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feat(github): support bgagent:decompose and bgagent:auto planning labels #586

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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.

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    adaptersThird-party integrations: Linear, Slack, GitHub App, notification/deploy providersenhancementNew feature or requestorchestrationTask lifecycle, REST API handlers, orchestrator Lambdas, durable execution

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