# make-pr

Publishes committed changes and creates or updates a pull request. It fits workflows that need branch checks and a post-operation state check.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 609 installs · ★ 6
- Author: prathamdby
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/prathamdby/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/make-pr/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/make-pr

## What it does

The skill inspects the current branch, target branch, upstream, status, and any open pull request. It fetches before comparing, reads only `git diff <target>...HEAD`, records the diff hash, and stops on a dirty tree, detached HEAD, a bad base relationship, or multiple open PRs. An empty diff returns `NO_CHANGES`.

It then drafts the title and body from the locked diff, pushes the branch, and creates or updates the pull request. Existing draft state, reviewers, labels, assignees, and projects are preserved. A read-back check compares the URL, base/head, title, body, and other fields with the operation ledger. Conventional title handling depends on `../commit/REFERENCE.md`; themed views use `references/views.md`.

This skill does not create commits, force-push, run builds, or run tests. Uncommitted or untracked files block publication, so the work must be committed first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill make-pr -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill make-pr -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill make-pr -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install prathamdby/skills make-pr
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill make-pr -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/prathamdby/skills --path skills/engineering/make-pr
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill make-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/prathamdby/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/make-pr/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- publish committed changes to the remote branch
- open a pull request against a selected base branch
- update an existing PR while keeping its draft state
- verify pull request fields after an API mutation
- add an authorized `Closes #N` footer

## Example prompts
- Publish the committed changes and open a pull request against `main`.
- Inspect the diff, update the existing pull request, and keep its draft state.
- Create the PR with `Ticket 42`, then verify its URL and body.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: make-pr
description: >
  make-pr to publish committed changes and create or update their pull request.
---

# Make PR

## Options

Default: base main, no ticket/issue, imperative sentence-case title, non-draft
creation. "Target <branch>" selects base; "draft PR" selects draft creation.
Updates preserve existing draft state unless the user explicitly requests
conversion. "Ticket <id>" / "prefix [<id>]" supplies only that exact prefix.
"Issue N" / "fixes #N" / "closes #N" authorizes one `Closes #N` per issue.
Issue URLs yield N only from `/issues/N`; pull URLs do not. Bare #N, missing
values, or conflicting options block. Infer no ticket/issue from other context.
"Conventional title" loads formatting and rejection rules in
`../commit/REFERENCE.md`; verify that dependency exists first.

## 1. Preflight

Resolve branch, target, status, upstream, and open PR. Use configured push
remote or origin; fetch before comparison. Block on detached HEAD, target
equal to current branch, missing target, fetch failure, behind/diverged
upstream, dirty/untracked files, several open PRs, or a different existing base.
Ignore closed PRs. Record
`branch/base | remote | diff hash | PR | draft | title/body/depth | mutation | terminal`.
Done when clean branch, fixed base, and create/update are known.

## 2. Draft from the locked diff

Read and hash only `git diff <target>...HEAD`; empty → `NO_CHANGES`.
Default title is imperative sentence case, at most 60 characters, no type or
period. Conventional keeps commit's 50-character limit. An explicit ticket
prefix is exempt from length and ticket rejection, not proof of ticket claims.

For a nonempty diff, apply body, depth, and style rules in `REFERENCE.md`.
Use `references/views.md` only for a theme needing a fenced view.
Trace every title phrase, body line, caption, and visual label to hunks;
only explicitly authorized Closes footers are exempt.
Done when format, depth, exact issue set, and clean-room trace pass.

## 3. Publish

Recheck status and diff hash; movement returns to Preflight. Push missing/ahead
upstream normally, never force; fetch and require upstream equals local HEAD.
Create with explicit base/head and requested draft state, or update copy
while preserving draft, reviewers, labels, assignees, and projects. Only an
explicit draft conversion authorizes changing that state.
Record each successful mutation; on interruption re-preflight instead of
repeating a successful push/create. Register the URL with the host's PR-link
tool when available, including existing PRs when work starts.
Done when a PR URL or captured mutation error exists.

## 4. Read back

Verify URL, base/head, title/body, draft, and preserved fields against the
ledger. A partial API result or non-body mismatch permits one mutation retry
after read-back, then `BLOCKED` with field differences. For an appended body
or footer, apply `references/body-hygiene.md`.
Confirm the three body headings, one-sentence Why, Special bounds, and exact
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