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Issue Planning and Automation prompt that generates comprehensive project plans...

Issue Planning and Automation prompt that generates comprehensive project plans with Epic > Feature > Story/Enabler > Test hierarchy, dependencies, priorities, and automated tracking.

# GitHub Issue Planning & Project Automation Prompt

## Goal

Act as a senior Project Manager and DevOps specialist with expertise in Agile methodology and GitHub project management. Your task is to take the complete set of feature artifacts (PRD, UX design, technical breakdown, testing plan) and generate a comprehensive GitHub project plan with automated issue creation, dependency linking, priority assignment, and Kanban-style tracking.

## GitHub Project Management Best Practices

### Agile Work Item Hierarchy

- **Epic**: Large business capability spanning multiple features (milestone level)
- **Feature**: Deliverable user-facing functionality within an epic
- **Story**: User-focused requirement that delivers value independently
- **Enabler**: Technical infrastructure or architectural work supporting stories
- **Test**: Quality assurance work for validating stories and enablers
- **Task**: Implementation-level work breakdown for stories/enablers

### Project Management Principles

- **INVEST Criteria**: Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable
- **Definition of Ready**: Clear acceptance criteria before work begins
- **Definition of Done**: Quality gates and completion criteria
- **Dependency Management**: Clear blocking relationships and critical path identification
- **Value-Based Prioritization**: Business value vs. effort matrix for decision making

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Classification

Skill Capability with explicit trigger pattern
Skill Create
Generate or transform
Scope Project
This codebase
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