Create many issues at once and link them to a project board?

[Christian-onsai]

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My team uses Github Projects as our day-to-day ticketing system. We make issues in our repository, add them to the project, and move them across the board as work gets completed. Pretty simple.

But there's a catch.

We often have "user tests" or other big events where a massive amount of tickets get made at once and need to get categorized. Usually, I write all of by hand. Is there a way to auto create multiple issues by once? Usually the issues have the same pattern.

[kumar-rinku0]

NO, because every issue is unique!

if issue have sub issue in it... then create sub-issue in issue.

Or

use cli to create issue $ gh issue create --title "your issue" you can add assignees as well, you can checkout it here

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[Piyush-Bhojane07]

🔹 Option 1: Using GitHub UI

Go to your Project Board.

In the desired column, click “+ Add item” → “Create new issue”.

Repeat for as many issues as needed.

This is fine for a small number of issues, but slow for bulk work.

🔹 Option 2: Using GitHub’s Bulk Issue Creation (via Markdown/CSV Import)

You can create issues in bulk from a text/CSV/Markdown list:

Go to Issues tab → New Issue → Import Issues (this feature is in GitHub’s issue import tool).

Prepare a .csv file with headers like:

title,body,labels,assignees
Issue 1 title,Description of issue 1,"bug,frontend",username
Issue 2 title,Description of issue 2,"enhancement,backend",username

Import it — GitHub will create all issues at once.

Go to your Project Board → Add existing issues and select them to link.

🔹 Option 3: Automate with GitHub CLI

If you often create many issues:

Create an issue

gh issue create --title "Bug: Login page error" --body "Steps to reproduce..." --label "bug"

Add issue to a project board (v2 Projects)

gh project item-add --owner --url https://github.com//issues/

You can wrap this in a script (loop over a CSV/JSON file) to generate many issues and assign them to a project board automatically.

✅ Best for few issues → UI (Option 1)
✅ Best for bulk import → CSV Import (Option 2)
✅ Best for repeat automation → GitHub CLI/Script (Option 3)

[Piyush-Bhojane07]

🔹 Option 1: Using GitHub UI

Go to your Project Board.

In the desired column, click “+ Add item” → “Create new issue”.

Repeat for as many issues as needed.

This is fine for a small number of issues, but slow for bulk work.

🔹 Option 2: Using GitHub’s Bulk Issue Creation (via Markdown/CSV Import)

You can create issues in bulk from a text/CSV/Markdown list:

Go to Issues tab → New Issue → Import Issues (this feature is in GitHub’s issue import tool).

Prepare a .csv file with headers like:

title,body,labels,assignees
Issue 1 title,Description of issue 1,"bug,frontend",username
Issue 2 title,Description of issue 2,"enhancement,backend",username

Import it — GitHub will create all issues at once.

Go to your Project Board → Add existing issues and select them to link.

🔹 Option 3: Automate with GitHub CLI

If you often create many issues:

Create an issue

gh issue create --title "Bug: Login page error" --body "Steps to reproduce..." --label "bug"

Add issue to a project board (v2 Projects)

gh project item-add --owner --url https://github.com//issues/

You can wrap this in a script (loop over a CSV/JSON file) to generate many issues and assign them to a project board automatically.

✅ Best for few issues → UI (Option 1)
✅ Best for bulk import → CSV Import (Option 2)
✅ Best for repeat automation → GitHub CLI/Script (Option 3)

[Piyush-Bhojane07]

🔹 Option 1: Using GitHub UI

Go to your Project Board.

In the desired column, click “+ Add item” → “Create new issue”.

Repeat for as many issues as needed.

This is fine for a small number of issues, but slow for bulk work.

🔹 Option 2: Using GitHub’s Bulk Issue Creation (via Markdown/CSV Import)

You can create issues in bulk from a text/CSV/Markdown list:

Go to Issues tab → New Issue → Import Issues (this feature is in GitHub’s issue import tool).

Prepare a .csv file with headers like:

title,body,labels,assignees
Issue 1 title,Description of issue 1,"bug,frontend",username
Issue 2 title,Description of issue 2,"enhancement,backend",username

Import it — GitHub will create all issues at once.

Go to your Project Board → Add existing issues and select them to link.

🔹 Option 3: Automate with GitHub CLI

If you often create many issues:

Create an issue

gh issue create --title "Bug: Login page error" --body "Steps to reproduce..." --label "bug"

Add issue to a project board (v2 Projects)

gh project item-add --owner --url https://github.com//issues/

You can wrap this in a script (loop over a CSV/JSON file) to generate many issues and assign them to a project board automatically.

✅ Best for few issues → UI (Option 1)
✅ Best for bulk import → CSV Import (Option 2)
✅ Best for repeat automation → GitHub CLI/Script (Option 3)

[Piyush-Bhojane07]

🔹 Option 1: Using GitHub UI

Go to your Project Board.

In the desired column, click “+ Add item” → “Create new issue”.

Repeat for as many issues as needed.

This is fine for a small number of issues, but slow for bulk work.

🔹 Option 2: Using GitHub’s Bulk Issue Creation (via Markdown/CSV Import)

You can create issues in bulk from a text/CSV/Markdown list:

Go to Issues tab → New Issue → Import Issues (this feature is in GitHub’s issue import tool).

Prepare a .csv file with headers like:

title,body,labels,assignees
Issue 1 title,Description of issue 1,"bug,frontend",username
Issue 2 title,Description of issue 2,"enhancement,backend",username

Import it — GitHub will create all issues at once.

Go to your Project Board → Add existing issues and select them to link.

🔹 Option 3: Automate with GitHub CLI

If you often create many issues:

Create an issue

gh issue create --title "Bug: Login page error" --body "Steps to reproduce..." --label "bug"

Add issue to a project board (v2 Projects)

gh project item-add --owner --url https://github.com//issues/

You can wrap this in a script (loop over a CSV/JSON file) to generate many issues and assign them to a project board automatically.

✅ Best for few issues → UI (Option 1)
✅ Best for bulk import → CSV Import (Option 2)
✅ Best for repeat automation → GitHub CLI/Script (Option 3)

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