HVE Core - GitHub Backlog Management
GitHub issue discovery, triage, sprint planning, and backlog execution agents and prompts
Manage GitHub issue backlogs with agents for discovery, triage, sprint planning, and execution. This collection brings structured backlog management workflows directly into VS Code.
This collection includes agents and prompts for:
- Issue Discovery — Find and analyze issues across repositories with duplicate detection
- Triage — Automated label suggestion, milestone assignment, and priority assessment
- Sprint Planning — Organize issues into sprints with effort estimation
- Backlog Execution — Execute planned operations against issue backlogs
Included Artifacts
Chat Agents
| Name |
Description |
| github-backlog-manager |
Orchestrator agent for GitHub backlog management workflows including triage, discovery, sprint planning, and execution |
Prompts
| Name |
Description |
| github-add-issue |
Create a GitHub issue using discovered repository templates and conversational field collection |
| github-discover-issues |
Discover GitHub issues through user-centric queries, artifact-driven analysis, or search-based exploration and produce planning files for review |
| github-execute-backlog |
Execute a GitHub backlog plan by creating, updating, linking, closing, and commenting on issues from a handoff file |
| github-sprint-plan |
Plan a GitHub milestone sprint by analyzing issue coverage, identifying gaps, and organizing work into a prioritized sprint backlog |
| github-triage-issues |
Triage GitHub issues not yet triaged with automated label suggestions, milestone assignment, and duplicate detection |
Instructions
| Name |
Description |
| github/community-interaction |
Community interaction voice, tone, and response templates for GitHub-facing agents and prompts |
| github/github-backlog-discovery |
Discovery protocol for GitHub backlog management - artifact-driven, user-centric, and search-based issue discovery |
| github/github-backlog-planning |
Reference specification for GitHub backlog management tooling - planning files, search protocols, similarity assessment, and state persistence |
| github/github-backlog-triage |
Triage workflow for GitHub issue backlog management - automated label suggestion, milestone assignment, and duplicate detection |
| github/github-backlog-update |
Execution workflow for GitHub issue backlog management - consumes planning handoffs and executes issue operations |
| shared/hve-core-location |
Important: hve-core is the repository containing this instruction file; Guidance: if a referenced prompt, instructions, agent, or script is missing in the current directory, fall back to this hve-core location by walking up this file's directory tree. |
Getting Started
After installing this extension, the chat agents are available in GitHub Copilot Chat:
- Use custom agents by selecting the custom agent from the agent picker drop-down list in Copilot Chat
- Apply prompts through the Copilot Chat interface
- Reference instructions — they are automatically applied based on file patterns
Post-Installation Setup
Some chat agents create workflow artifacts in your project directory. See the installation guide for recommended .gitignore configuration and other setup details.
Pre-release Channel
HVE Core offers two installation channels:
| Channel |
Description |
Maturity Levels |
| Stable |
Production-ready artifacts only |
stable |
| Pre-release |
Early access to new features and experimental artifacts |
stable, preview, experimental |
To install the pre-release version, select Install Pre-Release Version from the extension page in VS Code.
Full Edition
Looking for more agents covering additional domains? Check out the full HVE Core extension.
Requirements
- VS Code version 1.106.1 or higher
- GitHub Copilot extension
License
MIT License - see LICENSE for details
Support
For issues, questions, or contributions, visit the GitHub repository.
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