Issue First

Quality score: 85/100 · Category: Product · Sub-category: product-misc

Enforce Issue-First pattern by creating Beads tracking issue BEFORE implementation. MUST BE USED for all implementation work. Classifies work type (epic/feature/task/bug/chore), determines priority (0-4), finds parent in hierarchy, creates issue, then passes control to implementation. Use when starting implementation work, or when user mentions "no tracking issue", "missing Feature-Key", work classification, creating features, building new systems, beginning development, or implementing new functionality.

What this skill does

Issue First is a well-rated Claude Code skill (quality score 85/100) in the product-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/issue-first/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when starting implementation work, or when user mentions "no tracking issue", "missing Feature-Key", work classification, creating features, building new systems, beginning development, or implementing new functionality.

Who uses this skill

The Issue First skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/issue-first
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/issue-first/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/issue-first/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/issue-first/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/issue-first/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\issue-first\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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