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Typemill founder argues AI coding tasks belong in Git, not Jira

Typemill founder Sebastian Schurmanns published an October 25 article arguing that AI coding tasks should live in Git repositories rather than ticketing systems like Jira, so coding agents can read requirements alongside the code they modify. Schurmanns describes a three-repository workflow that keeps task files private and gives coding agents project context, with Typemill's open-source CMS, which he has developed since 2017, serving as an interface for managing tasks and documentation.

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Typemill founder argues AI coding tasks belong in Git, not Jira
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Sebastian Schurmanns describes a three-repository workflow that keeps task files private and gives coding agents project context, with Typemill's CMS as an interface for managing tasks and documentation.

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Primary source: [Hacker News](https://typemill.net/knowledge-hub/tasks-as-code)

Why it matters #

As coding agents take on implementation work, teams must choose whether task context stays in an issue tracker or moves into the repository. Schurmanns's workflow makes that trade-off concrete, including the privacy and coordination questions it raises.

Typemill founder Sebastian Schurmanns is making a practical case for moving software tasks out of ticketing systems and into Git repositories, where AI coding agents can read the requirements beside the code they are meant to change. In a Typemill article dated October 25th, he describes the workflow he uses on the open-source documentation software he has developed since 2017.…

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