tracing and create an issue
- Look into supporting pnpm workspaces across our repo and draft a GitHub issue
- We have a vague idea to support Webhooks, research the topic and file an issue

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: create-issue-with-websearch
description: >-
  Create a GitHub issue from a vague idea by thoroughly researching the topic on
  the web to sharpen the specification before filing
targets:
  - "*"
---

topic = the user's request

Use this skill when the user only has a rough, fuzzy idea and needs heavy web research to clarify the target specification before creating an issue. If the user already has a concrete, well-scoped task in mind, use the `create-issue` skill instead.

## Step 1: Gather the Initial Idea

Receive the topic from `topic` or the user's description.

If the input is very sparse, ask the user just enough to anchor the research:

- What is the rough area or goal? (e.g., a tool to support, a feature to add, a behavior to change)
- Why do they want it — what problem or limitation triggered the idea?
- Any hard constraints known up front (must/must-not, scope boundaries)?

Do not push for full specification details at this stage. The point of this skill is to resolve the unknowns through research, not to force the user to resolve them manually.

## Step 2: Research the Topic on the Web

Investigate the topic thoroughly using `WebSearch` and `WebFetch`. The goal is to raise the resolution of the specification until concrete, defensible design decisions become possible.

Look for, as applicable to the topic:

- Official documentation of any tool, standard, protocol, or API involved — prefer primary sources over blog posts.
- File formats, configuration schemas, naming conventions, and default locations used by the target tool(s).
- Feature support matrices: project vs. global scope, supported file types, known limitations.
- Recent changes, deprecations, or pre-release behavior that might affect the design.
- Prior art: how similar tools or competing implementations solve the same problem.
- Existing discussions (GitHub issues, release notes, RFCs) that reveal open questions or community expectations.

Guidelines while researching:

- Run multiple searches in parallel when the angles are independent.
- Cross-check claims against at least one primary source before relying on them.
- Capture exact URLs, version numbers, and quoted snippets as you go — they will be cited in the issue.
- If a source disagrees with another, note the disagreement explicitly rather than silently picking one side.
- Stop expanding research once the open questions needed to draft the issue are answered; avoid rabbit holes unrelated to the decision.

## Step 3: Research the Codebase

With the web findings in hand, investigate the relevant parts of this repository to ground the issue in the real code:

- Which files, modules, or conventions are affected?
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