Managing AI Project Issues and Tasks with GitHub Teams

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To manage AI project issues and tasks with GitHub Teams, we'll construct a Pulumi program that sets up team members, a repository, and associates that team with the repository. We will also ensure that the project can track issues on GitHub.

Here's how we'll achieve it with Pulumi:

1. **Create a GitHub Team**: We'll define a team within the GitHub organization which is intended to work on the AI project.

2. **Create a Repository**: We'll set up a new GitHub repository where the project code and documentation will be stored.

3. **Associate the Team with the Repository**: We'll give the created team certain permissions on the repository to allow members to collaborate effectively.

4. **Add Team Members**: We'll add users as team members, enabling them to work on the project and manage issues.

5. **Manage Issues**: Although not strictly capable through Pulumi, as issue creation is often a dynamic process, we'll discuss how Pulumi's `github.Issue` resource could be used in a scenario where issues are managed as code.

Please make sure you have the Pulumi CLI installed and configured with the appropriate GitHub access token.

Now, let's write the Pulumi program:

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_github as github

# Step 1: Create a GitHub Team for the AI project.
ai_team = github.Team(
    "ai-team",
    description="Team to manage AI project tasks and issues",
    privacy="closed" # Or "secret" according to your preference.
)

# Step 2: Create a Repository for the AI project.
ai_repo = github.Repository(
    "ai-project-repo",
    description="Repository for AI project",
    visibility="private", # Or "public" according to your preference.
    auto_init=True  # Automatically initializes the repository with an empty README.
)

# Step 3: Associate the Team with the Repository with push permissions.
team_repo = github.TeamRepository(
    "ai-team-repo",
    team_id=ai_team.id,
    repository=ai_repo.name,
    permission="push"  # Permissions can be "pull", "push" or "admin".
)

# Step 4: Add Team Members.
# Repeat the following resource for as many team members as you have,
# replacing `username` with the actual GitHub usernames.
ai_team_member = github.TeamMembership(
    "ai-team-member-john",
    team_id=ai_team.id,
    username="john_doe",  # Replace with actual GitHub username.
    role="member"  # Can be "member" or "maintainer".
)

# Step 5: Manage Issues.
# You would create issues as needed by duplicating the following resource.
# Note: In real scenarios, issues are often created outside of infrastructure code.
ai_issue = github.Issue(
    "ai-project-issue",
    repository=ai_repo.name,
    title="Initial Project Setup",  # The title of the issue.
    body="We need to set up the initial project structure.",  # The content of the issue.
    labels=["enhancement", "good first issue"]  # Associated labels.
)

# Export the URL of the created repository.
pulumi.export("repository_url", ai_repo.html_url)
```

This program sets up the resources needed to manage an AI project on GitHub using the GitHub provider. Here's a breakdown of the process:

- The `github.Team` resource creates a new team within GitHub.
- The `github.Repository` resource creates a new repository where your project code and documentation will be stored.
- The `github.TeamRepository` resource associates the team we created with the repository and sets their permissions.
- The `github.TeamMembership` resource adds a user to the team. You'll repeat this resource for each team member you want to add.
- The `github.Issue` resource illustrates how you might create a GitHub issue via Pulumi, although this is typically done outside of infrastructure management.

After applying this Pulumi program, you'll have a GitHub team associated with a repository. Team members will be able to manage project tasks and issues within the team's repository.

The program exports the URL of the created repository which can be used to access it after the deployment is done.

**Note:** To execute this program, you'll need to have the Pulumi CLI installed and configured with appropriate access tokens for GitHub. Issues are fluid and can be created, updated, or closed at any time by multiple team members, so managing them directly through Pulumi, while possible for static setup, is more commonly handled through GitHub's interface or APIs in a CI/CD workflow.