Work On Issues

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Work On Issues skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Work On Issues is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Product · Sub-category: product-misc · Last updated: 2026-06-13

Use when the user says "work on issues", "fetch issues", "pick up an issue", "start working on", or wants to triage and implement tickets from the issue tracker. Only processes main issues (titled PRD: or feat:) one at a time. Dispatches parallel sub agents for independent subtasks within each main issue. In "onwards" mode, continuously re-fetches and processes new main issues until the tracker is empty.

From the source SKILL.md

Fetch issues from the configured tracker (GitHub or GitLab), pick up work, implement it, and close completed issues. Only main issues (titles starting with PRD: or feat:) are processed as top-level work units — one at a time, sequentially. Other issues (e.g., bug:, chore:, unlabeled) are skipped at the top level. Within each main issue, independent subtasks are parallelized across multiple sub agents. Every sub agent automatically runs [find-mismatch](../find-mismatch/SKILL.md) after implementation — bugs are fixed immediately without prompting for confirmation.

What this skill does

Work On Issues is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the product-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/work-on-issues/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user says "work on issues", "fetch issues", "pick up an issue", "start working on", or wants to triage and implement tickets from the issue tracker. Only processes main issues (titled PRD: or feat:) one at a time.

Who uses this skill

The Work On Issues Claude Code skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/work-on-issues
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/work-on-issues/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/work-on-issues/SKILL.md

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

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

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Work On Issues Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/work-on-issues/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Work On Issues skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Work On Issues skill?

Use Work On Issues when your Claude Code task falls under the Product category — specifically in the product misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Work On Issues" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/product/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Work On Issues skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Work On Issues is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/utarn/review-skill/blob/7c080419b7c922b498846abdac212ad1106b6cd1/skills/work-on-issues/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: utarn

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

utarn. (2026). Work On Issues [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/work-on-issues/

BibTeX

@misc{work-on-issues-2026,
  author    = {utarn},
  title     = {Work On Issues [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/work-on-issues/}
}

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