# pr-creator

Writes GitHub PR titles and bodies the way a developer would, not as a diff summary. Useful when opening a PR or rewriting its description.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 519 installs · ★ 163
- Author: mblode
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/pr-creator/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pr-creator

## What it does

The skill handles a pull request's title, body, draft state and reviewers. Titles stay under 60 characters and lead with a Linear ID when one shows up in the branch, commits or prompt. The body is one short paragraph: what changed and why it matters. Length follows the change, so a one-line fix gets a one-line body.

\`Risk:` and `Input wanted:` lines appear only when there is a real reason — migrations, billing, auth, irreversible writes. The skill will not invent a why; if it is not in the prompt, the issue or the diff, it stays out. A test plan section with checkboxes never gets written.

You need Git and authenticated GitHub access, and the documented command workflow relies on GitHub CLI. When a `pull_request_template.md` exists, the skill reads it and answers under its headings. The `--body` flag skips the template entirely, so the body goes through `--body-file`.

Noisy commits or a diff over 500 lines are a reason to open `references/pr-polish.md` first. The skill does not touch the code in the diff or hunt for bugs — other skills cover that.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill pr-creator -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill pr-creator -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mblode/agent-skills pr-creator
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills --path skills/pr-creator
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill pr-creator -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/mblode/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/pr-creator/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- open a PR with a title and body that match repo conventions
- rewrite the description of an existing pull request
- link a PR to a Linear issue without closing it on merge
- attach screenshots or a video to a UI change
- flag a migration or billing risk on its own line

## Example prompts
- create a PR for the current branch
- rewrite this PR description and cut the filler
- open this as a draft PR and add alice as reviewer

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: pr-creator
description: Creates or updates GitHub PRs with house-style titles and bodies, issue linking, repository templates, and draft state. Use when asked to "create a PR", "open a PR", "rewrite the PR description", or "polish this PR".
compatibility: Requires Git and authenticated GitHub access. The documented command workflow uses GitHub CLI.
---

# pr-creator

Write PR descriptions like a developer posting in Slack, not an AI summarizing a diff. The reviewer has none of your context, so the body answers what the diff cannot: why, what it costs if wrong, and where you want their view. The diff answers what changed.

- **IS:** creating or updating a GitHub PR's title, body, draft state, and reviewers, attaching visuals for a UI change, plus the commit restructuring and review path that make a large diff readable.
- **IS NOT:** changing the code in the diff or reviewing it for bugs (use `tidy`), watching CI and review comments after the PR exists (use `pr-babysitter`), or cutting npm releases (use `autoship`).

## Reference Files

| File | Read When |
|------|-----------|
| `references/pr-polish.md` | Commits contain fixup, WIP, or "address review" noise, the diff exceeds 500 lines, or the user asks to polish, restructure, squash, or split the PR |

## Workflow

Copy this checklist to track progress:

```text
PR creation progress:
- [ ] Inspect the current branch and diff against the existing PR base, or the discovered default branch merge-base
- [ ] Existing PR? gh pr view --json url,state,isDraft (state OPEN means edit, not create)
- [ ] Linear ID from branch, commits, prompt, or issue link; no ID means no prefix
- [ ] Noisy commits or a >500-line diff? references/pr-polish.md, before pushing
- [ ] PR template present? Read it (paths under Templates)
- [ ] Draft title and body against Rules and Anti-patterns
- [ ] git push -u origin HEAD
- [ ] gh pr create (or gh pr edit); then gh pr view --json url,title and return the URL
- [ ] UI change with a video or screenshots? gh pr edit <n> --attach <file> after the final body, then gh pr view <n> --json body
```

Do not ask the user to approve the description first; the point is speed. They can ask for a rewrite and you run `gh pr edit`.

## Rules

1. **Title.** With a Linear ID: `ABC-123: Add auth flow`. Without one: `Add auth flow`. Under 60 characters, no trailing period. If the repo lints PR titles (a `semantic-pull-request` or commitlint workflow under `.github/workflows/`), use its shape and put the ID at the end: `feat: add auth flow (ABC-123)`. Linear links on the ID wherever it sits in the title.
2. **Body.** One short paragraph: what changed and why it matters. Length follows the change; a one-line body is fine for a one-line fix.
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