Issy – AI-native issue tracking stored as Markdown files in your repo

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Hey HN, I built issy, a lightweight issue tracker that stores issues as markdown files in a `.issues/` directory in your repo.The idea is simple: issues should live with your code. They show up in diffs, travel with branches, and don't require accounts, databases, or external services. They're just markdown files with YAML frontmatter.It's built for AI coding assistants. You can tell Cursor/Claude/Codex (or any AI agent) things like "create a bug for the login redirect issue, high priority" and it handles the rest — creating, searching, updating, and closing issues through natural language. There's a Cursor skill you can install with `npx skills add miketromba/issy`.It also comes with a CLI

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Website: mike.gg/issy