Improved onboarding flow for GitHub Projects

We’ve improved the GitHub Projects onboarding flow to help you get started faster, with options to connect and import items from a repository, set a default repository for new issues, use new default workflows to set up your project, and more.

🚀 Key improvements

Import items from a repository

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During onboarding, you can now choose to import open issues, open pull requests, or both from a specified repository. The selected items are automatically imported when the project is created, so you can start with your existing content right away.

Set a default repository

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In project settings, you can now select a default repository. All new issues created in this project will be automatically associated with the selected repository.

Pull request linked to issue workflow

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A new default workflow, Pull request linked to issue, automatically sets the status of an issue to “In progress” whenever a linked pull request exists.

🛠 Additional onboarding improvements

• New projects now show linked pull requests and sub-issues as default fields.
• The Team planning template now defaults to Table view instead of Board view.
• Insights and Workflows buttons have been elevated in the UI for easier discovery.
• Polishing and minor fixes to make onboarding smoother and more reliable.

🤖 API improvements

We’ve made improvements to the Projects GraphQL API making it easier to automate your project workflows.

• You’ll now see project_v2_item_status_changed, added_to_project_v2, removed_from_project_v2, and converted_from_draft events. These events allow you to understand information such as how long an item was “In progress” before moving to “Done”.
• You can filter project items using the query argument with any project filter. Check out the ProjectsV2 GraphQL documentation for more details.

✍ Tell us what you think!

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