Feature Request: Use Issue Templates When Creating Issues via VSCode Copilot and Github MCP Server

[J3m5]

Describe the feature or problem you’d like to solve

When creating an issue using the create-issue command of the Github MCP server (triggered via VSCode Copilot), the system does not select or use the appropriate issue template from the repository. This can result in issues being created without the required structure or missing important information.

Proposed solution

• Detect and present available issue templates for the repository when an issue is created via VSCode Copilot and the Github MCP server.
• Select the most appropriate template based on the user's input or context.
• Use the selected template to structure the issue body, prompting the user for any required fields that need information that is not available to Copilot chat or which it can’t find by itself.

Additional context

This enhancement would streamline the issue creation process and align it with best practices for open source repositories that rely on templates for quality and consistency.

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This issue has been created by VSCode Copilot and the Github MCP server.

[J3m5]

Here's a suggested workaround prompt to automatically select and apply issue templates:

You are tasked with creating a well-structured GitHub issue using the repository’s existing templates.

1. Given the repository URL: <REPO_URL>, fetch all files under .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.  
2. Automatically select the most appropriate template based on the user's description.  
3. Load the selected template’s raw content.  
4. Parse its required sections/fields and compare against the user’s description.  
5. If any required field is missing, ask the user a concise question to collect that information.  
6. Once you have all required details, generate the final issue body by strictly filling in the template’s sections—no extra headings or departures from the template.  
7. Create the issue on GitHub using the selected template and populated fields.

[USER_PROVIDED_DESCRIPTION]

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Automatically created via VS Code Copilot and GitHub’s MCP server, and reviewed prior to submission.