feat: Optionally create gh issue from requests (#781)

* feat: Optionally create gh issue from requests

* cr

* cr

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* docs

apps/docs/faq.mdx

@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ description: Frequently Asked Questions
   Yes. When using Anthropic models, all input tokens are cached on Anthropic's servers.
 </Accordion>
 
+<Accordion title="Can I disable Open SWE from creating an issue when I submit a request?">
+  Yes. There's two ways to disable Open SWE from creating an issue when you submit a request:
+
+  1. Toggle the 'eye' icon in the main chat area when submitting a request.
+  2. In the configuration tab in settings, toggle the 'Should Create Issue' switch.
+
+  By default, it's set to `true`. By modifying this setting in the configuration tab, all runs will default to that setting. You may override this setting on a per-run basis by toggling the 'eye' icon in the main chat area.
+</Accordion>
+
 <Accordion title="My run failed midway through. What now?">
   We're sorry you're experiencing this! Open SWE will automatically commit any changes it makes to a draft pull request. Please check the draft pull request and make any necessary changes.
 

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/manager/nodes/classify-message/index.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { isLocalMode } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/local-mode";
 import { PlannerGraphState } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/planner/types";
 import { GraphState } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/types";
 import { Client } from "@langchain/langgraph-sdk";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "ClassifyMessage");
 
 /**
@@ -186,6 +187,39 @@ export async function classifyMessage(
     );
   }
 
+  if (!shouldCreateIssue(config)) {
+    const commandUpdate: ManagerGraphUpdate = {
+      messages: [response],
+    };
+    if (
+      toolCallArgs.route === "start_planner" ||
+      toolCallArgs.route === "start_planner_for_followup"
+    ) {
+      return new Command({
+        update: commandUpdate,
+        goto: "start-planner",
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (toolCallArgs.route === "create_new_issue") {
+      return new Command({
+        update: commandUpdate,
+        goto: "create-new-session",
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (toolCallArgs.route === "no_op") {
+      return new Command({
+        update: commandUpdate,
+        goto: END,
+      });
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unsupported route received: ${toolCallArgs.route}\nUnable to route message there when not creating GitHub issues for request.`,
+    );
+  }
+
   const { githubAccessToken } = getGitHubTokensFromConfig(config);
   let githubIssueId = state.githubIssueId;
 

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/manager/nodes/create-new-session.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { StreamMode } from "@langchain/langgraph-sdk";
 import { isLocalMode } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/local-mode";
 import { regenerateInstallationToken } from "../../../utils/github/regenerate-token.js";
 import { createLogger, LogLevel } from "../../../utils/logger.js";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "CreateNewSession");
 
@@ -48,16 +49,21 @@ export async function createNewSession(
     state.messages,
     config.configurable,
   );
-  const { githubAccessToken } = getGitHubTokensFromConfig(config);
-  const newIssue = await createIssue({
-    owner: state.targetRepository.owner,
-    repo: state.targetRepository.repo,
-    title: titleAndContent.title,
-    body: formatContentForIssueBody(titleAndContent.body),
-    githubAccessToken,
-  });
-  if (!newIssue) {
-    throw new Error("Failed to create new issue");
+
+  let newIssueNumber: number | undefined;
+  if (shouldCreateIssue(config)) {
+    const { githubAccessToken } = getGitHubTokensFromConfig(config);
+    const newIssue = await createIssue({
+      owner: state.targetRepository.owner,
+      repo: state.targetRepository.repo,
+      title: titleAndContent.title,
+      body: formatContentForIssueBody(titleAndContent.body),
+      githubAccessToken,
+    });
+    if (!newIssue) {
+      throw new Error("Failed to create new issue");
+    }
+    newIssueNumber = newIssue.number;
   }
 
   const inputMessages: BaseMessage[] = [
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ ${ISSUE_CONTENT_OPEN_TAG}
   ${titleAndContent.body}
 ${ISSUE_CONTENT_CLOSE_TAG}`,
       additional_kwargs: {
-        githubIssueId: newIssue.number,
+        githubIssueId: newIssueNumber,
         isOriginalIssue: true,
       },
     }),
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ ${ISSUE_CONTENT_CLOSE_TAG}`,
 
   const newManagerThreadId = uuidv4();
   const commandUpdate: ManagerGraphUpdate = {
-    githubIssueId: newIssue.number,
+    githubIssueId: newIssueNumber,
     targetRepository: state.targetRepository,
     messages: inputMessages,
     branchName: state.branchName ?? getBranchName(config),

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/manager/nodes/start-planner.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { getCustomConfigurableFields } from "../../../utils/config.js";
 import { getRecentUserRequest } from "../../../utils/user-request.js";
 import { StreamMode } from "@langchain/langgraph-sdk";
 import { regenerateInstallationToken } from "../../../utils/github/regenerate-token.js";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "StartPlanner");
 
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ export async function startPlanner(
       branchName: state.branchName ?? getBranchName(config),
       autoAcceptPlan: state.autoAcceptPlan,
       ...(followupMessage || localMode ? { messages: [followupMessage] } : {}),
+      ...(!shouldCreateIssue(config) && followupMessage
+        ? { internalMessages: [followupMessage] }
+        : {}),
     };
 
     const run = await langGraphClient.runs.create(

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/planner/nodes/determine-needs-context.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { filterHiddenMessages } from "../../../utils/message/filter-hidden.js";
 import { createLogger, LogLevel } from "../../../utils/logger.js";
 import { trackCachePerformance } from "../../../utils/caching.js";
 import { getModelManager } from "../../../utils/llms/model-manager.js";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "DetermineNeedsContext");
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ export async function determineNeedsContext(
   config: GraphConfig,
 ): Promise<Command> {
   const [missingMessages, model] = await Promise.all([
-    getMissingMessages(state, config),
+    shouldCreateIssue(config) ? getMissingMessages(state, config) : [],
     loadModel(config, LLMTask.ROUTER),
   ]);
   const modelManager = getModelManager();

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/planner/nodes/generate-message/index.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
   trackCachePerformance,
 } from "../../../../utils/caching.js";
 import { createViewTool } from "../../../../tools/builtin-tools/view.js";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "GeneratePlanningMessageNode");
 
@@ -124,10 +125,14 @@ export async function generateAction(
       : {}),
   });
 
-  const [missingMessages, { taskPlan: latestTaskPlan }] = await Promise.all([
-    getMissingMessages(state, config),
-    getPlansFromIssue(state, config),
-  ]);
+  const [missingMessages, { taskPlan: latestTaskPlan }] = shouldCreateIssue(
+    config,
+  )
+    ? await Promise.all([
+        getMissingMessages(state, config),
+        getPlansFromIssue(state, config),
+      ])
+    : [[], { taskPlan: null }];
 
   const inputMessages = filterMessagesWithoutContent([
     ...state.messages,

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/planner/nodes/prepare-state.ts

@@ -21,24 +21,27 @@ import {
 import { filterHiddenMessages } from "../../../utils/message/filter-hidden.js";
 import { DO_NOT_RENDER_ID_PREFIX } from "@open-swe/shared/constants";
 import { isLocalMode } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/local-mode";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 export async function prepareGraphState(
   state: PlannerGraphState,
   config: GraphConfig,
 ): Promise<Command> {
-  if (isLocalMode(config)) {
-    // In local mode, just proceed to initialize-sandbox with existing messages
+  if (isLocalMode(config) || !shouldCreateIssue(config)) {
     return new Command({
       update: {},
       goto: "initialize-sandbox",
     });
   }
+
   if (!state.githubIssueId) {
     throw new Error("No github issue id provided");
   }
+
   if (!state.targetRepository) {
     throw new Error("No target repository provided");
   }
+
   const { githubInstallationToken } = getGitHubTokensFromConfig(config);
   const baseGetIssueInputs = {
     owner: state.targetRepository.owner,
@@ -57,8 +60,6 @@ export async function prepareGraphState(
     throw new Error(`Issue not found. Issue ID: ${state.githubIssueId}`);
   }
 
-  // Ensure the main issue & all comments are included in the state;
-
   // If the messages state is empty, we can just include all comments as human messages.
   if (!state.messages?.length) {
     const commandUpdate: PlannerGraphUpdate = {

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/planner/nodes/proposed-plan.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import {
   cleanTaskItems,
 } from "../../../utils/github/plan.js";
 import { regenerateInstallationToken } from "../../../utils/github/regenerate-token.js";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "ProposedPlan");
 
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ async function startProgrammerRun(input: {
   );
 
   // Skip GitHub operations in local mode
-  if (!isLocalMode(config)) {
+  if (!isLocalMode(config) && shouldCreateIssue(config)) {
     await addTaskPlanToIssue(
       {
         githubIssueId: state.githubIssueId,

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/planner/nodes/rewrite-plan.ts

@@ -1,288 +0,0 @@
-// TODO: NOT HOOKED UP TO THE GRAPH YET
-// TODO: WILL NEED TO REFACTOR TO ALLOW FOR CHATTING WITH PLANNING SUBGRAPH
-
-import { GraphConfig, PlanItem } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/types";
-import { z } from "zod";
-import { tool } from "@langchain/core/tools";
-import { traceable } from "langsmith/traceable";
-import {
-  PlannerGraphState,
-  PlannerGraphUpdate,
-} from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/planner/types";
-import {
-  getInitialUserRequest,
-  getRecentUserRequest,
-} from "../../../utils/user-request.js";
-import {
-  loadModel,
-  supportsParallelToolCallsParam,
-} from "../../../utils/llms/index.js";
-import { LLMTask } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/llm-task";
-import { FallbackRunnable } from "../../../utils/runtime-fallback.js";
-
-const systemPromptIdentifyChanges = `You are operating as an agentic coding assistant built by LangChain. You've previously been given a task to generate a plan of action for, to address the user's initial request.
-
-Here is the user's initial request:
-{USER_INITIAL_REQUEST}
-
-After generating that plan, the user has submitted some feedback/change requests. You should now identify exactly which tasks in the plan should be modified based on their request.
-
-Here is their request:
-{USER_REQUEST}
-
-The plan you generated originally, which they submitted the above request for is as follows:
-{PLAN}
-
-Please read over the generated plan, and the user's request, and identify exactly which tasks in the plan should be modified/removed. Call the 'identify_plan_changes' tool and use the indices of the tasks listed above when calling the tool.`;
-
-const systemPrompt = `You are operating as an agentic coding assistant built by LangChain. You've previously been given a task to generate a plan of action for, to address the user's initial request.
-
-In this step, the user has requested you rewrite/modify parts of a high-level plan. You have already identified the specific tasks in the plan that should be modified/removed based on the user's request.
-
-Here is the user's initial request which you used to generate the initial plan:
-{USER_INITIAL_REQUEST}
-
-Here is the full plan you generated:
-{PLAN}
-
-Here is the request the user has just made which you should use to rewrite/modify the plan:
-{USER_REQUEST}
-
-And here are the specific tasks in the plan which were identified as tasks the user wants to modify/remove:
-{TASKS_TO_MODIFY}
-
-Given this context, please address the user's request to modify/remove/add the tasks in the plan.
-
-You MUST adhere to the following criteria when generating the plan:
-- Make as few changes as possible to the tasks, while still following the users request.
-- You should NOT make ANY changes to the tasks in the plan that are NOT listed as tasks to modify/remove.
-- Do NOT modify tasks in the plan not listed as tasks to modify/remove.
-- When responding, ensure you include the unmodified tasks in the plan, as well as the modified/new tasks.
-- To remove a specific task, simply do NOT include it in the response.
-- To add a new task, simply include it in the response.
-`;
-
-const formatSysPromptIdentifyTasks = (
-  userInitialRequest: string,
-  userRequest: string,
-  previousPlan: string[],
-) => {
-  return systemPromptIdentifyChanges
-    .replace("{USER_INITIAL_REQUEST}", userInitialRequest)
-    .replace("{USER_REQUEST}", userRequest)
-    .replace(
-      "{PLAN}",
-      previousPlan.map((plan, index) => `${index}: ${plan}`).join("\n"),
-    );
-};
-
-const formatSysPromptRewritePlan = (
-  userInitialRequest: string,
-  userRequest: string,
-  previousPlan: string[],
-  tasksToModify: PlanItem[],
-) => {
-  return systemPrompt
-    .replace("{USER_INITIAL_REQUEST}", userInitialRequest)
-    .replace("{USER_REQUEST}", userRequest)
-    .replace(
-      "{PLAN}",
-      previousPlan.map((plan, index) => `${index}: ${plan}`).join("\n"),
-    )
-    .replace(
-      "{TASKS_TO_MODIFY}",
-      tasksToModify.map((p) => `${p.index}: ${p.plan}`).join("\n"),
-    );
-};
-
-async function identifyTasksToModifyFunc(
-  state: PlannerGraphState,
-  model: FallbackRunnable,
-  supportsParallelToolCallsParam: boolean,
-): Promise<PlanItem[]> {
-  if (!state.planChangeRequest) {
-    throw new Error("No plan change request found.");
-  }
-
-  const identifyPlanChangesSchema = z.object({
-    task_change_indices: z
-      .array(z.number())
-      .describe(
-        "The indices of the tasks in the plan that should be modified/removed.",
-      ),
-  });
-
-  const identifyPlanChangesTool = tool(
-    (input): PlanItem[] => {
-      const { task_change_indices } = input;
-      const tasksToModify = state.proposedPlan.flatMap((plan, planIndex) => {
-        const planItem = task_change_indices.some(
-          (changeIndex) => changeIndex === planIndex,
-        );
-        if (!planItem) {
-          return [];
-        }
-        return {
-          index: planIndex,
-          plan: plan,
-          completed: false,
-        };
-      });
-
-      return tasksToModify;
-    },
-    {
-      name: "identify_plan_changes",
-      schema: identifyPlanChangesSchema,
-      description:
-        "Identify which tasks in the plan should be modified/removed based on the user's request.",
-    },
-  );
-
-  const modelWithIdentifyChangesTool = model.bindTools(
-    [identifyPlanChangesTool],
-    {
-      // The model should always call the tool when identifying plan changes.
-      tool_choice: identifyPlanChangesTool.name,
-      ...(supportsParallelToolCallsParam
-        ? {
-            parallel_tool_calls: false,
-          }
-        : {}),
-    },
-  );
-
-  const userInitialRequest = getInitialUserRequest(state.messages);
-  const userFollowupRequest = getRecentUserRequest(state.messages);
-  const userRequest =
-    userFollowupRequest ?? userInitialRequest ?? "No user message found";
-
-  const response = await modelWithIdentifyChangesTool.invoke([
-    {
-      role: "user",
-      content: formatSysPromptIdentifyTasks(
-        userRequest,
-        state.planChangeRequest,
-        state.proposedPlan,
-      ),
-    },
-  ]);
-
-  const toolCall = response.tool_calls?.[0];
-  if (!toolCall) {
-    throw new Error(
-      "Tool call not returned when attempting to identify plan changes.",
-    );
-  }
-
-  const tasksToModify = await identifyPlanChangesTool.invoke(
-    toolCall.args as z.infer<typeof identifyPlanChangesSchema>,
-  );
-  return tasksToModify;
-}
-
-const identifyTasksToModify = traceable(identifyTasksToModifyFunc, {
-  name: "identify_tasks_to_modify",
-});
-
-async function updatePlanTasksFunc(
-  state: PlannerGraphState,
-  tasksToModify: PlanItem[],
-  model: FallbackRunnable,
-  supportsParallelToolCallsParam: boolean,
-): Promise<string[]> {
-  if (!state.planChangeRequest) {
-    throw new Error("No plan change request found.");
-  }
-
-  const updatePlanTasksSchema = z.object({
-    updated_plan_tasks: z
-      .array(
-        z
-          .string()
-          .describe(
-            "The updated or unmodified plan for the task. Do NOT include the task index.",
-          ),
-      )
-      .describe(
-        "The updated plan tasks. Must be in the order of which they should be executed in.",
-      ),
-  });
-  const updatePlanTasksTool = {
-    name: "update_plan_tasks",
-    description: "Call this tool to respond with the updated plan.",
-    schema: updatePlanTasksSchema,
-  };
-
-  const modelWithUpdatePlanTasksTool = model.bindTools([updatePlanTasksTool], {
-    // The model should always call the tool when identifying plan changes.
-    tool_choice: updatePlanTasksTool.name,
-    ...(supportsParallelToolCallsParam
-      ? {
-          parallel_tool_calls: false,
-        }
-      : {}),
-  });
-
-  const userInitialRequest = getInitialUserRequest(state.messages);
-  const userFollowupRequest = getRecentUserRequest(state.messages);
-  const userRequest =
-    userFollowupRequest ?? userInitialRequest ?? "No user message found";
-
-  const response = await modelWithUpdatePlanTasksTool.invoke([
-    {
-      role: "user",
-      content: formatSysPromptRewritePlan(
-        userRequest,
-        state.planChangeRequest,
-        state.proposedPlan,
-        tasksToModify,
-      ),
-    },
-  ]);
-
-  const toolCall = response.tool_calls?.[0];
-  if (!toolCall) {
-    throw new Error(
-      "Tool call not returned when attempting to update plan tasks.",
-    );
-  }
-
-  return (
-    toolCall.args as z.infer<typeof updatePlanTasksSchema>
-  ).updated_plan_tasks.map((p) => p);
-}
-
-const updatePlanTasks = traceable(updatePlanTasksFunc, {
-  name: "update_plan_tasks",
-});
-
-export async function rewritePlan(
-  state: PlannerGraphState,
-  config: GraphConfig,
-): Promise<PlannerGraphUpdate> {
-  if (!state.planChangeRequest) {
-    throw new Error("No plan change request found.");
-  }
-
-  const model = await loadModel(config, LLMTask.PLANNER);
-  const modelSupportsParallelToolCallsParam = supportsParallelToolCallsParam(
-    config,
-    LLMTask.PLANNER,
-  );
-  const tasksToModify = await identifyTasksToModify(
-    state,
-    model,
-    modelSupportsParallelToolCallsParam,
-  );
-  const updatedPlanTasks = await updatePlanTasks(
-    state,
-    tasksToModify,
-    model,
-    modelSupportsParallelToolCallsParam,
-  );
-
-  return {
-    proposedPlan: updatedPlanTasks,
-  };
-}

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/programmer/nodes/generate-message/index.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import {
   HumanMessage,
 } from "@langchain/core/messages";
 import { BindToolsInput } from "@langchain/core/language_models/chat_models";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "GenerateMessageNode");
 
@@ -280,10 +281,14 @@ export async function generateAction(
   const markTaskCompletedTool = createMarkTaskCompletedToolFields();
   const isAnthropicModel = modelName.includes("claude-");
 
-  const [missingMessages, { taskPlan: latestTaskPlan }] = await Promise.all([
-    getMissingMessages(state, config),
-    getPlansFromIssue(state, config),
-  ]);
+  const [missingMessages, { taskPlan: latestTaskPlan }] = shouldCreateIssue(
+    config,
+  )
+    ? await Promise.all([
+        getMissingMessages(state, config),
+        getPlansFromIssue(state, config),
+      ])
+    : [[], { taskPlan: null }];
 
   const { providerTools, providerMessages } = await createToolsAndPrompt(
     state,

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/programmer/nodes/handle-completed-task.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   MAX_INTERNAL_TOKENS,
 } from "../../../utils/tokens.js";
 import { z } from "zod";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "HandleCompletedTask");
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export async function handleCompletedTask(
     summary,
   );
   // Update the github issue to reflect this task as completed.
-  if (!isLocalMode(config)) {
+  if (!isLocalMode(config) && shouldCreateIssue(config)) {
     await addTaskPlanToIssue(
       {
         githubIssueId: state.githubIssueId,

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/programmer/nodes/open-pr.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../../utils/github/types.js";
 import { getRepoAbsolutePath } from "@open-swe/shared/git";
 import { GITHUB_USER_LOGIN_HEADER } from "@open-swe/shared/constants";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "Open PR");
 
@@ -191,6 +192,9 @@ export async function openPullRequest(
     | GitHubPullRequestList[number]
     | GitHubPullRequestUpdate
     | null = null;
+
+  const prBody = `${shouldCreateIssue(config) ? `Fixes #${state.githubIssueId}` : ""}${userLogin ? `\n\nOwner: @${userLogin}` : ""}\n\n${body}`;
+
   if (!prForTask) {
     // No PR created yet. Shouldn't be possible, but we have a condition here anyway
     pullRequest = await createPullRequest({
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ export async function openPullRequest(
       repo,
       headBranch: branchName,
       title,
-      body: `Fixes #${state.githubIssueId}${userLogin ? `\n\nOwner: @${userLogin}` : ""}\n\n${body}`,
+      body: prBody,
       githubInstallationToken,
       baseBranch: state.targetRepository.branch,
     });
@@ -208,7 +212,7 @@ export async function openPullRequest(
       owner,
       repo,
       title,
-      body: `Fixes #${state.githubIssueId}${userLogin ? `\n\nOwner: @${userLogin}` : ""}\n\n${body}`,
+      body: prBody,
       pullNumber: prForTask,
       githubInstallationToken,
     });

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/programmer/nodes/request-help.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import {
   REQUEST_HELP_NODE_ID,
 } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/custom-node-events";
 import { postGitHubIssueComment } from "../../../utils/github/plan.js";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
+import { isLocalMode } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/local-mode";
 
 const constructDescription = (helpRequest: string): string => {
   return `The agent has requested help. Here is the help request:
@@ -60,12 +62,13 @@ export async function requestHelp(
     throw new Error("Thread ID not found in config");
   }
 
-  const userLogin = config.configurable?.[GITHUB_USER_LOGIN_HEADER];
-  const userTag = userLogin ? `@${userLogin} ` : "";
+  if (!isLocalMode(config) && shouldCreateIssue(config)) {
+    const userLogin = config.configurable?.[GITHUB_USER_LOGIN_HEADER];
+    const userTag = userLogin ? `@${userLogin} ` : "";
+    const runUrl = getOpenSweAppUrl(threadId);
 
-  const runUrl = getOpenSweAppUrl(threadId);
-  const commentBody = runUrl
-    ? `### 🤖 Open SWE Needs Help
+    const commentBody = runUrl
+      ? `### 🤖 Open SWE Needs Help
 
 ${userTag}I've encountered a situation where I need human assistance to continue.
 
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ ${toolCall.args.help_request}
 You can view and respond to this request in the [Open SWE interface](${runUrl}).
 
 Please provide guidance so I can continue working on this issue.`
-    : `### 🤖 Open SWE Needs Help
+      : `### 🤖 Open SWE Needs Help
 
 ${userTag}I've encountered a situation where I need human assistance to continue.
 
@@ -84,12 +87,13 @@ ${toolCall.args.help_request}
 
 Please check the Open SWE interface to respond to this request.`;
 
-  await postGitHubIssueComment({
-    githubIssueId: state.githubIssueId,
-    targetRepository: state.targetRepository,
-    commentBody,
-    config,
-  });
+    await postGitHubIssueComment({
+      githubIssueId: state.githubIssueId,
+      targetRepository: state.targetRepository,
+      commentBody,
+      config,
+    });
+  }
 
   const interruptInput: HumanInterrupt = {
     action_request: {

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/programmer/nodes/update-plan.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import { formatCustomRulesPrompt } from "../../../utils/custom-rules.js";
 import { trackCachePerformance } from "../../../utils/caching.js";
 import { getModelManager } from "../../../utils/llms/model-manager.js";
 import { addTaskPlanToIssue } from "../../../utils/github/issue-task.js";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
+import { isLocalMode } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/local-mode";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "UpdatePlanNode");
 
@@ -217,15 +219,17 @@ export async function updatePlan(
     newPlanItems,
     "agent",
   );
-  // Update the github issue to reflect the changes in the plan
-  await addTaskPlanToIssue(
-    {
-      githubIssueId: state.githubIssueId,
-      targetRepository: state.targetRepository,
-    },
-    config,
-    newTaskPlan,
-  );
+  if (!isLocalMode(config) && shouldCreateIssue(config)) {
+    // Update the github issue to reflect the changes in the plan
+    await addTaskPlanToIssue(
+      {
+        githubIssueId: state.githubIssueId,
+        targetRepository: state.targetRepository,
+      },
+      config,
+      newTaskPlan,
+    );
+  }
 
   const toolMessage = new ToolMessage({
     id: uuidv4(),

apps/open-swe/src/graphs/reviewer/nodes/final-review.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
 import { trackCachePerformance } from "../../../utils/caching.js";
 import { getModelManager } from "../../../utils/llms/model-manager.js";
 import { createScratchpadTool } from "../../../tools/scratchpad.js";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../../../utils/should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "FinalReview");
 
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ export async function finalReview(
     "agent",
   );
 
-  if (!isLocalMode(config)) {
+  if (!isLocalMode(config) && shouldCreateIssue(config)) {
     await addTaskPlanToIssue(
       {
         githubIssueId: state.githubIssueId,

apps/open-swe/src/utils/github/git.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_EXCLUDED_PATTERNS } from "./constants.js";
 import { escapeRegExp } from "../string-utils.js";
 import { isLocalMode } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/local-mode";
 import { createShellExecutor } from "../shell-executor/index.js";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "../should-create-issue.js";
 
 const logger = createLogger(LogLevel.INFO, "GitHub-Git");
 
@@ -336,33 +337,39 @@ export async function checkoutBranchAndCommit(
   let updatedTaskPlan: TaskPlan | undefined;
   const activeTask = getActiveTask(options.taskPlan);
   const prForTask = getPullRequestNumberFromActiveTask(options.taskPlan);
+
   if (!prForTask) {
     logger.info("First commit detected, creating a draft pull request.");
+    const hasIssue = shouldCreateIssue(config);
+
     const pullRequest = await createPullRequest({
       owner: targetRepository.owner,
       repo: targetRepository.repo,
       headBranch: branchName,
       title: `[WIP]: ${activeTask?.title ?? "Open SWE task"}`,
-      body: `**WORK IN PROGRESS OPEN SWE PR**\n\nFixes: #${options.githubIssueId}`,
+      body: `**WORK IN PROGRESS OPEN SWE PR**${hasIssue ? `\n\nFixes: #${options.githubIssueId}` : ""}`,
       githubInstallationToken: options.githubInstallationToken,
       draft: true,
       baseBranch: targetRepository.branch,
       nullOnError: true,
     });
+
     if (pullRequest) {
       updatedTaskPlan = addPullRequestNumberToActiveTask(
         options.taskPlan,
         pullRequest.number,
       );
-      await addTaskPlanToIssue(
-        {
-          githubIssueId: options.githubIssueId,
-          targetRepository,
-        },
-        config,
-        updatedTaskPlan,
-      );
-      logger.info(`Draft pull request created: #${pullRequest.number}`);
+      if (hasIssue) {
+        await addTaskPlanToIssue(
+          {
+            githubIssueId: options.githubIssueId,
+            targetRepository,
+          },
+          config,
+          updatedTaskPlan,
+        );
+        logger.info(`Draft pull request created: #${pullRequest.number}`);
+      }
     }
   }
 

apps/open-swe/src/utils/should-create-issue.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { GraphConfig } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/types";
+
+export function shouldCreateIssue(config: GraphConfig): boolean {
+  return !!config.configurable?.shouldCreateIssue;
+}

apps/open-swe/src/utils/user-request.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { getMessageContentString } from "@open-swe/shared/messages";
 import { extractContentWithoutDetailsFromIssueBody } from "./github/issue-messages.js";
 import { isLocalMode } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/local-mode";
 import { GraphConfig } from "@open-swe/shared/open-swe/types";
+import { shouldCreateIssue } from "./should-create-issue.js";
 
 // TODO: Might want a better way of doing this.
 // maybe add a new kwarg `isRequest` and have this return the last human message with that field?
@@ -55,7 +56,10 @@ export function getRecentUserRequest(
 ): string | HumanMessage {
   let recentUserMessage: HumanMessage | undefined;
 
-  if (options?.config && isLocalMode(options.config)) {
+  if (
+    options?.config &&
+    (isLocalMode(options.config) || !shouldCreateIssue(options.config))
+  ) {
     // In local mode, get the last human message regardless of flags
     recentUserMessage = messages.findLast(isHumanMessage);
   } else {

apps/web/src/components/icons/github-issue.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+interface GitHubIssueSVGProps {
+  width?: string;
+  height?: string;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+export const GitHubIssueSVG = ({
+  width = "100%",
+  height = "100%",
+  className,
+}: GitHubIssueSVGProps) => (
+  <svg
+    viewBox="0 0 16 16"
+    width={width}
+    height={height}
+    fill="currentColor"
+    className={className}
+  >
+    <path d="M8 9.5a1.5 1.5 0 1 0 0-3 1.5 1.5 0 0 0 0 3Z"></path>
+    <path d="M8 0a8 8 0 1 1 0 16A8 8 0 0 1 8 0ZM1.5 8a6.5 6.5 0 1 0 13 0 6.5 6.5 0 0 0-13 0Z"></path>
+  </svg>
+);

apps/web/src/components/v2/default-view.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
-import { Archive, ListChecks } from "lucide-react";
+import { Archive, Eye, EyeOff, List, ListChecks } from "lucide-react";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { TerminalInput } from "./terminal-input";
 import { useFileUpload } from "@/hooks/useFileUpload";
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { threadsToMetadata } from "@/lib/thread-utils";
 import { Settings, BookOpen } from "lucide-react";
 import NextLink from "next/link";
 import { OpenSWELogoSVG } from "../icons/openswe";
+import { DEFAULT_CONFIG_KEY, useConfigStore } from "@/hooks/useConfigStore";
 
 function OpenSettingsButton() {
   return (
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ export function DefaultView({ threads, threadsLoading }: DefaultViewProps) {
   const apiUrl: string | undefined = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL ?? "";
   const [draftToLoad, setDraftToLoad] = useState("");
   const assistantId: string | undefined = MANAGER_GRAPH_ID;
+  const { getConfig } = useConfigStore();
+  const config = getConfig(DEFAULT_CONFIG_KEY);
   const {
     contentBlocks,
     setContentBlocks,
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@ export function DefaultView({ threads, threadsLoading }: DefaultViewProps) {
     handlePaste,
   } = useFileUpload();
   const [autoAccept, setAutoAccept] = useState(false);
+  const [shouldCreateIssue, setShouldCreateIssue] = useState(
+    config?.shouldCreateIssue != null ? !!config.shouldCreateIssue : true,
+  );
 
   const threadsMetadata = useMemo(() => threadsToMetadata(threads), [threads]);
   const displayThreads = threadsMetadata.slice(0, 4);
@@ -172,11 +178,13 @@ export function DefaultView({ threads, threadsLoading }: DefaultViewProps) {
                   draftToLoad={draftToLoad}
                   autoAcceptPlan={autoAccept}
                   setAutoAcceptPlan={setAutoAccept}
+                  shouldCreateIssue={shouldCreateIssue}
+                  setShouldCreateIssue={setShouldCreateIssue}
                 />
                 <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
                   <TooltipIconButton
                     variant={autoAccept ? "default" : "ghost"}
-                    tooltip="Automatically accept the plan"
+                    tooltip="Whether or not to automatically accept the plan"
                     className={cn(
                       "transition-colors duration-200",
                       autoAccept
@@ -186,7 +194,29 @@ export function DefaultView({ threads, threadsLoading }: DefaultViewProps) {
                     onClick={() => setAutoAccept((prev) => !prev)}
                     side="bottom"
                   >
-                    <ListChecks className="size-4" />
+                    {autoAccept ? (
+                      <ListChecks className="size-4" />
+                    ) : (
+                      <List className="size-4" />
+                    )}
+                  </TooltipIconButton>
+                  <TooltipIconButton
+                    variant={shouldCreateIssue ? "ghost" : "default"}
+                    tooltip="Whether or not to create a GitHub issue for the request"
+                    className={cn(
+                      "transition-colors duration-200",
+                      shouldCreateIssue
+                        ? "text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+                        : "bg-primary hover:bg-primary/90",
+                    )}
+                    onClick={() => setShouldCreateIssue((prev) => !prev)}
+                    side="bottom"
+                  >
+                    {shouldCreateIssue ? (
+                      <Eye className="size-4" />
+                    ) : (
+                      <EyeOff className="size-4" />
+                    )}
                   </TooltipIconButton>
                 </div>
               </div>

apps/web/src/components/v2/manager-chat.tsx

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ interface ManagerChatProps {
     name: string | null;
     email: string | null;
   };
+  disableSubmit?: boolean;
 }
 
 function extractResponseFromMessage(message: Message): string {
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ export function ManagerChat({
   cancelRun,
   errorState,
   githubUser,
+  disableSubmit,
 }: ManagerChatProps) {
   return (
     <div className="border-border bg-muted/30 flex h-full w-1/3 flex-col overflow-hidden border-r">
@@ -252,7 +254,13 @@ export function ManagerChat({
             placeholder="Type your message..."
             className="border-border bg-background text-foreground placeholder:text-muted-foreground min-h-[60px] flex-1 resize-none text-sm"
             onKeyDown={(e) => {
-              if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && !isLoading) {
+              if (
+                e.key === "Enter" &&
+                (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) &&
+                !isLoading &&
+                !disableSubmit &&
+                !!chatInput.trim()
+              ) {
                 e.preventDefault();
                 handleSendMessage();
               }
@@ -270,7 +278,7 @@ export function ManagerChat({
           ) : (
             <Button
               onClick={handleSendMessage}
-              disabled={!chatInput.trim()}
+              disabled={!chatInput.trim() || disableSubmit}
               size="icon"
               variant="brand"
               className="size-8 rounded-full border border-white/20 transition-all duration-200 hover:border-white/30 disabled:border-transparent"

apps/web/src/components/v2/terminal-input.tsx

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ interface TerminalInputProps {
   setQuickActionPrompt?: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string>>;
   autoAcceptPlan: boolean;
   setAutoAcceptPlan: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>;
+  shouldCreateIssue: boolean;
+  setShouldCreateIssue: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>;
   draftToLoad?: string;
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ export function TerminalInput({
   setQuickActionPrompt,
   autoAcceptPlan,
   setAutoAcceptPlan,
+  shouldCreateIssue,
+  setShouldCreateIssue,
   draftToLoad,
 }: TerminalInputProps) {
   const { push } = useRouter();
@@ -164,6 +168,7 @@ export function TerminalInput({
               recursion_limit: 400,
               configurable: {
                 ...defaultConfig,
+                shouldCreateIssue,
                 [GITHUB_USER_LOGIN_HEADER]: user.login,
               },
             },
@@ -199,6 +204,11 @@ export function TerminalInput({
         setMessage("");
         setContentBlocks([]);
         setAutoAcceptPlan(false);
+        setShouldCreateIssue(
+          defaultConfig?.shouldCreateIssue != null
+            ? !!defaultConfig.shouldCreateIssue
+            : true,
+        );
       } catch (e) {
         if (
           typeof e === "object" &&

apps/web/src/components/v2/thread-view.tsx

@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ export function ThreadView({
     });
 
   const [errorState, setErrorState] = useState<ErrorState | null>(null);
+  const [hasGitHubIssue, setHasGitHubIssue] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    stream.client.threads.get(displayThread.id).then((thread) => {
+      const configurable = (thread as Record<string, any>).config?.configurable;
+      setHasGitHubIssue(!!configurable?.shouldCreateIssue);
+    });
+  }, [displayThread.id]);
 
   // Load optimistic message from sessionStorage
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -348,6 +356,10 @@ export function ThreadView({
       ]
     : filteredMessages;
 
+  const shouldDisableManagerInput = !hasGitHubIssue
+    ? stream.isLoading || plannerStream.isLoading || programmerStream.isLoading
+    : false;
+
   return (
     <div className="bg-background flex h-screen flex-1 flex-col">
       {/* Header */}
@@ -397,6 +409,7 @@ export function ThreadView({
           cancelRun={cancelRun}
           errorState={errorState}
           githubUser={user || undefined}
+          disableSubmit={shouldDisableManagerInput}
         />
         {/* Right Side - Actions & Plan */}
         <div

packages/shared/src/open-swe/types.ts

@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@ export const GraphConfigurationMetadata: {
         "JSON configuration for custom MCP servers. LangGraph docs server is set by default. See the `mcpServers` field of the LangChain MCP Adapters `ClientConfig` type for information on this schema. [Documentation here](https://v03.api.js.langchain.com/types/_langchain_mcp_adapters.ClientConfig.html).",
     },
   },
+  shouldCreateIssue: {
+    x_open_swe_ui_config: {
+      type: "boolean",
+      default: true,
+      description:
+        "Whether or not to create GitHub issues for all requests. Can be overridden on a per-request basis via the 'eye' icon in the chat input area.",
+    },
+  },
   apiKeys: {
     x_open_swe_ui_config: {
       type: "hidden",
@@ -614,6 +622,13 @@ export const GraphConfiguration = z.object({
   maxTokens: withLangGraph(z.number().optional(), {
     metadata: GraphConfigurationMetadata.maxTokens,
   }),
+  /**
+   * Whether or not to create an issue for this request.
+   * @default true
+   */
+  shouldCreateIssue: withLangGraph(z.boolean().optional(), {
+    metadata: GraphConfigurationMetadata.shouldCreateIssue,
+  }),
   /**
    * User defined API keys to use
    */