stevenmburns/close-duplicate
skills/close-duplicate/SKILL.md
Close a GitHub issue as a duplicate of another issue
tools
Updated Apr 20, 2026
$ install --global
skillsauthnpx skillsauth add stevenmburns/dot-claude-files close-duplicateInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Last scanned: Apr 20, 2026, 4:34 AM42.1s1 file scanned
SKILL.md
- name:
- close-duplicate
- description:
- Close a GitHub issue as a duplicate of another issue
- user-invocable:
- true
- allowed-tools:
- Bash
Close Duplicate Issue
Close a GitHub issue as a duplicate of another issue, with a standardized comment.
Usage
/close-duplicate <issue-number> <original-issue-number>
Steps
- Validate both issues exist: Run
gh issue view <issue-number> --json number,title,stateandgh issue view <original-issue-number> --json number,title,stateto confirm both exist. - Check state: If the issue is already closed, report that and stop. If the original issue is closed, mention that it was already resolved.
- Close with comment: Run
gh issue close <issue-number> --comment "Duplicate of #<original-issue-number>." --reason "not planned" - Report the result: "Closed #NN as duplicate of #MM (<original title>)."
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