Add default GitHub issues (roadmap + notes) to project creation workflow

[djdarcy]

Feature: Auto-create standard GitHub issues on project creation

Problem

Across DazzleTools projects, we follow a convention where:

• Issue v0.1.1 - adding config for default branch #1 = Perpetual roadmap (project direction, never closes)
• Issue #2 = Future features / brainstorming notes log

Currently these are created manually after repokit create + gh repo create. This is easy to forget and adds friction.

Proposed Solution

After repokit creates a GitHub repo (or as a post-creation step), optionally create template issues:

repokit create myproject --github --issues
# Creates repo AND issues #1 (roadmap) + #2 (notes)

Or as a standalone command:

repokit issues init
# Creates standard issues on the current repo

Template Content

Issue #1 template — ROADMAP:

• Vision section (populated from project description)
• Completed section (empty)
• Active / Near-Term section (empty)
• Future section (empty)
• Footer: "This issue tracks project direction and is not intended to be closed."

Issue #2 template — Future features:

• Category sections based on project type
• Priority recommendation section
• Footer: "Captured from project creation"

Labels

Should also create labels if they don't exist:

• roadmap (for issue v0.1.1 - adding config for default branch #1)
• ideas (for issue #2)
• epic (for issue #2)

Related

• DazzleCMD uses this pattern: DazzleTools/dazzlecmd
• wingather uses this pattern: ROADMAP — wingather project direction wingather#1, Future features — ideas and feature backlog wingather#2
• This could also be useful for the micro/embedded profile (Add micro/embedded project profile for dazzlecmd sub-projects #7)

Analysis

See 2026-02-13__04-24-42__github-issues-roadmap-and-notes.md for context on this convention.