# draft-issue-to-external-repository

Drafts a GitHub issue for a repository you do not own: reads the project's templates and title style, settles scope with you, and saves the body to a file.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1552
- 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/draft-issue-to-external-repository/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/draft-issue-to-external-repository

## What it does

The skill parses your request into `target_repo`, given as `owner/repo` or a URL, and `intent` — the rough idea it is meant to sharpen. Missing either one, it asks. Repos under your own owner are out of scope; use `create-issue` or `create-issue-with-websearch` there instead.

Reconnaissance comes next. It pulls the repo description, the last 20 issues in any state, the templates under `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE`, the existing label list, and `CONTRIBUTING.md` when present. In parallel it hunts primary sources with `WebSearch` and `WebFetch`, can query the deepwiki MCP, or hand a multi-angle investigation to a subagent. Any claim the draft leans on gets checked against at least one primary source, and when two sources disagree the disagreement goes into the text rather than a silent pick.

Before the full body, the skill pins down tone (proposal or direct request), scope boundaries, explicit non-goals, and any numbers the draft needs. You review the draft in the conversation language; the final version is English only, with tables and code fences kept intact. Posting runs through `gh issue create`, and this is where it often stops: fine-grained PATs frequently cannot create issues outside your owner. The skill does not retry blindly — it writes the body to `tmp/external-repository-issues/<owner>-<repo>-<slug>.md` with a metadata block on top so you can post it yourself.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill draft-issue-to-external-repository -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill draft-issue-to-external-repository -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/draft-issue-to-external-repository/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill draft-issue-to-external-repository -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/draft-issue-to-external-repository/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dyoshikawa/rulesync draft-issue-to-external-repository
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/draft-issue-to-external-repository/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill draft-issue-to-external-repository -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dyoshikawa/rulesync --path .rulesync/skills/draft-issue-to-external-repository
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/draft-issue-to-external-repository/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill draft-issue-to-external-repository -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/draft-issue-to-external-repository/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- draft an issue that matches a foreign repo's template
- learn the target project's title style and label vocabulary
- verify a claim against primary sources before posting
- agree on tone and scope with the author
- keep the finished body when `gh` lacks posting rights

## Example prompts
- Draft an issue for owner/repo proposing a new integrator
- Draft an issue for owner/repo, tone as a proposal rather than a request
- Prepare the issue for owner/repo and save it to a file if posting fails

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE a7b9988a7110fe42
```text
---
name: draft-issue-to-external-repository
description: >-
  Draft a GitHub issue targeting a third-party repository (outside this
  project's owner). Researches the target repo's conventions and the topic in
  depth, iterates with the user on scope and tone, and produces a final body
  saved to tmp/external-repository-issues/*.md for the user to post manually
  when gh auth lacks permission on the target.
targets:
  - "*"
---

arguments = the user's request

Parse `arguments` as:

- `target_repo`: the target repository in `owner/repo` form (or a URL)
- `intent`: the rough idea the user wants to propose (may be vague — this skill is designed to sharpen it)

If `target_repo` is not provided, ask the user which repository to file against.
If `intent` is not provided, ask the user what they want to propose.

This skill is for proposing a change to a repository **we do not own**. When the target is a repo under the user's own owner, prefer `create-issue` or `create-issue-with-websearch` instead.

## Step 1: Inspect the Target Repository

Before drafting anything, understand the target repo's conventions. Run in parallel:

- `gh repo view <owner/repo> --json description,url,defaultBranchRef,primaryLanguage,latestRelease`
- `gh issue list --repo <owner/repo> --limit 20 --state all --json number,title,labels,state` — read recent titles to learn the house style (prefix tags like `[FEATURE]`, casing, length).
- `gh api repos/<owner/repo>/contents/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE` — list templates. If a feature-request template exists, fetch it with `gh api` or a raw URL and note the required sections plus any auto-applied title prefix / labels.
- `gh label list --repo <owner/repo>` — note which labels exist (do not invent labels later).
- Optionally fetch `CONTRIBUTING.md` / `CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md` if present to catch any issue-filing rules.
```
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