What problem does it solve?
This Skill automates turning GitHub issues into fully prepared development environments, including issue context, acceptance criteria, a structured scratchpad, and a ready-to-work feature branch.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Issue to scratchpad: Generates a structured Scratchpad from a GitHub issue, summarizing context, acceptance criteria, and tasks.
- Branch planning: Proposes a feature branch name based on issue number and slugified title.
- Context-aware guidance: Reads CLAUDE.md conventions and project structure to tailor the setup.
- Workflow readiness: Prepares tasks and quality checks so developers can start work immediately.
Quick Start
Invoke the setup-work skill to initialize work on an issue by running the appropriate command (e.g., /start-work 42). The skill reads CLAUDE.md, builds a scratchpad, and creates a ready-to-work feature branch.