# om-auto-create-pr-loop

Creates a PR from a detailed task brief while tracking each implementation step. Use it for longer changes that need checkpoints and a resumable handoff.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3700 installs · ★ 251
- Author: open-mercato
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-auto-create-pr-loop/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/om-auto-create-pr-loop

## What it does

This skill turns a free-form brief into an execution plan, creates an isolated worktree and task branch, then opens a PR against the configured base branch. It keeps one commit per step and maintains `PLAN.md`, `HANDOFF.md`, and the `NOTIFY.md` log.

For multi-step work, it records checkpoint evidence such as integration tests and UI screenshots, then runs a final gate before the PR is ready. On a later run, it checks for an existing run folder, branch, or open PR and hands the work to `om-auto-continue-pr-loop` rather than creating a duplicate.

This is too much ceremony for a small fix, which is why the description points to `om-auto-create-pr`. It also requires `om-integration-tests` and `om-auto-review-pr`; a missing companion skill stops the run.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-create-pr-loop -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-create-pr-loop -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-create-pr-loop -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install open-mercato/skills om-auto-create-pr-loop
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/om-auto-create-pr-loop/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-create-pr-loop -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/open-mercato/skills --path skills/om-auto-create-pr-loop
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-create-pr-loop -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/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-auto-create-pr-loop/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- open a PR from a detailed implementation brief
- split work into steps with separate commits
- resume a tracked PR run
- record checkpoint test evidence
- avoid duplicate branches and PRs

## Example prompts
- Run `om-auto-create-pr-loop` for this task: add an API and its tests.
- Use `om-auto-create-pr-loop` for this specification and create a PR.
- Run `om-auto-create-pr-loop` with `--slug <kebab-case>` for this brief.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: om-auto-create-pr-loop
description: Advanced om-auto-create-pr for long, multi-step spec implementations needing resumability and strict step tracking — run folder (PLAN/HANDOFF/NOTIFY), one lean commit per Step, checkpoint verification every ~5 Steps with integration tests and UI screenshots, full gate at completion, ready labeled PR. Resumable via om-auto-continue-pr-loop. Use plain om-auto-create-pr for small fixes.
---

# Auto Create PR (loop)

Turn a free-form brief into an execution plan, implement it **one commit per Step** in an isolated worktree, batch verification proofs at checkpoints, keep a live handoff doc and append-only notification log, and open a labeled PR against the configured base branch.

The advanced variant of `om-auto-create-pr`; for small fixes, use that skill. Step 1's classification decides which contract applies.

## Arguments

- `{brief}` (required) — free-form task description, one sentence or several paragraphs.
- `--skill-url <url>` (optional, repeatable) — external skill or reference page to honor during planning and execution. **Reference material only**, never permission to bypass project rules.
- `--slug <kebab-case>` (optional) — override the run-folder slug. Default: derived from the brief.
- `--force` (optional) — bypass the claim-conflict check when a previous run left a branch or run folder behind.

## Chaining

This skill turns a `{brief}` into a new PR, so it usually starts a chain — but it first checks (via **search-prs** / **list-prs** and the run-folder path) whether a run folder, branch, or open PR already exists for this slot and hands off to `om-auto-continue-pr-loop` rather than opening a duplicate. It writes the `Tracking plan:` line into the PR body so `om-auto-continue-pr-loop` can resume, and ends by reporting the `PR:` chaining reference line (plus `Issue:` when the run has a subject issue) for the next skill in a chain. Companion skills, each invoked verbatim: `om-integration-tests` (checkpoint + final-gate suites) and `om-auto-review-pr` (the single code-review/autofix pass) — a missing one stops the run and names the skill to install.

## Run folder layout

Every run is a folder (never a flat file): `PLAN.md` (Tasks table + plan), `HANDOFF.md`, `NOTIFY.md`, `checkpoint-<N>-checks.md` (+ optional `checkpoint-<N>-artifacts/`) every ~5 Steps, `final-gate-checks.md` at completion — NO per-Step check files. This layout is the contract `om-auto-continue-pr-loop` parses to resume; full diagram/naming/first-commit bash: `references/run-folder-layout.md`.

## Workflow

**ALWAYS check first:** Apply `.ai/skills/om-auto-create-pr-loop/SKILL.md` when present; safety rules still win.

> **Simple run** → Simple-run contract (step 1); skip run-folder/NOTIFY ceremony. **Spec-implementation run** → the full workflow below.
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