Create a pull request

VerifiedCaution

Creates a pull request for the current branch, including formatting, committing, rebasing, and running the pre-PR gate.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevelopmentIntermediate
7/28/2026
Claude Code
#pull-requests#git-workflow#swift#code-review#ci

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Automated summary

Automates creating a pull request from the current branch: formatting, committing, rebasing onto origin/main, passing the local CI gate, then opening the PR.

Strengths

  • Orders the steps correctly: the rebase onto origin/main happens before the CI gate, so the check reflects the true merge result
  • Detects the `reviewed`/`skip-review` arguments and the absence of Swift files to avoid running code review twice
  • Scales the local gate to the diff: full `make ci` when code changes, otherwise lint + markdown + docs only
  • Verifies no secrets, `.env` files, or build artifacts slip into the commit
  • Rebasing onto origin/main rather than local main makes it worktree-safe

Limitations

  • Assumes a specific toolchain (a Makefile exposing `make ci`, `lint`, `lint-markdown`, `build-docs`) plus in-house commands like `/format`
  • Heavily Swift/Xcode-oriented: the diff-detection and review rules only apply to that kind of repository
  • Stops at the first failure and may require `git push --force-with-lease` after rebasing an already-pushed branch
When to use it

Use it when a feature branch is ready and you want a clean, rebased PR that has passed the local CI gate in one command.

When not to use it

Avoid it on a repository that does not use the expected Makefile targets and gitmoji commit convention, or when no local code review is wanted.

Security analysis

Caution
Quality score94/100

The skill instructs standard, legitimate development workflow commands for formatting, committing, rebasing, testing, and pushing a pull request. No destructive or exfiltrating actions are present; it even includes a step to verify no secrets or build artifacts are committed. However, the use of rebase and force-with-lease push, along with running build/test commands, warrants a caution rating due to the potential for history rewriting and remote branch overwrite if not handled carefully.

Findings
  • •Uses git rebase and force-with-lease push, which rewrite branch history and can overwrite remote refs if misused.
  • •Runs local CI commands (make ci, swiftlint) and network git operations (fetch, push).
How this analysis is made

Examples

Standalone PR
/pr
PR after an upstream review
/pr reviewed
Natural-language trigger
Create a pull request for the current branch — rebase on origin/main, run the CI gate first, and skip the code review if it already ran.

name: pr description: Create a pull request

Create a pull request

I'll create a pull request for the current branch by following these steps. If any steps fail, stop.

Mode — check the arguments passed to this skill (shown at the end). If they include reviewed (or skip-review), an upstream step already ran the code-reviewer and fixed its findings (e.g. /deliver's code-review phase), so skip steps 5–7 to avoid reviewing identical code twice. Otherwise (standalone /pr), run the internal review as normal.

Also skip steps 5–7 when the branch changes no Swift — code review is for Swift, so a docs-only / config-only PR needs none:

git diff --name-only origin/main...HEAD | grep -qE '\.swift$' || echo "no-swift → skip review"
  1. Run /format to format code

  2. Commit all outstanding work. Run git status. If the working tree has any uncommitted or unstaged changes (the feature work, plus the formatting from step 1), stage and commit them — the PR reflects committed history only, so anything left uncommitted will be missing from the PR. First verify no secrets, .env, or build artifacts are included (per CLAUDE.md — .env must stay gitignored; check git status before git add). Use a descriptive gitmoji message (or several logical commits if the work spans concerns); formatting-only changes can use "🎨 apply code formatting". If the tree is already clean (e.g. work was committed during /deliver), this is a no-op.

  3. Rebase onto the latest origin/main. Fetch the remote and rebase the feature branch directly onto origin/main — do this before make ci so the gate (and the eventual PR) reflects the real merge result, not stale code:

    git fetch origin
    git rebase origin/main
    
    • Rebase onto origin/main, not local main — this is worktree-safe. A /deliver runs inside a git worktree, and git checkout main there fails (fatal: 'main' is already used by worktree …) whenever the main checkout is on main; rebasing onto origin/main avoids checking main out at all and uses the true remote base directly.
    • If git rebase reports conflicts, stop, resolve them, then continue. Never skip or force past a conflict you don't understand.
    • The rebase rewrites the branch tip, so a branch that was already pushed will need git push --force-with-lease at the push step below.
    • Already branched off an up-to-date origin/main with nothing to replay → this is a fast no-op.
  4. Run the pre-PR gate — MANDATORY; it must pass before going further. Run it directly (do not delegate). If it fails, stop and fix — commit the fixes — then re-run; never open a PR on a red gate. Scale the gate to the diff:

    • Default — full make ci. The gate CLAUDE.md requires before any PR: lint, markdown lint, unit tests, integration tests, the release build, and the docs build. Use this whenever any code or build-affecting file changed.

    • Docs/config-only fast gate. When the diff touches no build- or test-affecting files — i.e. no *.swift and none of Makefile, Package.swift, Package.resolved, *.xctestplan, or .github/workflows/** — the test/release-build legs of make ci have nothing to exercise. Run only the meaningful checks instead: make lint && make lint-markdown && make build-docs (drop build-docs if no *.docc/** changed). Detect this with:

      git diff --name-only origin/main...HEAD \
        | grep -qE '\.swift$|^Makefile$|^Package\.(swift|resolved)$|\.xctestplan$|^\.github/workflows/' \
        && echo "code/build touched → full make ci" \
        || echo "docs/config-only → fast gate"
      

      The PR's own CI still runs the full matrix regardless, so this only trims the local gate; it never lowers what actually guards main. When in doubt, run full make ci.

    • Re-lint new Swift files without the cache. make ci's lint leg is swiftlint --strict . (Makefile), and SwiftLint caches results (~/Library/Caches/SwiftLint). On newly-added .swift files this has been seen to report a false green locally — passing file_length / type_body_length that the PR's CI Lint job (a clean checkout, no cache) then fails on. So when the diff adds any new .swift file (git diff --name-only --diff-filter=A origin/main...HEAD | grep -q '\.swift$'), run a cache-bypassing lint before trusting the gate:

      swiftlint lint --strict --no-cache .
      

      Fix anything it flags (oversized files: split, or add a // swiftlint:disable directive matching the AccountService+Pagination.swift precedent) and re-run. This catches file-size violations locally instead of on a CI round-trip.

  5. (skip in reviewed mode or when no Swift changed) Spawn the code-reviewer agent to perform a code review of all changes (pass the git diff output as context)

  6. (skip in reviewed mode or when no Swift changed) Summarize the code review findings:

    • List any critical or high-severity issues that should be addressed
    • List any medium-severity suggestions for improvement
    • Note any low-severity or stylistic recommendations
  7. (skip in reviewed mode or when no Swift changed) If there are critical/high-severity issues:

    • Recommend specific changes needed
    • Ask user for confirmation before proceeding (fix issues or continue anyway)
    • If user wants to fix issues, stop and let them address the feedback
  8. Ensure a clean working tree before pushing. Re-run git status; commit anything still outstanding (e.g. review fixes from steps 5–7, or make ci fixes) so the push includes everything. The tree must be clean before proceeding. Then run git diff origin/main...HEAD to understand all changes going into the PR.

  9. Analyze the commits and changes to generate an appropriate title and summary

  10. Push the current branch to remote (git push -u origin <branch> if not yet pushed; otherwise git push — use git push --force-with-lease if you rebased in step 3)

  11. Create a PR with the GitHub MCP — mcp__github__create_pull_request (owner/repo from the origin remote, base: main, head: <branch>, plus title/body). The branch must already be pushed (step 10). If the call fails with 401/403 (PAT expired or missing scope), fall back to gh pr create with the same title/body.

    Title — MUST start with a gitmoji prefix matching the change:

    | Emoji | Code | Use for | |-------|------|---------| | ✨ | :sparkles: | New features | | 🐛 | :bug: | Bug fixes | | 📝 | :memo: | Documentation updates | | ♻️ | :recycle: | Refactoring | | ✅ | :white_check_mark: | Adding/updating tests | | 🔧 | :wrench: | Configuration changes | | ⚡️ | :zap: | Performance improvements | | 🎨 | :art: | Code style/formatting |

    Example: ✨ Add createdBy property to TVSeries.

    Body — fill this skeleton, keeping only the sections that apply, and end with the attribution line exactly as shown:

    ## Summary
    
    [Brief description of what this PR does and why]
    
    ## Changes
    
    **New Model/Feature/Component:**
    - ✨ [Description]
    
    **Existing Files:**
    - 📝 [Description]
    
    **Tests:**
    - ✅ [Description of test coverage]
    
    **Documentation:**
    - 📚 [Description]
    
    ## Benefits
    
    - **[Benefit Category]**: [Description]
    
    🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
    

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