Component
CDK GitHub adapter, orchestration, agent workflows, CLI
Describe the feature
GitHub Issues should support the same planning labels as Linear and the Jira parity work:
bgagent:decompose: ABCA analyzes the GitHub issue, proposes a dependency-aware breakdown, posts the plan to GitHub, and waits for approval before creating/running child work.
bgagent:auto: ABCA analyzes the issue, creates the breakdown, and starts the child work without an approval round.
bgagent:help: ABCA posts a short comment explaining the supported GitHub trigger labels and creates no task.
Use case
A large GitHub issue may need to be split before execution. Users should be able to keep that planning workflow inside GitHub Issues with the same scope/cost control available in Linear/Jira.
Proposed solution
Extend the GitHub Issues label-trigger path to recognize label variants based on the configured base label:
<label> keeps current single-task behavior unless the issue already has an orchestratable child graph.
<label>:decompose creates a coding/decompose-v1 planning task, posts the resulting plan as a GitHub issue comment, and records a pending plan awaiting approval.
<label>:auto creates the same plan and immediately seeds/runs the generated child graph.
<label>:help posts a GitHub help comment and exits.
- Add per-repo GitHub mapping options for decomposition enablement and max sub-issues, mirroring Linear/Jira parity.
- Preserve GitHub channel metadata on generated child tasks so comments, final status fanout, and later graph extension work.
Acceptance criteria
- Adding
bgagent:help to a GitHub issue posts a help comment and creates no task.
- Adding
bgagent:decompose to an eligible GitHub issue creates a planning run and posts a proposed breakdown with cost/scope information and approval instructions.
- No implementation child tasks start until the plan is approved.
- Adding
bgagent:auto creates a plan and starts the generated child graph without a human approval round.
- Per-repo caps reject over-large plans with a GitHub comment and no child tasks.
- Projects/repos without decomposition enabled reject
:decompose / :auto with a clear GitHub comment.
- Existing plain-label GitHub behavior remains unchanged.
Tests
- GitHub processor tests cover label variant parsing, help no-op, decompose planning task creation, auto path, disabled-repo rejection, and cap rejection.
- Orchestration tests cover pending-plan persistence and generated GitHub child task metadata.
- CLI tests cover GitHub mapping flags for decomposition enablement and max sub-issues.
- Docs update the GitHub Issues setup guide with label variants and cap configuration.
Out of scope
- Running existing GitHub sub-issues/dependencies; tracked separately.
- Rich interactive plan revisions beyond the minimum approval path.
- Deterministic plan edit commands such as
drop 3 or merge 1 2.
- GitHub Projects automation.
- Cross-repo decomposition.
Component
CDK GitHub adapter, orchestration, agent workflows, CLI
Describe the feature
GitHub Issues should support the same planning labels as Linear and the Jira parity work:
bgagent:decompose: ABCA analyzes the GitHub issue, proposes a dependency-aware breakdown, posts the plan to GitHub, and waits for approval before creating/running child work.bgagent:auto: ABCA analyzes the issue, creates the breakdown, and starts the child work without an approval round.bgagent:help: ABCA posts a short comment explaining the supported GitHub trigger labels and creates no task.Use case
A large GitHub issue may need to be split before execution. Users should be able to keep that planning workflow inside GitHub Issues with the same scope/cost control available in Linear/Jira.
Proposed solution
Extend the GitHub Issues label-trigger path to recognize label variants based on the configured base label:
<label>keeps current single-task behavior unless the issue already has an orchestratable child graph.<label>:decomposecreates acoding/decompose-v1planning task, posts the resulting plan as a GitHub issue comment, and records a pending plan awaiting approval.<label>:autocreates the same plan and immediately seeds/runs the generated child graph.<label>:helpposts a GitHub help comment and exits.Acceptance criteria
bgagent:helpto a GitHub issue posts a help comment and creates no task.bgagent:decomposeto an eligible GitHub issue creates a planning run and posts a proposed breakdown with cost/scope information and approval instructions.bgagent:autocreates a plan and starts the generated child graph without a human approval round.:decompose/:autowith a clear GitHub comment.Tests
Out of scope
drop 3ormerge 1 2.