work-item-creation Skill
Rules and checklist for creating work items on GitHub Issues or Azure DevOps. Use when you need to create issues, user stories, tasks, epics, or features on the board. Do not use for platform configuration (use board-config), managing workflow of existing tasks (use work-item-workflow), or for comments on work items. Published by microsoft in devsquad-copilot.
What is work-item-creation Skill?
Rules and checklist for creating work items on GitHub Issues or Azure DevOps. Use when you need to create issues, user stories, tasks, epics, or features on the board. Do not use for platform configuration (use board-config), managing workflow of existing tasks (use work-item-workflow), or for comments on work items. Published by microsoft in devsquad-copilot. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement.
Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Deployment
- Deployment use cases
Technical details
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use work-item-creation Skill
- Use it for deployment.
Built with
Editorial notes
Source
- Creator: microsoft
- Repository: microsoft/devsquad-copilot
- Skill file: .github/plugins/devsquad/skills/work-item-creation/SKILL.md
What it does
Rules and checklist for creating work items on GitHub Issues or Azure DevOps. Use when you need to create issues, user stories, tasks, epics, or features on the board. Do not use for platform configuration (use board-config), managing workflow of existing tasks (use work-item-workflow), or for comments on work items.
Skill instructions
Required Checklist Before creating ANY work item, verify: 1. Platform: Read .memory/board-config.md to identify GitHub or Azure DevOps 2. Duplicates: Check if a similar work item already exists on the board 3. Required tags/labels: all present (see section below) 4. Title in correct format: see Title section 5. Body filled in: per the platform format (see GitHub and Azure DevOps sections) 6. Hierarchy: parent linked correctly 7. Durable descriptions: body describes behavior using domain language, not implementation details (see Durability Rules below) 8. Content style: title and body follow the Content Style section below Content Style Work items live on the board, get rendered in GitHub/ADO UIs, and are read by humans and agents long after creation. Apply these rules to every title, description, comment, and acceptance criterion. | Rule | Why | Example to avoid | |---|---|---| | No emojis or decorative Unicode (e.g., →, •, ★, ✓, 🎯, ✅, ⚠️, ❌) | Renders inconsistently across boards, sc
Explore related resources
Frequently asked questions
What is work-item-creation?
work-item-creation is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Rules and checklist for creating work items on GitHub Issues or Azure DevOps. Use when you need to create issues, user stories, tasks, epics, or features on the board.
Who is work-item-creation best for?
work-item-creation is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, deployment workflows.
How do I install work-item-creation?
Install or run work-item-creation using Copy skill directory. Check work-item-creation for the latest setup command.
Is work-item-creation actively maintained?
work-item-creation may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
Auto-fetched from GitHub.
