Automatically opens pull requests based on your current staged changes and git status.

Install

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Activation

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Create a PR from staged changes with auto-generated branch, title, and description. Use this skill whenever the user wants to create a pull request, ship changes, open a PR, send code for review, or push staged work to GitHub — even if they don't explicitly say "PR".
267 charsno explicit “when” triggerlonger than Claude Code's old 250-char listing cap (fine on current versions)
Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • Generate a branch name based on project and task.
  • Create a PR title and description from staged changes.
  • Validate current Git status before PR creation.
  • Push to a user's fork or origin.
  • Support draft PRs and custom base branches.

How it works

The skill analyzes staged Git changes to automatically generate a branch name, PR title, and description, then creates and pushes a new branch and opens a pull request on GitHub.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Staged Git changes and optional user instructions
You get back
New Git branch and a pull request on GitHub

When to use pr

  • Create a PR for staged work
  • Open a draft PR for review
  • Push changes to a specific base branch

About this skill

Create a pull request with automatically generated title and description based on staged changes.

Before starting, read relevant memory files (especially PR-related feedback memories). Memory preferences override the defaults below.

User instructions: $ARGUMENTS

If user instructions are non-empty, parse them for the following hints (they are free-form text, not structured flags):

  • "draft" → create the PR as a draft
  • "fork" → push to the user's own fork instead of origin
  • "reuse-branch" → reuse the current branch instead of creating a new one (default is to create a new branch)
  • A base branch (e.g., "base: shreyan/project/pr1", "base is master") → use as the PR base branch instead of auto-detecting
  • A project name (e.g., "project is spice", "project: resharding") → use as the project instead of auto-detecting
  • A change type (e.g., "type: fix", "type is refactor") → use as the change type instead of auto-detecting
  • Any other text → treat as extra context to incorporate into the PR description

Follow these steps in order:

  1. Validate:

    • Record the current branch name
    • Run git diff --cached to capture the staged diff. If empty, warn the user and stop
    • If there are unstaged changes, briefly warn the user that they won't be included in the PR
    • Do NOT analyze unstaged changes
    • Fetch the GitHub username by running: gh api user --jq .login
    • Determine reuse-branch and base branch:
      • If user instructions specify "reuse-branch", set reuse-branch = true.
      • Otherwise, set reuse-branch = false (this is the default).
      • Base branch: if user instructions specify a base branch, use that. If reuse-branch is true, use master. Otherwise, use the current branch.
      • When reuse-branch is true, use the current branch name as the branch name.
    • Detect push remote:
      • If user instructions contain "fork", determine the user's fork remote:
        1. List remotes: git remote -v
        2. Look for a remote whose URL contains the GitHub username (e.g., github.com/{username}/). This is the fork remote.
        3. Record the fork remote name for later use.
      • If "fork" is not specified, the push remote is origin.
  2. Analyze staged changes (reuse the diff output from Step 1):

    • Read the modified files to understand the surrounding code context
    • Identify the project/area (e.g., spice, resharding, state-sync, ci). If changes span multiple projects, pick the most dominant one. If user instructions specify a project, use that instead.
    • Read the CONTRIBUTING.md "## Pull Requests" section for valid change types and PR title conventions
    • Determine the change type (fix, feat, refactor, doc, test, chore, perf, revert). If multiple apply, pick the most dominant. If user instructions specify a type, use that instead.
    • Generate a short hyphenated task name, 2-4 words (e.g., add-metrics, fix-header-validation, refactor-chunk-apply)
  3. Generate all details — do NOT run any state-modifying commands (no creating branches, committing, or pushing) in this step:

    • Branch name (local) and remote branch name:
      • If reuse-branch is true: the local branch name is the current branch. Skip collision checks.
      • Otherwise, generate a new local branch name:
        • If pushing to a fork: {project}/{task}
        • If pushing to origin: {username}/{project}/{task}
        • Check for collisions: git branch --list <name> (local) and git ls-remote --heads <push-remote> <name> (remote)
        • On collision, append -2, -3, etc.
      • Remote branch name: when pushing to origin, the remote branch must have the {username}/ prefix. If the local branch name already starts with {username}/, the remote name is the same. Otherwise, prepend it: {username}/{local-branch-name}. When pushing to a fork, the remote branch name is the same as the local branch name.
    • Commit message: single line, same style as the PR title
    • PR title: <type>(<project>): <title> — title must be lowercase (per CONTRIBUTING.md)
      • Example: feat(state-sync): add metrics tracking
    • PR description:
      • Concise summary of what changed and why. Use prose, bullet points, or a mix — whatever fits the change best. A one-line description is fine for small changes.
      • Incorporate any extra context from user instructions
      • Do not include implementation details, test plan sections, or AI attribution
    • Draft: true if user instructions contain "draft", false otherwise
    • Push remote: the fork remote name if "fork" was specified, otherwise origin
  4. Confirm with user:

    • First, print the details in exactly this format (no horizontal rules, no extra fields):
      Branch: <local-branch-name> (remote: <remote-branch-name>)
      Push remote: <push-remote>
      Base branch: <base-branch>
      Draft: Yes/No
      
      PR title: <title>
      
      PR description:
      <description>
      
    • Then use AskUserQuestion with two options: "Yes, create PR" / "Abort"
      • Do NOT put the details inside the AskUserQuestion options
      • The user can select "Other" (built-in) to provide edits — apply their changes and re-confirm
    • If "Abort": stop immediately. Nothing was modified, so no cleanup is needed.
  5. Execute — only after user confirms:

    • If reuse-branch is false, create the branch: git checkout -b <branch-name>
    • Commit staged changes using a HEREDOC for the message:
      git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
      <commit message>
      EOF
      )"
      
    • Push: git push -u <push-remote> <local-branch-name>:<remote-branch-name> (If local and remote names are the same, git push -u <push-remote> <branch-name> is fine.)
    • Create the PR using a HEREDOC for the body:
      • If pushing to a fork, use --head <username>:<remote-branch-name>:
        gh pr create --base <base-branch> --head <username>:<remote-branch-name> \
          --title "<title>" \
          --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
        <description>
        EOF
        )"
        
      • If pushing to origin, use --head <remote-branch-name>:
        gh pr create --base <base-branch> --head <remote-branch-name> \
          --title "<title>" \
          --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
        <description>
        EOF
        )"
        
      Add --draft if the draft flag is set.
    • Display the PR URL on success
    • If push or PR creation fails but the branch was already created locally, tell the user the branch exists and suggest how to retry

When not to use it

  • When there are no staged changes to create a PR from.
  • When unstaged changes are intended to be part of the PR.
  • When manual control over branch naming and PR details is strictly required.

Limitations

  • Requires staged changes to create a PR.
  • Does not analyze unstaged changes.
  • Relies on `gh api` for GitHub interactions.

How it compares

This skill automates the entire PR creation process, including branch naming, commit message generation, and PR description, based on staged changes, reducing manual effort and ensuring consistency.

Compared to similar skills

pr side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

SkillInstallsUpdatedSafetyDifficulty
pr (this skill)04moNo flagsIntermediate
resolve-conflicts818moReviewIntermediate
dependency-upgrade265moReviewIntermediate
git-commits214moNo flagsBeginner

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