How to link to an issue on GitHub, including the issue status

Question

I'm looking for the markdown syntax to do this:

I'd like to create a nice link that includes the issue status (here, it's the green symbol). I could not find this documented anywhere and my Google skills are failing me. It seems to be a highly guarded secret for the high priests to use.

Answer 1

The doc says:

If you reference an issue, pull request, or discussion in a list, the reference will unfurl to show the title and state instead. For more information about task lists, see "About task lists."

For example:

- #1

or

- [ ] #2

are both OK.