# pr-link-issue

Adds a GitHub issue and its linked Linear ticket to the current PR description. Use it when a pull request needs references to the work it addresses.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 1089
- Author: getsentry
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/getsentry/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/pr-link-issue/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pr-link-issue

## What it does

The skill finds the open PR for the current branch unless you provide a PR number, then adds an `#### Issues` section with the GitHub issue and its Linear ticket. Give it an issue URL, or just an issue number when the PR belongs to the same repository.

It looks for the Linear key in an issue comment by `linear-code`. Before editing, it reads the existing PR description and preserves its contents; an existing `#### Issues` section is replaced rather than duplicated. If the comment has no matching ticket, the skill can ask you for the key or proceed with only the GitHub reference. It stops when there is no open PR on the branch, so supply a PR number if the target is elsewhere.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub, Linear

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-link-issue -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-link-issue -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install getsentry/skills pr-link-issue
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/getsentry/skills --path skills/pr-link-issue
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-link-issue -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/getsentry/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/pr-link-issue/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add a GitHub issue reference to a PR description
- find the Linear ticket linked from an issue comment
- replace an existing `#### Issues` section without overwriting other PR text
- connect an issue to a PR using its URL or number

## Example prompts
- Add the issue from this GitHub URL and its linked Linear ticket to the current PR.
- Link issue `#1234` to the open PR on this branch.
- Update the `#### Issues` section on PR `42` using this GitHub issue.

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

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````text
---
name: pr-link-issue
description: Append a GitHub issue link and its Linear ticket to the current PR's description. Use when asked to "link issue to pr", "fill in issue and linear in pr", "add issue refs to pr", or when given a GitHub issue URL and asked to attach it to the current PR. Resolves the Linear ticket automatically from the issue's linear-linkback comment.
---

# Link a GitHub Issue + Linear Ticket on a PR

Appends a Sentry-style `#### Issues` block to a PR description, referencing both the GitHub issue and the Linear ticket pulled from the issue's `linear-linkback` comment.

## Inputs

- `<issue-url>` — GitHub issue URL like `https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<n>`. Issue number alone is fine if the PR is in the same repo.
- (optional) `<pr-number>` — defaults to the open PR for the current branch.

## Steps

1. **Resolve the PR number** — skip if user supplied one:

   ```bash
   gh pr view --json number,body -q '.number'
   ```

   If no PR exists on the branch, stop and tell the user.

2. Extract issue number + repo from the input URL, or accept a bare `#1234` for current repo.

3. Fetch the Linear ticket from the issue's linear-linkback comment:

   ```bash
   gh issue view <n> --repo <owner>/<repo> --json comments \
     -q '.comments[] | select(.author.login=="linear-code") | .body' \
     | grep -Eioe '[a-z]+-[0-9]+' | head -1
   ```

   If no match, fall back to asking the user for the Linear key, or omit it.

4. Read the existing PR body so you can append rather than overwrite:

   ```bash
   gh pr view <pr-number> --json body -q '.body'
   ```

5. Construct the new body. If the body is empty, use just the `#### Issues` block. Otherwise, append it after a blank line. Don't duplicate — if `#### Issues` is already present, replace that section instead of adding a second one.

   Format:

   ```markdown
   #### Issues

   * Resolves: #<n>
   * Resolves: <linear-key>
   ```

6. Update the PR with a heredoc to preserve newlines:

   ```bash
   gh pr edit <pr-number> --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
   <new body>
   EOF
   )"
   ```

7. Confirm by echoing the resulting PR URL:

   ```bash
   gh pr view <pr-number> --json url -q '.url'
   ```

## Notes

- Linear linkback comments are posted by the GitHub user `linear-code`. The body contains a markdown link whose text is the Linear key, e.g. `PY-2357`.
- Project keys vary per repo (`PY-…` for sentry-python, `JS-…` for sentry-javascript, etc.) — the regex `[a-z]+-[0-9]+` covers them.
- Don't strip existing PR content. Always read first, append/replace second.
- If the issue doesn't have a Linear linkback yet (newly filed), proceed with just the GitHub issue reference and tell the user the Linear key is missing.
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