Draft PR Creator

VerifiedCaution

Creates or updates a draft pull request for the current branch with proper commit and branching conventions.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevelopmentBeginner
7/22/2026
Claude Code
#pull-request#git#github-cli#draft-pr#commit

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Automated summary

Creates or updates a draft pull request for the current branch after checking the branch, commits, and any linked issue.

Strengths

  • Refuses to commit directly to `main` and enforces a typed feature branch first
  • Produces a structured PR title and body following a consistent conventional format
  • Detects an existing PR and switches to updating its description automatically
  • Relies on `gh` and provides ready-to-run commands

Limitations

  • Assumes the GitHub CLI (`gh`) is installed and authenticated
  • The body template is Rust-oriented (cargo test/clippy/fmt) and needs adapting for other stacks
  • Does not handle review or merging, only creating/updating the draft
When to use it

When you want to quickly open a clean draft PR from a feature branch that already has commits.

When not to use it

If you use GitLab or another host not supported by `gh`, or need a fully custom hand-written PR.

Security analysis

Caution
Quality score84/100

The skill is a straightforward git/gh workflow helper with no obfuscation, no secret exfiltration, no destructive commands, and no safety-disabling instructions. Risk is limited to legitimate but state-changing operations: branch creation, auto-committing working-tree changes, and pushing/editing PRs on GitHub via the gh CLI. Because it mutates repository and remote state without an explicit confirmation gate, 'caution' is more accurate than 'safe'.

Findings
  • •No allowed-tools declared, yet the skill instructs execution of bash, git, and gh (network) commands
  • •Auto-commits staged/unstaged changes without explicit per-file confirmation ('git add <relevant files>' then commit), which can capture unintended changes into a commit
  • •Automatically creates/switches branches if on main, altering repo state without a confirmation step
  • •Network side effects via `gh pr create`/`gh pr edit` (creates or rewrites PR content on a remote)
  • •Heredoc body injection into `gh pr create --body "$(cat <<'EOF'...)"` is quoted correctly, so no command-substitution risk, but the pattern is easy to extend unsafely
How this analysis is made

Examples

Create draft PR
/pr
Update existing PR description
/pr https://github.com/acme/repo/pull/42

name: pr description: Open or update a draft PR for the current branch. Use when: create PR, open PR, draft PR, pull request, prepare for review.

Draft PR Creator

Creates or updates a draft pull request for the current branch.

Usage

  • /pr - Create draft PR for current branch (or update if one exists)
  • /pr <url> - Update existing PR description

Workflow

1. Ensure feature branch and commit

NEVER commit to main unless the user explicitly requests it.

git branch --show-current
git status

If on main, create and switch to a feature branch before doing anything else:

git checkout -b <type>/<short-name>

Branch naming follows the PR type prefix:

  • feat/ — new features
  • fix/ — bug fixes
  • refactor/ — refactoring
  • test/ — test additions
  • chore/ — maintenance
  • docs/ — documentation

After ensuring you're on a feature branch, check for uncommitted changes. If there are staged or unstaged changes, commit them using conventional commit format:

git add <relevant files>
git commit -m "<type>: <description>"

Only proceed once all changes are committed on a feature branch.

2. Gather context

git log main..HEAD --oneline
git diff main...HEAD --stat

2.5. Identify source issue

If the PR was created from a /dev <issue> workflow, you already have the issue number in context. Otherwise, check the branch name or commit messages for issue references.

3. Check if PR already exists

gh pr view --json number,title,body 2>/dev/null

4. Write PR description

Use the template below. Keep it concise and natural.

5a. If NO existing PR - Create draft PR

gh pr create --draft --title "<title>" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
<body>
EOF
)"

5b. If PR already exists - Update description

gh pr edit --title "<title>" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
<updated body>
EOF
)"

Report the PR URL to the user when done.

PR Title Format

<type>: <short description>

Types: feat:, fix:, refactor:, test:, chore:, docs:

Rules:

  • Lowercase after prefix
  • Present tense imperative ("add" not "added")
  • Under 70 characters

PR Body Template

Closes #<issue_number>

## Summary

1-2 paragraphs explaining what this does and why.

## Changes

- Highlight 1
- Highlight 2
- Highlight 3

## Testing

- [ ] `cargo test` passes
- [ ] `cargo clippy` clean
- [ ] `cargo fmt --check` clean

Omit the Closes #... line if there is no source issue.

Style

  • Fluid prose in Summary — natural writing, not robotic
  • 2-3 bullet points in Changes — highlights only, not a file list
  • No file lists — GitHub shows that in "Files changed"

Pipeline

/dev <issue> -> /review -> /commit -> /pr -> merge

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