# om-prepare-issue

Turns a brief into an actionable tracker issue without writing code. It dedupes against existing backlog tasks and attaches codebase guidance with SDLC labels.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2900 installs · ★ 251
- Author: open-mercato
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-prepare-issue/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/om-prepare-issue

## What it does

The skill converts an informal brief into a single structured tracker issue without touching source code. First, it searches open issues and pull requests using semantic checks. When it spots a duplicate, it reports the match and can append new details as a comment rather than cluttering the backlog.

Next, it checks the repo specs directory for a matching design document. If a feature needs an architectural blueprint and none exists, it calls `om-auto-write-spec` to open a design-only pull request linked to the task. For smaller fixes and bugs, the skill inspects the codebase to identify affected contracts and tests directly inside the issue text.

Working with this skill requires `.ai/agentic.config.json` in the repository, automatically loaded alongside tracker operations. Note that this skill only creates new tracker entries; modifying existing tickets requires running `om-auto-manage-issues` instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-issue -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-issue -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-issue -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install open-mercato/skills om-prepare-issue
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/om-prepare-issue/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-issue -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/open-mercato/skills --path skills/om-prepare-issue
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-issue -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/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-prepare-issue/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- file a structured tracker issue from a rough brief
- check the backlog and pull requests for duplicate tasks
- generate a design-only spec pull request via om-auto-write-spec
- document affected modules, contracts, and tests inside the issue

## Example prompts
- File an issue for export to CSV with --priority high
- Prepare a tracker issue for the auth timeout bug with screenshot evidence
- Capture the idea to refactor api routes using --no-spec

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: om-prepare-issue
description: Create one well-formed tracker issue from a brief without implementing it — dedupes against existing issues and PRs, links a covering spec (authoring one via om-auto-write-spec on a design-only PR when a feature needs it), attaches user-provided images as tracker evidence, otherwise embeds step-by-step guidance, and applies SDLC labels on creation. For existing issues use om-auto-manage-issues. Use for "file an issue for X", "park this idea".
---

# Prepare Issue (deferred work)

Turn a "we want this eventually" brief into a single, actionable **new** tracker issue — without implementing anything. The issue must be good enough that a future run of `om-auto-fix-issue` (or a human) can pick it up cold: either it links a spec that defines the work, or it carries a concrete analysis with step-by-step guidance derived from the actual codebase — and it lands with the SDLC labels that classify it.

This skill only **creates** issues. To bring an issue that **already exists** up to standard — infer and apply missing SDLC labels, analyze an attached screenshot with a terse body, clarify the wording, and post the agent's understanding as a comment — run `om-auto-manage-issues` (single issue or a filtered batch). This skill mutates only tracker state (one issue, maybe comments — plus, on the step 3 path only, a design-only spec PR); it never edits repository source files. If the user wants a full spec written, hand off to `om-spec-writing`; if they want the work done now, hand off to `om-auto-create-pr` or `om-auto-fix-issue`.

## Arguments

- `{brief}` (required) — free-form description of the feature, fix, or task to capture.
- `--priority <low|medium|high|extreme>` (optional) — override the inferred priority label.
- `--risk <low|medium|high>` (optional) — override the inferred risk label for the eventual change's blast radius.
- `--assignee <login>` (optional) — assign the issue. Default: unassigned.
- `--title "<exact title>"` (optional) — use this title verbatim instead of the `Implement:` / `Fix:` convention. `om-backlog` passes it so tree ids open every title.
- `--no-spec` (optional) — never author a spec (step 3 is skipped even for a substantial feature); link the covering document the brief names instead, such as `${SPECS_DIR}/product-brief.md`. `om-backlog` passes it because the brief, not a per-story spec, is the design authority at that stage.
- `--skip-dedupe` (optional) — the caller has already deduplicated (`om-backlog` searches per story before filing); step 1 then checks only for an existing issue with the exact same title and reuses it, and runs no semantic search.
- `{images}` (optional) — screenshots or mockups the user pasted with the brief or gave as file paths; attached to the issue as 📸 evidence (see step 5).
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