# run-github-project

Runs a repository's GitHub Project workflow: triages Todo, claims work in Ready to implement, and carries it through to Done.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 643 installs · ★ 1120
- Author: chrisbanes
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/chrisbanes/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/run-github-project/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/run-github-project

## What it does

The skill treats the Project as a live control plane. Fresh board state plus the grants issued for this run decide every claim, write and finish. Default lanes run `Backlog` → `Todo` → `Ready to implement` → `In progress` → `Done`, and the skill resolves them through verified option IDs from the trusted binding.

The rules are strict. `Backlog` is read-only: no claiming, planning, triage or epic closure there, and only humans move items out. Automatic work starts at `Todo`. Caches and partial reads count as hints, so state gets rechecked before each claim, write or merge. Only the controller mutates shared Project state, merges and closes issues; a ticket agent owns just its worktree, branch and non-merge PR changes.

Four modes are available. `review` and `setup` inspect or configure the binding, `next` takes at most one issue, and `drain` runs only on an explicit request with no ticket cap. Merge permission is settled once at startup: without it, ready PRs still get delivered and only merges pause. The skill never installs an external provider on its own — those are set up separately, as `references/workflow-providers.md` describes.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill run-github-project -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill run-github-project -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill run-github-project -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install chrisbanes/skills run-github-project
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/run-github-project/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill run-github-project -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/chrisbanes/skills --path skills/run-github-project
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill run-github-project -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/chrisbanes/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/run-github-project/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- triage incoming Todo items and pick what to claim
- move an issue through the Project lanes to Done
- recover after an unknown or failed GitHub mutation
- close an epic together with its linked issues
- run the whole queue on an explicit drain request

## Example prompts
- triage the Todo column in our GitHub Project and tell me what is claimable
- claim one issue from Ready to implement and take it to a PR
- drain this Project until the queue is empty

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: run-github-project
description: Use when asked to set up, review, or operate a repository's GitHub Project workflow, including ready claims, role-labelled human work, unknown remote mutation outcomes, Todo triage, epics, checkpoints, next-issue execution, or an authorized drain.
compatibility: "External skill providers are mode-specific: review and setup require none; execution, triage, and Wayfinder lanes use the providers documented in references/workflow-providers.md."
disable-model-invocation: true
---

# Run GitHub Project

## Core principle

The Project is the live control plane: fresh board state and this run's
operation-specific grants decide every claim, write and finish.
Default lanes are `Backlog` → `Todo` → `Ready to implement` → `In progress` →
`Done`; resolve them through the trusted binding's verified option IDs.

## Invariants

1. **Column authority:** current column membership authorizes a ticket, never transition history. Backlog is read-only: never claim, plan, triage, close epics or resume cleanup there; only humans move items out. Automatic work starts at Todo.
2. **Live authority:** claims, selection, merge, recovery and finish need complete fresh state; caches and partial reads are hints; rehydrate only changed or unverified records. Recheck operation-specific authority before each claim, write or merge, even from a reused snapshot; ranker eligibility grants nothing.
3. **Controller ownership:** only the controller claims, assigns, mutates shared Project state, merges, closes issues and reconciles; a ticket agent owns only its worktree, branch and non-merge PR changes.
4. **Unknown outcomes:** reconcile an unknown or failed mutation or publication before retrying, freeing capacity or reporting success.
5. **Preservation:** keep blocked, dependency-gated and human work in its frontier with owner, claim, slot, draft, artifacts, grants and budgets; never change state to empty the queue. Released capacity resumes only in free slots.
6. **Retained owner:** feedback, repairs and amendments keep the owner, claim and slot without a Todo/Ready reset; renew affected checks and reviews at the final head, never relying on earlier-head evidence.
7. **No invented gates:** never infer a permission, capacity limit, provider or prerequisite the supplied state lacks; independent runnable work continues while others wait.
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