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Pane listing the open issues of the current project (number, title, last updated) from GitLab, or from GitHub when the default remote is hosted there…

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v0.5.0MITupdated 2026-10-23davideandres95/git-issues
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git-issues

A Claude Code mod that keeps a pane beside the chat listing the open issues of the current project: number, title and when each was last updated, newest first. Labels show as toggles above the list; pressing one cycles it through include, exclude and ignore, and r refreshes. Pressing an issue shows its description in the lower half of the pane, cut to fit with an ellipsis; m (Show more) shows it whole, x (Close) or pressing the issue again closes it. The list refreshes by itself every five minutes.

The forge is picked from the repository's default remote (the current branch's upstream remote, else origin, else the first remote):

  • GitHub (github.com): gh issue list when gh is installed and signed in; otherwise the GitHub REST API, using GH_TOKEN or GITHUB_TOKEN when set. A public repository needs no token; a private one needs gh or a token. Pull requests are left out.
  • Anything else: glab issue list, so glab must be installed and signed in for GitLab projects, self-hosted ones included.

Install

/plugin install git-issues --marketplace davideandres95/git-issues

Answer y to add the marketplace, then pick a scope.

Use

  • /issues opens the pane and refreshes it, keeping the current label filter.
  • /issues bug -wontfix shows issues labelled bug and not wontfix.
  • /issues all clears the filter.

Limits

  • GitHub Enterprise hosts are not recognised as GitHub; they go to glab.
  • Without gh, GitHub issues come from one page of 100 items, pull requests included, so a repository with many open pull requests may show fewer issues.

Develop

claude plugin validate .
claude plugin test .
claude --plugin-dir .

License

MIT, see LICENSE.

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 402 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { Issue, IssueList, IssuePreview, IssueSource, LabelFilter } from '../types'
5
6const PANE = 'git-issues'
7const REFRESH_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000
8const NO_FILTER: LabelFilter = { include: [], exclude: [] }
9const list = atom({ plugin: 'git-issues', key: 'list' } as const, { issues: [] } as IssueList)
10const filter = atom({ plugin: 'git-issues', key: 'filter' } as const, NO_FILTER)
11const NO_PREVIEW: IssuePreview = { isExpanded: false }
12const preview = atom({ plugin: 'git-issues', key: 'preview' } as const, NO_PREVIEW)
13
14type Fetched = { issues: Issue[] } | { error: string }
15
16function run($: EngineInterface, argv: string[]) {
17  return $.process
18    .run(argv, { timeoutMs: 30_000 })
19    .catch((err: unknown) => ({ exitCode: -1, stdout: '', stderr: String(err) }))
20}
21
22function lastLine(text: string): string {
23  return text.trim().split('\n').pop() ?? ''
24}
25
26// The default remote: the current branch's upstream remote, else `origin`, else the first one.
27async function defaultRemoteUrl($: EngineInterface): Promise<string | undefined> {
28  const upstream = await run($, ['git', 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', '--symbolic-full-name', '@{upstream}'])
29  const remotes = await run($, ['git', 'remote'])
30  const names = remotes.exitCode === 0 ? remotes.stdout.split('\n').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean) : []
31  const tracked = upstream.exitCode === 0 ? names.find(n => upstream.stdout.trim().startsWith(`${n}/`)) : undefined
32  const name = tracked ?? (names.includes('origin') ? 'origin' : names[0])
33  if (!name) return undefined
34  const url = await run($, ['git', 'remote', 'get-url', name])
35  return url.exitCode === 0 ? url.stdout.trim() : undefined
36}
37
38// `git@host:owner/repo.git`, `ssh://git@host:22/owner/repo.git` and `https://host/owner/repo`.
39function parseRemote(url: string): { host: string; path: string } | undefined {
40  const scp = /^(?:[^@/]+@)?([^:/]+):(?!\/)(.+?)(?:\.git)?\/?$/.exec(url)
41  const full = /^[a-z+]+:\/\/(?:[^@/]+@)?([^:/]+)(?::\d+)?\/(.+?)(?:\.git)?\/?$/i.exec(url)
42  const m = full ?? scp
43  return m?.[1] && m[2] ? { host: m[1].toLowerCase(), path: m[2] } : undefined
44}
45
46function isGitHub(host: string): boolean {
47  return host === 'github.com' || host === 'ssh.github.com' || host === 'www.github.com'
48}
49
50async function fromGitLab($: EngineInterface): Promise<Fetched> {
51  const ran = await run($, ['glab', 'issue', 'list', '--opened', '-O', 'json', '-P', '100', '--order', 'updated_at'])
52  if (ran.exitCode !== 0) return { error: lastLine(ran.stderr) || `glab exited ${ran.exitCode}` }
53  try {
54    const raw = JSON.parse(ran.stdout) as {
55      iid: number
56      title: string
57      updated_at: string
58      labels?: string[]
59      description?: string | null
60    }[]
61    return {
62      issues: raw.map(i => ({
63        iid: i.iid,
64        title: i.title,
65        updatedAt: i.updated_at,
66        labels: i.labels ?? [],
67        description: i.description ?? '',
68      })),
69    }
70  } catch {
71    return { error: 'could not parse glab output' }
72  }
73}
74
75// `gh` when it is installed and signed in; otherwise the REST API, with GH_TOKEN or GITHUB_TOKEN
76// when set (a public repository needs neither). The REST list carries pull requests too.
77async function fromGitHub($: EngineInterface, repo: string): Promise<Fetched> {
78  const gh = await run($, [
79    'gh', 'issue', 'list', '-R', repo, '--state', 'open', '--limit', '100',
80    '--json', 'number,title,updatedAt,labels,body',
81  ])
82  if (gh.exitCode === 0) {
83    try {
84      const raw = JSON.parse(gh.stdout) as {
85        number: number
86        title: string
87        updatedAt: string
88        labels?: { name: string }[]
89        body?: string | null
90      }[]
91      return {
92        issues: raw.map(i => ({
93          iid: i.number,
94          title: i.title,
95          updatedAt: i.updatedAt,
96          labels: (i.labels ?? []).map(l => l.name),
97          description: i.body ?? '',
98        })),
99      }
100    } catch {
101      return { error: 'could not parse gh output' }
102    }
103  }
104
105  let token = ''
106  for (const name of ['GH_TOKEN', 'GITHUB_TOKEN']) {
107    const env = await run($, ['printenv', name])
108    if (env.exitCode === 0 && env.stdout.trim()) {
109      token = env.stdout.trim()
110      break
111    }
112  }
113  const headers: Record<string, string> = {
114    Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json',
115    'User-Agent': 'claude-code-git-issues',
116  }
117  if (token) headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`
118  const url = `https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/issues?state=open&per_page=100&sort=updated&direction=desc`
119  const res = await $.http.fetch(url, { headers }).catch((err: unknown) => ({ ok: false, status: 0, text: String(err) }))
120  if (!res.ok) {
121    const hint = token ? '' : ' (a private repository needs `gh auth login` or GH_TOKEN)'
122    return { error: res.status ? `GitHub answered ${res.status} for ${repo}${hint}` : lastLine(res.text) }
123  }
124  try {
125    const raw = JSON.parse(res.text) as {
126      number: number
127      title: string
128      updated_at: string
129      labels?: ({ name: string } | string)[]
130      body?: string | null
131      pull_request?: unknown
132    }[]
133    return {
134      issues: raw
135        .filter(i => i.pull_request === undefined)
136        .map(i => ({
137          iid: i.number,
138          title: i.title,
139          updatedAt: i.updated_at,
140          labels: (i.labels ?? []).map(l => (typeof l === 'string' ? l : l.name)),
141          description: i.body ?? '',
142        })),
143    }
144  } catch {
145    return { error: 'could not parse the GitHub answer' }
146  }
147}
148
149async function refresh($: EngineInterface) {
150  const url = await defaultRemoteUrl($)
151  const remote = url ? parseRemote(url) : undefined
152  const source: IssueSource =
153    remote && isGitHub(remote.host) ? { forge: 'github', repo: remote.path } : { forge: 'gitlab', repo: remote?.path }
154  const got = source.forge === 'github' && source.repo ? await fromGitHub($, source.repo) : await fromGitLab($)
155  const fetchedAt = new Date().toISOString()
156  if ('error' in got) {
157    await update($, list, old => ({ ...old, error: got.error, fetchedAt, source }))
158    return
159  }
160  // Most recently updated first, whichever forge answered.
161  const issues = [...got.issues].sort((a, b) => Date.parse(b.updatedAt) - Date.parse(a.updatedAt))
162  await update($, list, () => ({ issues, fetchedAt, source }))
163}
164
165function forgeName(source?: IssueSource): string {
166  return source?.forge === 'github' ? 'GitHub' : 'GitLab'
167}
168
169function labelsOf(issues: Issue[]): string[] {
170  return [...new Set(issues.flatMap(i => i.labels))].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b))
171}
172
173// Shown: carries at least one included label (when any is ticked) and no excluded label.
174function matches(issue: Issue, { include, exclude }: LabelFilter): boolean {
175  if (include.length > 0 && !include.some(l => issue.labels.includes(l))) return false
176  return !exclude.some(l => issue.labels.includes(l))
177}
178
179// One press moves a label along: ignored -> included -> excluded -> ignored.
180function cycle({ include, exclude }: LabelFilter, name: string): LabelFilter {
181  if (include.includes(name)) {
182    return { include: include.filter(l => l !== name), exclude: [...exclude, name] }
183  }
184  if (exclude.includes(name)) return { include, exclude: exclude.filter(l => l !== name) }
185  return { include: [...include, name], exclude }
186}
187
188function describe({ include, exclude }: LabelFilter): string {
189  const parts = [
190    include.length > 0 && `with ${include.join(' or ')}`,
191    exclude.length > 0 && `without ${exclude.join(', ')}`,
192  ].filter(Boolean)
193  return parts.length > 0 ? ` ${parts.join(', ')}` : ''
194}
195
196// Rows `text` takes at `columns` cells, a line at least one.
197function rowsOf(line: string, columns: number): number {
198  return Math.max(1, Math.ceil(line.length / columns))
199}
200
201// The text cut to `rows` rows of `columns` cells, ending in an ellipsis where it was cut.
202function clip(text: string, rows: number, columns: number): { text: string; isCut: boolean } {
203  const lines = text.replace(/\r\n?/g, '\n').trim().split('\n')
204  const kept: string[] = []
205  let left = rows
206  for (const line of lines) {
207    const need = rowsOf(line, columns)
208    if (need <= left) {
209      kept.push(line)
210      left -= need
211      continue
212    }
213    if (left > 0) {
214      kept.push(`${line.slice(0, left * columns - 1).trimEnd()}…`)
215    } else {
216      // No row left: the ellipsis goes on the last kept line, in a cell of its own when one is free.
217      const last = kept.pop() ?? ''
218      kept.push(`${last.length % columns === 0 && last.length > 0 ? last.slice(0, -1) : last}…`)
219    }
220    return { text: kept.join('\n'), isCut: true }
221  }
222  return { text: kept.join('\n'), isCut: false }
223}
224
225function ago(iso: string): string {
226  const s = Math.max(0, (Date.now() - Date.parse(iso)) / 1000)
227  if (s < 60) return 'just now'
228  if (s < 3600) return `${Math.floor(s / 60)}m ago`
229  if (s < 86400) return `${Math.floor(s / 3600)}h ago`
230  return `${Math.floor(s / 86400)}d ago`
231}
232
233export const register: Register = on => {
234  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
235    await $.command.register({
236      name: 'issues',
237      description: 'Show the open issues of this project (GitLab, or GitHub when the default remote is there) in a pane',
238      argumentHint: '[label … -label … | all]',
239    })
240    void refresh($)
241    $.clock.every(REFRESH_MS, () => void refresh($))
242    void $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: 'Open issues' })
243
244    return next(e)
245  })
246
247  // `/issues` keeps the current filter, `/issues refactoring -nice-to-have` replaces it,
248  // `/issues all` clears it.
249  on('command.run', { command: 'issues' }, async ($, e) => {
250    await $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: 'Open issues' })
251    await refresh($)
252    const { issues, error, source } = await read($, list)
253    if (error) return { text: `${forgeName(source)} issues: ${error}` }
254
255    const words = e.args.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)
256    if (words.length === 1 && words[0]?.toLowerCase() === 'all') {
257      await update($, filter, () => NO_FILTER)
258    } else if (words.length > 0) {
259      const known = labelsOf(issues)
260      const next: LabelFilter = { include: [], exclude: [] }
261      for (const word of words) {
262        const isExcluded = word.startsWith('-')
263        const name = isExcluded ? word.slice(1) : word
264        const found = known.find(l => l.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase())
265        if (!found) return { text: `No open issue has the label "${name}".` }
266        ;(isExcluded ? next.exclude : next.include).push(found)
267      }
268      await update($, filter, () => next)
269    }
270    const active = await read($, filter)
271    const shown = issues.filter(i => matches(i, active))
272
273    return { text: `${shown.length} open issues${describe(active)}.` }
274  })
275
276  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
277    const { Box, Text, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e)
278    const { issues: all, error, fetchedAt, source } = await read($, list)
279    const labels = labelsOf(all)
280    const stored = await read($, filter)
281    // Labels no open issue carries any more drop out of the filter.
282    const active: LabelFilter = {
283      include: stored.include.filter(l => labels.includes(l)),
284      exclude: stored.exclude.filter(l => labels.includes(l)),
285    }
286    const isFiltered = active.include.length + active.exclude.length > 0
287    const issues = all.filter(i => matches(i, active))
288    const { iid: openIid, isExpanded } = await read($, preview)
289    // The open issue stays shown while the filter hides it from the list; one that closed drops out.
290    const open = all.find(i => i.iid === openIid)
291
292    // Rows left for the list (and the preview) under the status row, the label toggles and an error.
293    // Word wrap can take a row more than counted here; the pane then scrolls.
294    const columns = Math.max(20, e.props.bodyColumns)
295    const labelRows = labels.length > 0 ? rowsOf(labels.map(l => `[ ] ${l}  `).join(''), columns) : 0
296    const room = Math.max(4, e.props.scroll.bodyRows - 1 - labelRows - (error ? 1 : 0))
297    // With a preview open the list keeps the upper half, the preview the lower one.
298    const listRows = open ? Math.max(2, Math.floor(room / 2)) : room
299    const previewRows = room - listRows
300    const fits = issues.length <= listRows
301    const shownCount = fits ? issues.length : Math.max(1, listRows - 1)
302    // Scrolled so the open issue stays in view.
303    const at = open ? issues.indexOf(open) : -1
304    const start = at >= shownCount ? at - shownCount + 1 : 0
305    const shown = issues.slice(start, start + shownCount)
306
307    const toggle = (iid: number) =>
308      void update($, preview, p => (p.iid === iid ? NO_PREVIEW : { iid, isExpanded: false }))
309    const close = () => void update($, preview, () => NO_PREVIEW)
310
311    // The preview's rows: a rule, the title, the labels, the description and its Show more.
312    const descriptionRows = Math.max(2, previewRows - 3 - (open && open.labels.length > 0 ? 1 : 0))
313    const description = open?.description?.trim() ?? ''
314    const clipped = isExpanded
315      ? { text: description, isCut: false }
316      : clip(description, descriptionRows, Math.max(10, columns - 2))
317
318    return (
319      <Box flexDirection="column">
320        <Box flexDirection="row">
321          <Text dimColor>
322            {issues.length} open{isFiltered ? ` of ${all.length}` : ''}
323            {source ? ` · ${forgeName(source)}${source.repo ? ` ${source.repo}` : ''}` : ''}
324            {fetchedAt ? ` · fetched ${ago(fetchedAt)}` : ' · loading…'}{' '}
325          </Text>
326          <Button hotkey="r" onPress={() => void refresh($)}>
327            Refresh
328          </Button>
329          {isFiltered && (
330            <Button hotkey="c" onPress={() => void update($, filter, () => NO_FILTER)}>
331              Clear
332            </Button>
333          )}
334        </Box>
335        <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap" columnGap={2}>
336          {labels.map(name => {
337            const isIncluded = active.include.includes(name)
338            const isExcluded = active.exclude.includes(name)
339            return (
340              <Button
341                key={`label:${name}`}
342                plain
343                onPress={() => void update($, filter, f => cycle(f, name))}
344              >
345                {isIncluded ? (
346                  <Text color="green">[✓]</Text>
347                ) : isExcluded ? (
348                  <Text color="red">[✗]</Text>
349                ) : (
350                  <Text dimColor>[ ]</Text>
351                )}{' '}
352                {name}
353              </Button>
354            )
355          })}
356        </Box>
357        {error && <Text color="red">{error}</Text>}
358        {shown.map(issue => (
359          <Button key={`issue:${issue.iid}`} plain onPress={() => toggle(issue.iid)}>
360            <Text wrap="truncate-end" inverse={issue.iid === openIid}>
361              <Text bold>#{issue.iid}</Text> {issue.title} <Text dimColor>{ago(issue.updatedAt)}</Text>
362            </Text>
363          </Button>
364        ))}
365        {!fits && <Text dimColor>… {issues.length - shown.length} more</Text>}
366        {all.length > 0 && issues.length === 0 && <Text dimColor>No open issue matches the filter.</Text>}
367        {open && (
368          <Box flexDirection="column">
369            <Text dimColor>{'─'.repeat(columns)}</Text>
370            <Box flexDirection="row" columnGap={1}>
371              <Box flexGrow={1}>
372                <Text bold wrap="truncate-end">
373                  #{open.iid} {open.title}
374                </Text>
375              </Box>
376              <Button key="close-preview" hotkey="x" onPress={close}>
377                Close
378              </Button>
379            </Box>
380            {open.labels.length > 0 && (
381              <Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">
382                {open.labels.join(' · ')}
383              </Text>
384            )}
385            {description ? <Text>{clipped.text}</Text> : <Text dimColor>No description.</Text>}
386            {(clipped.isCut || isExpanded) && (
387              <Button
388                key="expand-preview"
389                plain
390                hotkey="m"
391                onPress={() => void update($, preview, p => ({ ...p, isExpanded: !p.isExpanded }))}
392              >
393                {isExpanded ? 'Show less' : 'Show more'}
394              </Button>
395            )}
396          </Box>
397        )}
398      </Box>
399    )
400  })
401}
402
types/index.d.ts 21 lines
1/** `description` is absent on a list stored before the mod showed descriptions. */
2export type Issue = { iid: number; title: string; updatedAt: string; labels: string[]; description?: string }
3
4/** Where the issues came from: the forge the default remote is hosted on, and the repository there. */
5export type IssueSource = { forge: 'gitlab' | 'github'; repo?: string }
6
7/** `source` is absent on a list stored before the mod read GitHub. */
8export type IssueList = { issues: Issue[]; error?: string; fetchedAt?: string; source?: IssueSource }
9
10/** Labels an issue must carry one of (none: no constraint) and labels it must not carry. */
11export type LabelFilter = { include: string[]; exclude: string[] }
12
13/** The issue whose description shows under the list (none: closed), and whether it shows whole. */
14export type IssuePreview = { iid?: number; isExpanded: boolean }
15
16declare module 'claude-code' {
17  interface PluginState {
18    'git-issues': { list: IssueList; filter: LabelFilter; preview: IssuePreview }
19  }
20}
21