gen-specs-as-issues
Systematic workflow for identifying missing features, prioritizing them, and creating detailed GitHub issue specifications.
What it does
- Review the project structure to understand its organization
- Read the README.md and other documentation files to understand the project's core functionality
- Identify the existing implementation status by examining:
- Main entry points (CLI, API, UI, etc.)
- Core modules and their functionality
- Tests to understand expected behavior
- Any placeholder implementations
Requirements & configuration
- [Specific technical needs and constraints]
- Blocked by: [List of issues this one depends on]
- Add labels to indicate dependency status (e.g., "blocked", "prerequisite")
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
Systematic workflow for identifying missing features, prioritizing them, and creating detailed GitHub issue specifications.
Source
Repository: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot
gen-specs-as-issues FAQ
What does the gen-specs-as-issues skill do?
This workflow guides you through a systematic approach to identify missing features, prioritize them, and create detailed specifications for implementation. Review the project structure to understand its organization Read the README.md and other documentation files to understand the project's core functionality
What does gen-specs-as-issues require?
[Specific technical needs and constraints] Blocked by: [List of issues this one depends on] Add labels to indicate dependency status (e.g., "blocked", "prerequisite")
How do I install gen-specs-as-issues?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill gen-specs-as-issues --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/github/awesome-copilot.
Maintain gen-specs-as-issues?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[](https://getagentictools.com/skills/github-awesome-copilot-gen-specs-as-issues?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/github-awesome-copilot-gen-specs-as-issues The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.