Skip to content

Improve issue create project selection#208

Open
mbuvarp wants to merge 1 commit intoschpet:mainfrom
mbuvarp:feature/create-issue-project
Open

Improve issue create project selection#208
mbuvarp wants to merge 1 commit intoschpet:mainfrom
mbuvarp:feature/create-issue-project

Conversation

@mbuvarp
Copy link
Copy Markdown

@mbuvarp mbuvarp commented Apr 8, 2026

Summary

This improves linear issue create in three related areas:

  • allow --project to keep issue creation interactive, the same way --parent already does
  • add optional project selection in interactive issue creation
  • add configurable default self-assignment behavior for created issues

Before this change, linear issue create --project "Dashboard" skipped interactive mode and failed with "Title is required when not using interactive mode". With this PR, --project is treated as an interactive-safe input, so users can preselect a project without also needing --title.

Project prompting in interactive mode remains opt-in. issue_create_ask_project defaults to false, so existing interactive behavior is unchanged unless users explicitly enable the new prompt.

Changes

  • allow interactive issue creation when the only flags are --project, --parent, or both
  • add a team-scoped project picker during interactive issue creation
  • gate the direct project prompt behind a new config option: issue_create_ask_project
  • keep issue_create_ask_project = false as the default, so project selection stays out of the main interactive flow unless enabled
  • when issue_create_ask_project = false, expose Project through the existing "Add more fields" flow instead
  • continue inheriting the parent issue's project when --parent is used without an explicit --project
  • allow explicit --project together with --parent and defer any invalid combination checks to the Linear API
  • add a new config option, issue_create_assign_self, with these modes:
    • auto (default): respect Linear's autoAssignToSelf setting
    • always: default-assign created issues to self
    • never: never default-assign created issues
  • update docs for the new interactive behavior and config options

Notes

  • issue_create_ask_project defaults to false, so users who do not set it will keep the previous interactive flow
  • project selection only shows projects available to the selected team
  • the interactive project picker is not shown when a parent issue is present unless the project was explicitly provided
  • explicit --assignee, the interactive assignee flow, and --start still override the default assignment behavior

Testing

  • deno task codegen
  • deno task check
  • deno lint
  • deno fmt
  • deno task generate-skill-docs
  • deno test --allow-all --quiet test/config.test.ts
  • deno test --allow-all --quiet test/commands/issue/issue-create.test.ts

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

None yet

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

1 participant