Create Structured Pull Request

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Creates a structured pull request with a product-focused summary, change highlights, and test steps. It automatically detects the base branch, links Linear issues from the branch name, and pushes the branch if needed. Use when you are ready to open a PR or asked to create one.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevelopmentIntermediate
406/2/2026
Claude Code
#pr#pull-request#github#linear#git

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Our review

Creates a well-structured pull request with a product-focused summary, change highlights, and test steps, auto-detecting the base branch and linking Linear issues from the branch name.

Strengths

  • Fully automated PR creation with branch detection and push
  • Native Linear integration for issue linking and branch renaming
  • Product-oriented PR template with summary, changes, and test steps
  • Configurable preferences for base branch, template, and auto-push

Limitations

  • Requires GitHub CLI (gh) and git to be installed and authenticated
  • Linear integration relies on branch naming convention
  • May fail if permissions or tokens are missing for gh or Linear
When to use it

Use this skill when you have committed changes on a branch and want to open a PR with a detailed, product-centric description and automatic issue tracking.

When not to use it

Do not use this skill if your changes are incomplete or not ready for review, if you need a non-standard PR workflow, or if you use a different issue tracker.

Security analysis

Caution
Quality score92/100

The skill uses Bash to run git and gh commands for legitimate PR operations. It does not include destructive or exfiltrating actions, but the use of command execution in the environment warrants caution.

No concerns found

Examples

Create PR from current branch
/create-pr
Create PR linked to a Linear issue
/create-pr AIS-810
Create a draft PR with a custom base branch
/create-pr --base develop --draft

name: create-pr description: >- Creates a well-structured pull request with product-focused summary, change highlights, and test steps. Auto-detects base branch, links Linear issues from branch name, and pushes if needed. Use when ready to open a PR or when asking to create a pull request. argument-hint: [issue-id] [--base branch] [--draft] disable-model-invocation: true allowed-tools:

  • AskUserQuestion
  • Bash
  • Read
  • Glob
  • Grep
  • mcp__claude_ai_Linear__get_issue
  • mcp__claude_ai_Linear__update_issue

Create PR

Create a well-structured, product-focused pull request.

Preferences

Read ~/.claude/skills/create-pr/preferences.md using the Read tool. If not found, no preferences are set.

Context

On startup, use Bash to detect: current branch (git branch --show-current), upstream branch, commits ahead of upstream, and repo name (gh repo view --json nameWithOwner -q .nameWithOwner). Skip any that fail.

Command routing

Check $ARGUMENTS:

  • help → display help then stop
  • config → interactive setup then stop
  • reset → delete ~/.claude/skills/create-pr/preferences.md, confirm, stop
  • anything else (including empty) → create PR

Flags

Parse from $ARGUMENTS:

  • --base <branch> — override base branch
  • --draft — create as draft PR
  • --no-linear — skip Linear integration
  • Remaining text — treated as Linear issue ID if it matches pattern (e.g., AIS-810)

Help

PR — Create a well-structured pull request

Usage:
  /create-pr                         Create PR from current branch
  /create-pr <issue-id>              Create PR and link Linear issue
  /create-pr --base develop          Override base branch
  /create-pr --draft                 Create as draft
  /create-pr --no-linear             Skip Linear linking
  /create-pr config                  Set PR preferences
  /create-pr reset                   Clear preferences
  /create-pr help                    This help

Examples:
  /pr
  /create-pr AIS-810
  /create-pr --base develop --draft
  /create-pr AIS-810 --base main

What it does:
  1. Detects base branch (or uses preference/flag)
  2. Reads commits, diff, and Linear issue
  3. Builds product-focused PR description
  4. Pushes branch if needed
  5. Creates PR and links to Linear

Current preferences:
  (shown above under Preferences)

Config

Use AskUserQuestion:

Q1 — "Default base branch?" (auto-detect (default), main, develop, custom)

  • Auto-detect: checks tracking branch, falls back to repo default branch

Q2 — "Link Linear issues?" (Yes — from branch name (default), No)

Q3 — "PR template?" (standard (default), minimal, detailed)

Q4 — "Auto-push before creating?" (Yes (default), No — just create locally)

Q5 — "Default PR type?" (Ready for review (default), Draft)

Save to ~/.claude/skills/create-pr/preferences.md.

First-time detection

If no preferences file exists, show: "First time using /pr? Run /create-prconfig to set defaults (base branch, template, Linear linking), or continue — I'll auto-detect."

Then proceed.

Steps

1. Gather context

From git:

  • Current branch (pre-injected)
  • Commits on this branch: git log <base>..HEAD --oneline
  • Diff stat: git diff <base>...HEAD --stat
  • Full diff summary: git diff <base>...HEAD (for understanding changes)

Base branch detection (in order):

  1. --base flag if provided
  2. Saved preference if set
  3. Tracking branch upstream
  4. Repo default branch: gh repo view --json defaultBranchRef -q .defaultBranchRef.name

Linear issue (unless --no-linear):

  • Extract issue ID from branch name (pattern: user/ais-NNN-* or ais-NNN-*)
  • If found, fetch via get_issue for title, description, project

Remote check:

  • Is branch pushed? If not, needs pushing.

2. Branch alignment

If a Linear issue was found, check if branch name matches issue.gitBranchName. If mismatch, rename the branch to match (team convention):

git branch -m {old} {new}
git push origin --delete {old}  # if old was pushed
git push -u origin {new}

3. Push if needed

If branch isn't pushed (or was renamed):

git push -u origin {branch}

Skip if --no-push or preference says no.

4. Build PR content

Title format: Under 70 chars, conventional prefix.

  • feat: Description for new features
  • fix: Description for bug fixes
  • refactor: Description for refactoring
  • chore: Description for maintenance

Body template (standard):

## Summary

{1-2 sentences: what this does and why. Product value first.}

**Linear:** [{issue-id}]({url}) (if available)

## What's New

- **{Feature/Change}** — {one sentence, user perspective}
- **{Feature/Change}** — {one sentence}

## How to Test

1. {Step}
2. {Step}
3. {Step}

Body template (minimal):

{1-2 sentences: what and why}

Linear: [{issue-id}]({url})

Body template (detailed):

## Summary

{1-2 sentences}

**Linear:** [{issue-id}]({url})

## What's New

- **{Feature}** — {description}

## Architecture

- {How it's structured}
- {What was reused}
- {Data flow}

## How to Test

1. {Step}
2. {Step}

5. Create the PR

gh pr create --base {base} --title "{title}" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
{body}
EOF
)"

Add --draft if flag set or preference is draft.

6. Link to Linear

If Linear issue found, attach PR via update_issue with link:

url:   https://github.com/{org}/{repo}/pull/{number}
title: PR #{number} — {title}

7. Report

PR created: {url}

  Base:   {base}
  Head:   {branch}
  Title:  {title}
  Linear: {issue-id} (linked ✓) or "none"
  Type:   Ready / Draft

  Commits: {count}
  Files:   {count}

8. Learn

  • If user changes base branch, save preference
  • If user edits the generated title pattern, save style preference
  • If user consistently uses draft, save as default
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