spinoff-issue

To extract out-of-scope work from a pull request into a GitHub issue, an autonomous issue spin-off tool identifies scope spillover and creates a new issue without manual intervention. It converts discovered bugs, refactors, and feature requests into actionable items to keep PR scope focused.

Issue segmentation in codebase triage is the process of separating out-of-scope work like bugs or refactors from the main task. It prevents bloated PRs by automatically converting this spillover into separate, actionable GitHub issues, keeping the original pull request focused on its intended scope.

Yes, you need gh-authenticated GitHub CLI access to automate issue creation for scope spillover. The automation requires this authenticated access to perform deduplication, apply structured labels, and establish post-creation linkage back to the parent issue or originating PR.

To link a newly created GitHub issue back to its parent issue or originating PR, the issue creation process includes post-creation linkage. By initiating the spin-off with a command like /spinoff-issue --parent #42, the tool automatically connects the new issue to the specified parent.

Guardrails that prevent runaway issue creation during automated codebase triage include deduplication checks, limits on the number of issues created per session, scope boundary verification, and automatic abortion on insufficient factual content. These ensure only valid, distinct out-of-scope items become issues.

When automating GitHub issue creation for out-of-scope bugs and refactors, labels are structured consistently by type, area, and severity or priority. This structured labeling ensures newly segmented issues are properly categorized and linked back to the parent issue or originating PR.