# jackin-refresh-pr

Reconciles an open pull request title and body with the current branch diff. Keeps local verification blocks and prose aligned when scope shifts.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 469 installs · ★ 3
- Author: jackin-project
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev/tree/HEAD/skills/jackin-refresh-pr/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jackin-refresh-pr

## What it does

This skill synchronizes a PR's title and description with recent branch changes. Commits accumulate over time. When a typo fix turns into feature code, the original text misleads reviewers. The skill runs exclusively on explicit operator demand, preventing churn.

The workflow relies on `cargo xtask pr body` to inspect changes. The binary manages the `Verify locally` block selection, while the agent reads `gh pr diff` and `git log` to rewrite drifted prose. Authored notes inside kept verification blocks remain intact.

Updates must go through `gh pr edit <PR> --body-file /tmp/pr-body.md`. Markdown passed via `--body` breaks on code fences and dollar signs.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-refresh-pr -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/jackin-refresh-pr/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/jackin-refresh-pr/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-refresh-pr -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/jackin-refresh-pr/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-refresh-pr -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/jackin-refresh-pr/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jackin-project/jackin-dev jackin-refresh-pr
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/jackin-refresh-pr/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-refresh-pr -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev --path skills/jackin-refresh-pr
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/jackin-refresh-pr/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-refresh-pr -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev/tree/HEAD/skills/jackin-refresh-pr/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- update outdated PR summaries when scope shifts during development
- rebuild the Verify locally checklist using cargo xtask pr body
- rewrite drifted sections without wiping out manual reviewer notes
- prevent broken Markdown formatting and escaping issues in GitHub CLI

## Example prompts
- Refresh the PR body and title to match the latest diff
- Reconcile PR #15 against current branch changes
- Update the verification steps for the open pull request

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: jackin-refresh-pr
description: Use only when the user explicitly requests this skill. Reconciles an open jackin❯ pull request's title and body against the current diff — regenerates the Verify-locally block selection and rewrites prose that has drifted.
argument-hint: "[PR]"
disable-model-invocation: true
license: Apache-2.0
user-invocable: true
---

# jackin-refresh-pr

Reconcile an open PR's title and body against the current diff, so the body describes what the branch **actually ships now** — not what it shipped when it was opened. Run when the body has drifted: more commits landed, scope grew or shifted, the title still reads `docs:` but the PR now ships a feature.

Shares `cargo xtask pr body` with `jackin-create-pr` — the binary owns the Verify-locally block selection; the agent owns the prose. This is the deliberate, on-demand version of the reconciliation `jackin-merge-pr` runs at its step 5.

## When to use

- Operator asks to refresh / update the PR body or title ("the body is out of date", "refresh the PR").
- Body has become actively misleading for a reviewer landing on it right now.

## When NOT to use

- Opening a new PR → `jackin-create-pr`.
- At merge-readiness → `jackin-merge-pr` step 5 reconciles as the final gate; don't double-refresh.
- After every iteration commit — refresh is operator-triggered, not commit-triggered (`.github/AGENTS.md` PR-body refresh policy). Auto-refreshing churns the body and wastes attention.

## Arguments

- `PR` — PR number (defaults to the current branch's PR).

## Process

1. **Resolve the PR.** `gh pr view <PR> --json number,title,body,headRefName,baseRefName`. Hold the current title and body.
2. **Gather the fresh shape.** `git fetch origin <baseRefName>`, then `cargo xtask pr body --base origin/<baseRefName> > /tmp/pr-body.fresh.md`. Read the **change digest on stderr** (the rust/docs/capsule/schema categories + file list) — that is what the change *is* now. Read the **fresh skeleton on stdout** — its set of `### ` blocks under `## Verify locally` is the selection the current diff requires.
3. **Reconcile the Verify-locally blocks.** Diff the fresh skeleton's block set against the live body's:
   - In the fresh selection but missing from the body → add it (structure from the template, filled for this PR).
   - In the body but dropped by the fresh selection → remove it.
   - In both → **keep the operator's fill verbatim**. The Checkout block carries the real PR number; Rust tests carry the scoped filter; User smoke carries PR-specific steps. Never overwrite a kept block with the placeholder.

   *Done when* every `### ` block under `## Verify locally` matches the binary's selection for the current diff, and every kept block retains its authored content.
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