start-issue-in-new-tab

Start Issue in New Tab

Launch issue development in a new zellij tab or pane.

Input

• ISSUE: $ARGUMENTS -- issue number, #number, or full GitHub URL

Steps

1. Parse issue number

parse_issue_number() {
  local arg="$1"

  # URL: https://github.com/.../issues/123
  if [[ "$arg" =~ github\.com/.*/issues/([0-9]+) ]]; then
    echo "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
  # #123 or 123
  elif [[ "$arg" =~ ^#?([0-9]+)$ ]]; then
    echo "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
  else
    echo ""
  fi
}

ISSUE_NUMBER=$(parse_issue_number "$ARGUMENTS")

2. Create tab and launch start-issue

In a new tab (default):

timeout 5 zellij action new-tab --name "#${ISSUE_NUMBER}" && \
sleep 0.3 && \
timeout 5 zellij action write-chars "start-issue $ISSUE_NUMBER
" || {
  _rc=$?
  echo "Command failed. Diagnosing..."
  if [ -z "$ZELLIJ" ]; then echo "Not in zellij session"
  elif [ $_rc -eq 124 ]; then echo "Timed out -- zellij may be hanging"
  elif ! command -v start-issue &>/dev/null; then echo "start-issue not found in PATH"
  else echo "Unknown error (exit code: $_rc)"
  fi
  exit $_rc
}

In a new pane:

timeout 5 zellij run -- start-issue $ISSUE_NUMBER || {
  _rc=$?
  echo "Command failed. Diagnosing..."
  if [ -z "$ZELLIJ" ]; then echo "Not in zellij session"
  elif [ $_rc -eq 124 ]; then echo "Timed out -- zellij may be hanging"
  elif ! command -v start-issue &>/dev/null; then echo "start-issue not found in PATH"
  else echo "Unknown error (exit code: $_rc)"
  fi
  exit $_rc
}

Examples

/start-issue-in-new-tab 123
/start-issue-in-new-tab #45
/start-issue-in-new-tab https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/78

Result

• New zellij tab created with name #123
• start-issue runs and:
  • Creates git worktree
  • Renames tab
  • Launches Claude Code session