---
created: 2026-03-26T02:54:53.069Z
title: Auto-promote recipient GH Project rows from drafts to ww-recipient issues
area: integrations
files:
  - crates/integrations/src/github/gh_cli_client.rs
  - crates/integrations/src/github/issues_client.rs
---

## Problem

GH Project rows for recipients currently exist as draft items only. They need to be promoted to full GitHub Issues in the `BigscreenVR/beyond-outgoing` repository and labeled `ww-recipient`. This would give each recipient a proper issue with a timeline, comments, and native linking — consistent with the `ww-product` and `ww-product-unit` issue patterns established in Phase 17.

Currently there is no mechanism to convert draft project items into repo issues or to apply labels during that conversion.

## Solution

- Extend GhIssuesClient (or GhCliProjectClient) with a method to convert draft items to issues via `gh project item-edit --project-id ... --id ... --field-id ... --convert-to-issue`
- Apply `ww-recipient` label to converted issues
- Could be a one-time migration or an ongoing sync step (promote new drafts on each sync cycle)
- Consider whether recipient issue body should follow the same JSON code block format as ww-product/ww-product-unit