Claude-skill-registry gh-viewing-issue-details

Retrieves detailed information about a specific GitHub issue. Use when you need to read the body, comments, or labels of an issue.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/data/gh-viewing-issue-details" ~/.claude/skills/majiayu000-claude-skill-registry-gh-viewing-issue-details && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/data/gh-viewing-issue-details/SKILL.md

Viewing Issue Details

Purpose

Provides full context for a single GitHub issue using the

gh issue view

command.

1. Safety & Verification

Issue Number: Requires a valid issue number or URL.
JSON Fields: Use
```
--json
```
to specify which fields to retrieve.

2. Common Workflows

Workflow: Get Full Issue Context

Retrieves title, body, and comments.

Command:

gh issue view <issue-number> --comments --json number,title,body,comments,labels,state

Workflow: Read Latest Comment

Useful for tracking recent activity.

Command:

gh issue view <issue-number> --json comments --jq '.comments[-1].body'

Workflow: Check Hierarchical Context (Sub-issues)

Identifies if an issue is a sub-issue or has sub-issues of its own.

Command:

# 1. Check if the issue has a parent
gh api /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/parent

# 2. List all sub-issues (children)
gh api /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/sub_issues

3. Output Handling

The output is optimized for agent consumption via JSON.