Generate GitHub Issues

Got you — let’s do this step-by-step from zero, no assumptions. Follow these exactly and you’ll have a working weekly cron job that creates issues.

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🧭 Goal

Every Monday, GitHub automatically creates an issue in your repos.

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✅ Step 1 — Pick ONE repo to host the workflow

You only need the workflow in one repo (a “controller” repo).

👉 Choose one of these:

• your backend repo

• your frontend repo

• or a dedicated automation repo (best long-term)

For now, pick one existing repo.

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✅ Step 2 — Create the workflow file

In that repo:

1. Go to Code

2. Click Add file → Create new file

3. Name it EXACTLY:

.github/workflows/scheduled-issue.yml

⚠️ The path must be exact.

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✅ Step 3 — Paste the working workflow

Delete everything and paste this fully working version:

name: Scheduled Issue Creator
 
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * 1" # every Monday 00:00 UTC
  workflow_dispatch:
 
jobs:
  create_issue:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      issues: write
      contents: read
 
    steps:
      - name: Create weekly issues
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          set -e
 
          TITLE="[Technical Debt] Weekly Dependency Audit"
 
          BODY=$(cat <<'EOF'
          ### Type
          technical-debt
 
          ### Source
          scheduled-audit
 
          ### Priority
          medium
 
          ### Description
          Automated check for outdated Vue/Laravel dependencies.
 
          ### Expected Behavior
          All packages should be on the latest stable versions.
 
          ### Steps to Reproduce
          1. Run `npm outdated`
          2. Run `composer outdated`
 
          ### Context
          - Stack: Vue 3, Laravel, Tailwind
          EOF
          )
 
          REPOS=(
            "YOUR_USERNAME/repo-frontend-vue"
            "YOUR_USERNAME/repo-backend-laravel"
          )
 
          for REPO in "${REPOS[@]}"; do
            echo "Creating issue in $REPO"
 
            gh issue create \
              --repo "$REPO" \
              --title "$TITLE" \
              --body "$BODY" \
              --label "Technical Debt" || true
          done

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🚨 Step 4 — IMPORTANT: Replace your username

You MUST edit this part:

REPOS=(
  "YOUR_USERNAME/repo-frontend-vue"
  "YOUR_USERNAME/repo-backend-laravel"
)

Example

If your GitHub username is john-dev:

REPOS=(
  "john-dev/repo-frontend-vue"
  "john-dev/repo-backend-laravel"
)

⚠️ If this is wrong → issues will NOT be created.

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✅ Step 5 — Commit the file

Scroll down → click:

Commit changes

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✅ Step 6 — Enable workflow permissions (MOST MISSED STEP)

In the SAME repo:

1. Go to Settings

2. Click Actions → General

3. Scroll to Workflow permissions

4. Select:

✅ Read and write permissions

5. Save

⚠️ Without this, issue creation fails.

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✅ Step 7 — Create the label in target repos

In EACH repo where issues will be created:

1. Go to Issues → Labels

2. Create label:

Technical Debt

(Exact spelling matters)

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✅ Step 8 — Run it manually once (very important)

Scheduled jobs don’t always start immediately.

Do this:

1. Go to Actions

2. Click Scheduled Issue Creator

3. Click Run workflow

4. Run

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✅ Step 9 — Verify it worked

Check your target repos.

You should see:

✅ new issue created
✅ correct title
✅ correct body

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🕐 Step 10 — Let cron take over

Your cron:

0 0 * * 1

Means:

• Monday

• midnight UTC

• every week

In Germany (winter):

👉 runs at 01:00 Monday

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🚨 If it doesn’t work

Check the Actions logs for errors.

Most common causes:

• wrong repo name

• missing label

• permissions not set

• workflow not on default branch

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✅ Minimal success checklist

Before you test, confirm:

• workflow file exists

• username replaced

• permissions = read/write

• label exists

• manual run triggered

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👍 When you’re ready for the next level

Say the word and I’ll help you add:

• duplicate prevention

• OpenClaw auto-triage

• only create issue when deps outdated

• org-wide automation

Just tell me 🚀