Fix Daily TODO Check workflow: use correct gh agent-task flags and prevent duplicate issue creation

[Copilot]

The Daily TODO Check workflow was using incorrect flags for gh agent-task create and had logic that would create duplicate issues when the --json flag failed.

Changes

• Fixed gh agent-task create command: Changed from using invalid --title and --body-file flags to the correct --from-file flag:

  # Before: Using non-existent flags
  gh agent-task create --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --title "..." --body-file "$FILE" --follow
  
  # After: Using correct flag
  gh agent-task create --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --from-file "$FILE" --follow

• Added GH_TOKEN authentication: Added GH_TOKEN environment variable to the agent-task step for proper authentication

• Fixed duplicate issue creation: Consolidated two gh issue create calls into one:

  # Before: Two separate calls - one with --json, one as fallback
  ISSUE_NUMBER=$(gh issue create --json number -q '.number') || true
  if [ -z "$ISSUE_NUMBER" ]; then
    CREATED_URL=$(gh issue create ...) || true  # Creates duplicate!
  fi
  
  # After: Single call with URL parsing
  ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create ... 2>&1) || true
  ISSUE_NUMBER=$(echo "$ISSUE_URL" | sed -n 's#.*/issues/\([0-9][0-9]*\).*#\1#p')

Net result: Workflow now correctly uses gh agent-task when available with proper flags and creates exactly one issue per TODO when falling back to regular issue creation.

Original prompt

The Daily TODO Check workflow completed, but it had errors.: (https://github.com/zaxlofful/SimpleWish/actions/runs/20657443588)

Figure out why its not using agent-task the right way and then also figure out when the TODO is complainging during the second creation step.

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❌ Deployment failed View logs	simplewish	90c0960	Jan 02 2026, 10:53 PM

[zaxlofful]

@copilot Very close, but not quite right. If you examine the output more closely, it says:

"Attempting gh agent-task create using /tmp/tmp.7Umcxretc2
unknown flag: --title

Usage: gh agent-task create [] [flags]

Flags:
-b, --base string Base branch for the pull request (use default branch if not provided)
-a, --custom-agent string Use a custom agent for the task. e.g., use 'my-agent' for the 'my-agent.md' agent
--follow Follow agent session logs
-F, --from-file file Read task description from file (use "-" to read from standard input)
-R, --repo [HOST/]OWNER/REPO Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

gh agent-task create failed"

Which is the helper text from gh agent-task create, which thus means that the function is available, but it wasn't used right. From this it seems that there is no title, so the call just needs to be reduced to work correctly.

So intead of removing it entirely, you need to keep it but use the right parameters. We also want the fall back just in case, because we want additional failure modes to be automatic.

Additionally, when you look at the output of the next step, ytou'

[Copilot]

@copilot Very close, but not quite right. If you examine the output more closely, it says:

"Attempting gh agent-task create using /tmp/tmp.7Umcxretc2...

Fixed in commit 90c0960. Changed to use --from-file instead of --title and --body-file, added GH_TOKEN env var, and removed the duplicate gh issue create call that was using the non-existent --json flag.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR fixes critical bugs in the Daily TODO Check workflow related to incorrect CLI flags and duplicate issue creation logic.

Key Changes:

• Corrects gh agent-task create command to use the valid --from-file flag instead of non-existent --title and --body-file flags
• Adds GH_TOKEN environment variable for proper authentication in the agent-task step
• Consolidates duplicate gh issue create calls into a single call with URL parsing to prevent creating multiple issues for the same TODO