Create Issue Action

A custom GitHub Action to create issues programmatically using Octokit.

Features

• Create issues in any repository
• Add labels, assignees, and milestones
• Returns issue number and URL as outputs
• Built with @actions/github and Octokit

Inputs

Input	Description	Required	Default
github-token	GitHub token for authentication	Yes	-
repository	Repository in the format owner/repo	Yes	-
title	Issue title	Yes	-
body	Issue body content	No	''
labels	Comma-separated list of labels	No	''
assignees	Comma-separated list of assignees	No	''
milestone	Milestone number	No	-

Outputs

Output	Description
issue-number	The number of the created issue
issue-url	The URL of the created issue

Usage

Basic Example

name: Create Issue
on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  create-issue:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Create an issue
        uses: tdupoiron-actions/create-issue@v1
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
          title: 'New Issue Title'
          body: 'This is the issue description'

Advanced Example with Labels and Assignees

name: Create Issue with Metadata
on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  create-issue:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Create an issue
        id: create-issue
        uses: tdupoiron-actions/create-issue@v1
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
          title: 'Bug Report'
          body: |
            ## Description
            Something is broken
            
            ## Steps to Reproduce
            1. Step one
            2. Step two
          labels: 'bug, priority-high'
          assignees: 'username1, username2'
          milestone: 1
      
      - name: Output issue details
        run: |
          echo "Issue #${{ steps.create-issue.outputs.issue-number }} created"
          echo "URL: ${{ steps.create-issue.outputs.issue-url }}"

Development

Setup

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Build the action:

   npm run build

3. Commit the dist/ folder along with your changes

Building

This action uses @vercel/ncc to compile the code and dependencies into a single file. Always run npm run build before committing changes.

License

MIT