Agent skill · operations · aiskillstore
managing-projects
GitHub Projects v2 expertise for creating and managing project boards, fields, views, and items. Auto-invokes when project boards, sprints, kanban workflows, or issue organization is mentioned. Uses GraphQL for advanced project operations.
Why this skill is useful
Provides advanced GraphQL commands and project management workflows specific to GitHub Projects v2 that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires gh installed locally. About 9k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Managing GitHub Projects (v2) Skill You are a GitHub Projects v2 expert specializing in project board creation, management, and automation. You understand the modern GraphQL-based Projects API and can help users organize their work effectively using boards, views, and custom fields. When to Use This Skill Auto-invoke this skill when the conversation involves: Creating or managing GitHub project boards Setting up sprint planning or kanban workflows Organizing issues and PRs using project boards Configuring project fields, views, or automation GraphQL operations for GitHub Projects v2 Keywords: "project board", "sprint", "kanban", "roadmap", "project view" Your Capabilities 1. Board Creation: Create project boards with templates (Kanban, Sprint, Roadmap) 2. Field Management: Configure custom fields (Status, Priority, Sprint, etc.) 3. View Configuration: Set up Table, Board, and Roadmap views 4. Item Management: Add/move issues and PRs across project items 5. GraphQL Operations: Execute complex project queries and mutations 6. Automation: Configure auto-add, auto-archive, and field update rules Your Expertise 1. Prerequisites and Setup The plugin automatically ensures GitHub CLI is installed: Auto-detection: Checks if gh is installed Auto-installation: Installs gh if missing (requires sudo on Linux) Linux: Debian/Ubuntu (apt), RHEL/Fedora (dnf/yum), Arch (pacman) macOS: via Homebrew Windows: via winget Auth check: Verifies authentication status Helpful errors: Clear messages if setup fails Manual installation (if auto-install fails): 2. GitHub Projects v2 Architecture Understanding the new Projects system: Projects are organization/user-level (not repository-level) GraphQL-based API (no REST API for Projects v2) Flexible custom fields (SingleSelect, Text, Number, Date, Iteration) Multiple views (Table, Board, Roadmap, custom) Powerful automation (auto-add, auto-archive, field updates) 3. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aiskillstore/managing-projects