diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/_lib/add-lib.mjs b/src/handlers/work/issues/_lib/add-lib.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17c9744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/_lib/add-lib.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { claimIssues, verifyIssuesAvailable } from '@liquid-labs/github-toolkit'
+import { httpSmartResponse } from '@liquid-labs/http-smart-response'
+import { CredentialsDB, purposes } from '@liquid-labs/liq-credentials-db'
+import { Octocache } from '@liquid-labs/octocache'
+
+import { commonAssignParameters } from '../../_lib/common-assign-parameters'
+import { WorkDB } from '../../_lib/work-db'
+
+const doAddIssues = async({ app, cache, reporter, req, res, workKey }) => {
+  reporter = reporter.isolate()
+
+  let { assignee, comment, issues, noAutoAssign } = req.vars
+
+  const credDB = new CredentialsDB({ app, cache, reporter })
+  const authToken = credDB.getToken(purposes.GITHUB_API)
+  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app, authToken, reporter })
+
+  // normalize the issue spec; add default project to issues
+  const workData = workDB.requireData(workKey)
+  // normalize the issue references
+  const primaryProject = workData.projects[0].name
+  issues = issues.map((i) => i.match(/^\d+$/) ? primaryProject + '/' + i : i)
+
+  await verifyIssuesAvailable({ authToken, issues, noAutoAssign, notClosed : true, reporter })
+  await claimIssues({ assignee, authToken, comment, issues, reporter })
+
+  const updatedWorkData = await workDB.addIssues({ issues, workKey })
+
+  httpSmartResponse({
+    data : updatedWorkData,
+    msg  : `Added '<em>${issues.join("<rst>', '<em>")}<rst>' to unit of work '<em>${workKey}<rst>'.`,
+    req,
+    res
+  })
+}
+
+const getIssuesAddEndpointParameters = ({ workDesc }) => {
+  const help = {
+    name        : 'Work issues add',
+    summary     : `Add issues to the ${workDesc} unit of work.`,
+    description : `Adds one or more issues to the ${workDesc} unit of work.`
+  }
+
+  const method = 'put'
+
+  const parameters = [...commonAssignParameters()]
+
+  parameters.find((p) => p.name === 'issues').optionsFunc = issueOptionsFunc
+  Object.freeze(parameters)
+
+  return { help, method, parameters }
+}
+
+const issueOptionsFunc = async({ app, cache, workKey }) => {
+  const credDB = new CredentialsDB({ app, cache })
+  const authToken = credDB.getToken(purposes.GITHUB_API)
+  const octocache = new Octocache({ authToken })
+
+  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app })
+
+  const projects = workDB.getData(workKey).projects?.map((p) => p.name)
+  if (projects === undefined) return []
+
+  const options = []
+  for (const project of projects) {
+    const issues = await octocache.paginate(`GET /repos/${project}/issues`, { state : 'open' })
+    // TODO: use constant for 'assigned'
+    options.push(...issues
+      .filter((i) => !i.labels.some((l) => l.name === 'assigned'))
+      // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-regex-literals
+      .map((i) => i.url.replace(new RegExp('.+/repos/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/issues/(\\d+).*'), '$1/$2/$3'))
+    )
+  }
+
+  return options
+}
+
+export { doAddIssues, getIssuesAddEndpointParameters }
diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/_lib/list-lib.mjs b/src/handlers/work/issues/_lib/list-lib.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8d26ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/_lib/list-lib.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { commonOutputParams, formatOutput } from '@liquid-labs/liq-handlers-lib'
+import { tryExec } from '@liquid-labs/shell-toolkit'
+
+import { WorkDB } from '../../_lib/work-db'
+
+const getIssuesListEndpointParameters = ({ workDesc }) => {
+  const parameters = [
+    {
+      name        : 'browseEach',
+      isBoolean   : true,
+      description : 'Will attempt to open a browser window for each issues in the list.'
+    },
+    ...commonOutputParams()
+  ]
+  Object.freeze(parameters)
+
+  return {
+    help : {
+      name        : 'Work projects list',
+      summary     : `List the ${workDesc} work issues.`,
+      description : `Lists the issues associated with the ${workDesc} unit of work.`
+    },
+    method : 'get',
+    parameters
+  }
+}
+
+const allFields = ['name', 'private']
+const defaultFields = allFields
+
+const mdFormatter = (issues, title) => `# ${title}\n\n${issues.map((i) => `- __${i.name}__:\n  - private: ${i.private}`).join('\n')}\n`
+
+const terminalFormatter = (issues) => issues.map((i) => `<em>${i.name}<rst>:\n  - private: <code>${i.private}<rst>`).join('\n')
+
+const textFormatter = (issues) => issues.map((i) => `${i.name}:\n  - private: ${i.private}`).join('\n')
+
+const doListIssues = async({ app, cache, reporter, req, res, workKey }) => {
+  reporter = reporter.isolate()
+
+  const { browseEach = false } = req.vars
+
+  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app })
+  const workData = await workDB.getData(workKey)
+
+  if (browseEach === true) {
+    for (const issue of workData.projects) {
+      const projectFQN = issue.name
+      tryExec(`open 'https://github.com/${projectFQN}'`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  formatOutput({
+    basicTitle : `${workKey} Projects`,
+    data       : workData.projects,
+    allFields,
+    defaultFields,
+    mdFormatter,
+    terminalFormatter,
+    textFormatter,
+    reporter,
+    req,
+    res,
+    ...req.vars
+  })
+}
+
+export { doListIssues, getIssuesListEndpointParameters }
diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/_lib/remove-lib.mjs b/src/handlers/work/issues/_lib/remove-lib.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da3d030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/_lib/remove-lib.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import createError from 'http-errors'
+
+import { releaseIssues } from '@liquid-labs/github-toolkit'
+import { httpSmartResponse } from '@liquid-labs/http-smart-response'
+import { CredentialsDB, purposes } from '@liquid-labs/liq-credentials-db'
+
+import { commonIssuesParameters } from '../../_lib/common-issues-parameters'
+import { WorkDB } from '../../_lib/work-db'
+
+const doRemoveIssues = async({ app, cache, reporter, req, res, workKey }) => {
+  reporter = reporter.isolate()
+
+  let { comment, issues, noUnassign, noUnlabel } = req.vars
+
+  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app, reporter })
+  const workData = workDB.getData(workKey)
+  if (workData === undefined) {
+    throw createError.NotFound(`No such active unit of work '${workKey}'.`)
+  }
+
+  // normalize the issue spec; add default project to issues
+  const primaryProject = workData.projects[0].name
+  issues = issues.map((i) => i.match(/^\d+$/) ? primaryProject + '/' + i : i)
+
+  const credDB = new CredentialsDB({ app, cache, reporter })
+  const authToken = credDB.getToken(purposes.GITHUB_API)
+
+  await releaseIssues({ authToken, comment, issues, noUnassign, noUnlabel, reporter })
+
+  const updatedWorkData = workDB.removeIssues({ workKey, issues })
+
+  httpSmartResponse({
+    data : updatedWorkData,
+    msg  : `Removed issues '<em>${issues.join("<rst>', '<em>")}<rst>' from unit of work '<em>${workKey}<rst>'.`,
+    req,
+    res
+  })
+}
+
+const getIssuesRemoveEndpointParameters = ({ workDesc }) => {
+  const parameters = [
+    {
+      name        : 'comment',
+      description : 'Comment to add to the issues as they are removed. A default comment will be generated if none is provided. Pass an empty string to suppress leaving a comment.'
+    },
+    {
+      name        : 'noUnassign',
+      isBoolean   : true,
+      description : 'Setting `noUnassign` to true maintains the issue assignments rather than the default behavior of unassigning the issue.'
+    },
+    {
+      name        : 'noUnlabel',
+      isBoolean   : true,
+      description : "Setting `noUnlabel` to true keeps the 'claim label' on the issue rather than the default behavior of removing it."
+    },
+    ...commonIssuesParameters
+  ]
+  parameters.find((p) => p.name === 'issues').optionsFunc = issueOptionsFunc
+  Object.freeze(parameters)
+
+  return {
+    help : {
+      name        : 'Work issues remove',
+      summary     : `Remove issues from the ${workDesc} unit of work.`,
+      description : `Removes issues from the ${workDesc} unit of work.`
+    },
+    method : 'delete',
+    parameters
+  }
+}
+
+const issueOptionsFunc = ({ app, workKey }) => {
+  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app })
+  return workDB.getIssueKeys(workKey)
+}
+
+export { doRemoveIssues, getIssuesRemoveEndpointParameters }
diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/add-implied.mjs b/src/handlers/work/issues/add-implied.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b288acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/add-implied.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import createError from 'http-errors'
+
+import { determineCurrentBranch } from '@liquid-labs/git-toolkit'
+
+import { doAddIssues, getIssuesAddEndpointParameters } from './_lib/add-lib'
+
+const { help, method, parameters } = getIssuesAddEndpointParameters({ workDesc : 'current' })
+
+const path = ['work', 'issues', 'add']
+
+const func = ({ app, cache, model, reporter }) => async(req, res) => {
+  const currDir = req.get('X-CWD')
+  if (currDir === undefined) {
+    throw createError.BadRequest('Called \'work issues add\' with implied work, but \'X-CWD\' header not found.')
+  }
+
+  const workKey = await determineCurrentBranch({ projectPath : currDir, reporter })
+
+  await doAddIssues({ app, cache, reporter, req, res, workKey })
+}
+
+export { func, help, method, parameters, path }
diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/add.js b/src/handlers/work/issues/add.js
index 2cc5ebd..0469cd5 100644
--- a/src/handlers/work/issues/add.js
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/add.js
@@ -1,79 +1,13 @@
-import createError from 'http-errors'
+import { doAddIssues, getIssuesAddEndpointParameters } from './_lib/add-lib'
 
-import { claimIssues, verifyIssuesAvailable } from '@liquid-labs/github-toolkit'
-import { httpSmartResponse } from '@liquid-labs/http-smart-response'
-import { CredentialsDB, purposes } from '@liquid-labs/liq-credentials-db'
-import { Octocache } from '@liquid-labs/octocache'
+const { help, method, parameters } = getIssuesAddEndpointParameters({ workDesc : 'named' })
 
-import { commonAssignParameters } from '../_lib/common-assign-parameters'
-import { WorkDB } from '../_lib/work-db'
-
-const help = {
-  name        : 'Work issues add',
-  summary     : 'Add issues to a unit of work.',
-  description : 'Adds one or more issues to a unit of work.'
-}
-
-const method = 'put'
 const path = ['work', ':workKey', 'issues', 'add']
 
-const parameters = [
-  ...commonAssignParameters()
-]
-const issueOptionsFunc = async({ app, cache, workKey }) => {
-  const credDB = new CredentialsDB({ app, cache })
-  const authToken = credDB.getToken(purposes.GITHUB_API)
-  const octocache = new Octocache({ authToken })
-
-  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app })
-
-  const projects = workDB.getData(workKey).projects?.map((p) => p.name)
-  if (projects === undefined) return []
-
-  const options = []
-  for (const project of projects) {
-    const issues = await octocache.paginate(`GET /repos/${project}/issues`, { state : 'open' })
-    // TODO: use constant for 'assigned'
-    options.push(...issues
-      .filter((i) => !i.labels.some((l) => l.name === 'assigned'))
-      // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-regex-literals
-      .map((i) => i.url.replace(new RegExp('.+/repos/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/issues/(\\d+).*'), '$1/$2/$3'))
-    )
-  }
-
-  return options
-}
-parameters.find((p) => p.name === 'issues').optionsFunc = issueOptionsFunc
-Object.freeze(parameters)
-
 const func = ({ app, cache, model, reporter }) => async(req, res) => {
-  reporter = reporter.isolate()
-
-  let { assignee, comment, issues, noAutoAssign, workKey } = req.vars
-
-  const credDB = new CredentialsDB({ app, cache, reporter })
-  const authToken = credDB.getToken(purposes.GITHUB_API)
-  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app, authToken, reporter })
-
-  // normalize the issue spec; add default project to issues
-  const workData = workDB.getData(workKey)
-  if (workData === undefined) {
-    throw createError.NotFound(`No such active unit of work '${workKey}'.`)
-  }
-  const primaryProject = workData.projects[0].name
-  issues = issues.map((i) => i.match(/^\d+$/) ? primaryProject + '/' + i : i)
-
-  await verifyIssuesAvailable({ authToken, issues, noAutoAssign, notClosed : true, reporter })
-  await claimIssues({ assignee, authToken, comment, issues, reporter })
-
-  const updatedWorkData = await workDB.addIssues({ issues, workKey })
+  const { workKey } = req.vars
 
-  httpSmartResponse({
-    data : updatedWorkData,
-    msg  : `Added '<em>${issues.join("<rst>', '<em>")}<rst>' to unit of work '<em>${workKey}<rst>'.`,
-    req,
-    res
-  })
+  await doAddIssues({ app, cache, reporter, req, res, workKey })
 }
 
-export { func, help, parameters, path, method }
+export { func, help, method, parameters, path }
diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/index.js b/src/handlers/work/issues/index.js
index e3f2755..3e72e45 100644
--- a/src/handlers/work/issues/index.js
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import * as addHandler from './add'
+import * as addImpliedHandler from './add-implied'
 import * as listHandler from './list'
+import * as listImpliedHandler from './list-implied'
 import * as removeHandler from './remove'
+import * as removeImpliedHandler from './remove-implied'
 
-const handlers = [addHandler, listHandler, removeHandler]
+const handlers = [addHandler, addImpliedHandler, listHandler, listImpliedHandler, removeHandler, removeImpliedHandler]
 
 export { handlers }
diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/list-implied.mjs b/src/handlers/work/issues/list-implied.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d8a1ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/list-implied.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import createError from 'http-errors'
+
+import { determineCurrentBranch } from '@liquid-labs/git-toolkit'
+
+import { doListIssues, getIssuesListEndpointParameters } from './_lib/list-lib'
+
+const { help, method, parameters } = getIssuesListEndpointParameters({ workDesc : 'current' })
+
+const path = ['work', 'issues', 'list']
+
+const func = ({ app, cache, model, reporter }) => async(req, res) => {
+  const currDir = req.get('X-CWD')
+  if (currDir === undefined) {
+    throw createError.BadRequest('Called \'work issues list\' with implied work, but \'X-CWD\' header not found.')
+  }
+
+  const workKey = await determineCurrentBranch({ projectPath : currDir, reporter })
+
+  await doListIssues({ app, cache, reporter, req, res, workKey })
+}
+
+export { func, help, method, parameters, path }
diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/list.mjs b/src/handlers/work/issues/list.mjs
index 2a81182..20b4872 100644
--- a/src/handlers/work/issues/list.mjs
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/list.mjs
@@ -1,63 +1,13 @@
-import { commonOutputParams, formatOutput } from '@liquid-labs/liq-handlers-lib'
-import { tryExec } from '@liquid-labs/shell-toolkit'
+import { doListIssues, getIssuesListEndpointParameters } from './_lib/list-lib'
 
-import { WorkDB } from '../_lib/work-db'
+const { help, method, parameters } = getIssuesListEndpointParameters({ workDesc : 'named' })
 
-const help = {
-  name        : 'Work issues list',
-  summary     : 'List work issues.',
-  description : 'Lists the issues associated with the indicated unit of work.'
-}
-
-const method = 'get'
 const path = ['work', ':workKey', 'issues', 'list']
-const parameters = [
-  {
-    name        : 'browseEach',
-    isBoolean   : true,
-    description : 'Will attempt to open a browser window for each issues in the list.'
-  },
-  ...commonOutputParams()
-]
-Object.freeze(parameters)
-
-const allFields = ['id', 'summary']
-const defaultFields = allFields
-
-const mdFormatter = (issues, title) => `# ${title}\n\n${issues.map((i) => `* __${i.id}__: ${i.descirption}`).join('\n')}\n`
-
-const terminalFormatter = (issues) => issues.map((i) => `<em>${i.id}<rst>: ${i.summary}`).join('\n')
-
-const textFormatter = (issues) => issues.map((i) => `${i.id}: ${i.summary}`).join('\n')
 
 const func = ({ app, cache, model, reporter }) => async(req, res) => {
-  reporter = reporter.isolate()
-
-  const { browseEach = false, workKey } = req.vars
-
-  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app })
-  const workData = await workDB.getData(workKey)
-
-  if (browseEach === true) {
-    for (const issue of workData.issues) {
-      const [org, project, number] = issue.id.split('/')
-      tryExec(`open 'https://github.com/${org}/${project}/issues/${number}'`)
-    }
-  }
+  const { workKey } = req.vars
 
-  formatOutput({
-    basicTitle : `${workKey} Issues`,
-    data       : workData.issues,
-    allFields,
-    defaultFields,
-    mdFormatter,
-    terminalFormatter,
-    textFormatter,
-    reporter,
-    req,
-    res,
-    ...req.vars
-  })
+  await doListIssues({ app, cache, reporter, req, res, workKey })
 }
 
-export { func, help, parameters, path, method }
+export { func, help, method, parameters, path }
diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/remove-implied.mjs b/src/handlers/work/issues/remove-implied.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f0e1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/remove-implied.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import createError from 'http-errors'
+
+import { determineCurrentBranch } from '@liquid-labs/git-toolkit'
+
+import { doRemoveIssues, getIssuesRemoveEndpointParameters } from './_lib/remove-lib'
+
+const { help, method, parameters } = getIssuesRemoveEndpointParameters({ workDesc : 'current' })
+
+const path = ['work', 'issues', 'remove']
+
+const func = ({ app, cache, model, reporter }) => async(req, res) => {
+  const currDir = req.get('X-CWD')
+  if (currDir === undefined) {
+    throw createError.BadRequest('Called \'work issues list\' with implied work, but \'X-CWD\' header not found.')
+  }
+
+  const workKey = await determineCurrentBranch({ projectPath : currDir, reporter })
+
+  await doRemoveIssues({ app, cache, reporter, req, res, workKey })
+}
+
+export { func, help, method, parameters, path }
diff --git a/src/handlers/work/issues/remove.js b/src/handlers/work/issues/remove.js
index 17685f2..8afd386 100644
--- a/src/handlers/work/issues/remove.js
+++ b/src/handlers/work/issues/remove.js
@@ -1,73 +1,13 @@
-import createError from 'http-errors'
+import { doRemoveIssues, getIssuesRemoveEndpointParameters } from './_lib/remove-lib'
 
-import { releaseIssues } from '@liquid-labs/github-toolkit'
-import { httpSmartResponse } from '@liquid-labs/http-smart-response'
-import { CredentialsDB, purposes } from '@liquid-labs/liq-credentials-db'
+const { help, method, parameters } = getIssuesRemoveEndpointParameters({ workDesc : 'named' })
 
-import { commonIssuesParameters } from '../_lib/common-issues-parameters'
-import { WorkDB } from '../_lib/work-db'
-
-const help = {
-  name        : 'Work issues remove',
-  summary     : 'Remove issues from a unit of work.',
-  description : 'Removes issues from the indicated unit of work.'
-}
-
-const method = 'delete'
 const path = ['work', ':workKey', 'issues', 'remove']
 
-const parameters = [
-  {
-    name        : 'comment',
-    description : 'Comment to add to the issues as they are removed. A default comment will be generated if none is provided. Pass an empty string to suppress leaving a comment.'
-  },
-  {
-    name        : 'noUnassign',
-    isBoolean   : true,
-    description : 'Setting `noUnassign` to true maintains the issue assignments rather than the default behavior of unassigning the issue.'
-  },
-  {
-    name        : 'noUnlabel',
-    isBoolean   : true,
-    description : "Setting `noUnlabel` to true keeps the 'claim label' on the issue rather than the default behavior of removing it."
-  },
-  ...commonIssuesParameters
-]
-const issueOptionsFunc = ({ app, workKey }) => {
-  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app })
-  return workDB.getIssueKeys(workKey)
-}
-parameters.find((p) => p.name === 'issues').optionsFunc = issueOptionsFunc
-Object.freeze(parameters)
-
 const func = ({ app, cache, model, reporter }) => async(req, res) => {
-  reporter = reporter.isolate()
-
-  let { comment, issues, noUnassign, noUnlabel, workKey } = req.vars
-
-  const workDB = new WorkDB({ app, reporter })
-  const workData = workDB.getData(workKey)
-  if (workData === undefined) {
-    throw createError.NotFound(`No such active unit of work '${workKey}'.`)
-  }
-
-  // normalize the issue spec; add default project to issues
-  const primaryProject = workData.projects[0].name
-  issues = issues.map((i) => i.match(/^\d+$/) ? primaryProject + '/' + i : i)
-
-  const credDB = new CredentialsDB({ app, cache, reporter })
-  const authToken = credDB.getToken(purposes.GITHUB_API)
-
-  await releaseIssues({ authToken, comment, issues, noUnassign, noUnlabel, reporter })
-
-  const updatedWorkData = workDB.removeIssues({ workKey, issues })
+  const { workKey } = req.vars
 
-  httpSmartResponse({
-    data : updatedWorkData,
-    msg  : `Removed issues '<em>${issues.join("<rst>', '<em>")}<rst>' from unit of work '<em>${workKey}<rst>'.`,
-    req,
-    res
-  })
+  await doRemoveIssues({ app, cache, reporter, req, res, workKey })
 }
 
-export { func, help, parameters, path, method }
+export { func, help, method, parameters, path }