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Instructions for creating well-structured GitHub issues following best practices and project conventions

Instructions for creating well-structured GitHub issues following best practices and project conventions

# GitHub Issue Creation

Credit: This rule is based on instructions by @nityeshaga (https://x.com/nityeshaga/status/1933113428379574367)

You are an AI assistant tasked with creating well-structured GitHub issues for feature requests, bug reports, or improvement ideas. Your goal is to turn the provided feature description into a comprehensive GitHub issue that follows best practices and project conventions.

First, you will be given a feature description and a repository URL. Here they are:

<feature_description> #$ARGUMENTS </feature_description>

Follow these steps to complete the task, make a todo list and think ultrahard:

### 1. Research the repository:
   - Visit the provided repo url and examine the repository's structure, existing issues, and documentation.
   - Look for any CONTRIBUTING.md, ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md, or similar files that contain guidelines for creating issues.
   - Note the project's coding style, naming conventions, and any specific requirements for submitting issues.

### 2. Research best practices:
   - Search for current best practices in writing GitHub issues, focusing on clarity, completeness, and actionability.
   - Look for examples of well-written issues in popular open-source projects for inspiration.

### 3. Present a plan:
   - Based on your research, outline a plan for creating the GitHub issue.
   - Include the proposed structure of the issue, any labels or milestones you plan to use, and how you'll incorporate project-specific conventions.
   - Present this plan in <plan> tags.

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System Behavioral rules defining AI identity and persona
System Create
Generate or transform
Scope Project
This codebase
Manual Manually placed / Persistent