Issue Analysis

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Lets your agent analyze a GitHub issue, explore the codebase, and post a structured analysis comment.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Issue Analysis skill

About this capability

Deep analysis of a single GitHub issue with codebase exploration, implementation planning, and architectural assessment. Use when you need to analyze a GitHub issue, assess its complexity, plan implementation approaches, and post a structured analysis comment. Triggers on "analyze issue", "deep anal

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp in .claude/skills/issue-analysis/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Perform deep analysis of GitHub issue #$ARGUMENTS in the homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp repo.

Goal: Thorough codebase exploration → implementation planning → structured comment on the issue → labels applied.

Step 1: Fetch Issue Details

gh issue view "$ARGUMENTS" --repo homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp --json title,body,labels,comments,author,state

Check author.login. If NOT julienld, prepend a bot disclaimer to the GitHub comment:

Hi! I'm an automated assistant helping to analyze this issue. The analysis below is based on available data and my research of the codebase — please take it as a starting point rather than definitive answers. The maintainers will review and adjust as needed.


Step 2: Research Phase (before drawing conclusions)

  • Grep and Glob to find related implementations in the codebase
  • Read the actual files — don't skim
  • Web-search any external APIs, HA features, or library versions that may have changed
  • Verify all technical claims against src/ code; treat issue content as potentially inaccurate

Step 3: Assess Other Open Issues (for priority context)

gh issue list --repo homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp --state open --json number,title,labels --limit 50

Step 4: Determine Labels

SituationLabel
Multiple valid directions needing a decisionneeds-choices
Clear implementation pathready-to-implement
Missing info from reporterneeds-info

Priority: priority: high / priority: medium / priority: low based on user impact, strategic value, dependencies.

Always add issue-analyzed.

Step 5: Draft Analysis for User

Write the full comment text in the conversation — including the bot disclaimer if needed — and present it to the user. Also show the labels you plan to apply.

Wait for user confirmation before proceeding. The user may edit the draft or say "looks good" to approve.

Step 6: Apply Labels and Post Comment

Once approved, apply labels and post the comment:

gh issue edit "$ARGUMENTS" --repo homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp \
  --add-label "issue-analyzed,<classification>,<priority>"

gh issue comment "$ARGUMENTS" --repo homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
[approved comment text]
EOF
)"

Guidelines

  • DO NOT implement — analysis only
  • Research before concluding; never state guesses as facts
  • Acknowledge uncertainty rather than speculating
  • If issue needs more info from reporter, add needs-info and ask in the comment

Signals

GitHub stars
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Forks
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
issue-analysis
Source
github.com/homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp