All users to link Repos to Projects so their issues are automatically added.

[CorgiDev]

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Basically what the title says, I think it would be super useful to have an option under a Project's settings to link repositories to it so that their issues are automatically added to the Project rather than you having to add them manually or via some form of workflow or template.

If you remove a repo link, give the user the option to do one of the following:

• Remove all issues from that repo from the project board
• Leave current issues from those repos in the project board, but no additional ones will be added unless you relink to repo

If you relink it later, there might just need to be logic to check if any of the issues are already linked so it only tries to add the ones not already on the project board.

Edit to Add:

• Just as an addendum, I know there is already an option within a repo to link a project to a specific repo, but this doesn't seem to auto-add issues to the project.
  • So it would be nice if it did, or, preferably, to have the option for it to do so.
  • Even better if you could set up a filter so it would auto-add certain issues to the project.
  • For example, have a bug project that auto-adds all issues of type bug to it or a documentation project that links all projects with the documentation label to it.
• Also it would be nice to have the option to do the linking from within the project's settings.
  • Especially because then you could have a list of all repos the project is linked to from within the project settings.

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[LqhResearch]

Hi CorgiDev,

Thanks for this thoughtful feature suggestion! Your idea to let users link repositories directly to a Project so that issues are automatically added would definitely streamline project management and reduce manual work.

Currently, GitHub lets you link a project to a repo, but—as you mentioned—it does not automatically add all issues from that repo to the project. Instead, you often need to add issues manually or set up workflows or templates to automate it.

Your proposal to:

• Add repo linking in the Project settings,
• Automatically add new issues from linked repos to the project,
• Give options on repo unlinking (remove issues or keep existing ones),
• And support filters to only add certain issues (e.g., by label or type),

would add a lot of flexibility and efficiency.

This kind of functionality would be really useful especially for teams managing many repos and large projects with different focus areas (bugs, docs, features).

What you can do now:

• Use GitHub Actions or third-party automation tools to auto-add issues to projects based on repo and labels as a workaround.
• Submit this feature request on GitHub’s official feedback channels (which you’ve done!) to help bring visibility.