View Pull Request Details

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View details of a pull request including title, description, status, author, and branches. Use this to understand what a PR is about or check its status before review.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevelopmentBeginner
1206/2/2026
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#pull-request#code-review#azure-devops#branch

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Our review

Displays details of a pull request such as title, status, author, branches, and description.

Strengths

  • Quick overview without leaving terminal
  • Auto-detects PR from current branch
  • Provides status and draft state for context

Limitations

  • Depends on Azure DevOps integration
  • Limited to viewing; no interactive filtering
When to use it

When you need a summary of a PR before reviewing code or understanding its scope.

When not to use it

When you need to see the actual code changes or comments within the PR.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score88/100

The skill only invokes a read-only CLI command (aide pr view) to display pull request details. No destructive, exfiltrating, or obfuscated actions are present. The use of Bash is limited to a safe, specific command.

No concerns found

Examples

View current branch PR
Show me the PR for this branch
View specific PR by number
View PR 42
View PR from URL
Show details of https://dev.azure.com/org/project/_git/repo/pullrequest/123

name: pr-view description: View pull request details including title, status, branches, and description. Use when the user asks about a PR, wants PR context, mentions viewing/checking a pull request, or needs to understand what a PR is about. allowed-tools: Bash(aide:*)

View Pull Request

View details of a pull request including title, description, status, author, and branches.

When to Use

  • User asks "what's this PR about?" or "show me the PR"
  • User wants context before code review
  • User mentions a PR number or asks about current branch's PR
  • User needs to understand the scope of changes before diving in

How to Execute

Run:

aide pr view [--pr <id|url>]
  • Without --pr: auto-detects from current branch
  • With --pr 123: views specific PR by ID
  • With --pr <url>: views PR from Azure DevOps URL

Output Includes

  1. PR number and title
  2. Status (active, completed, abandoned) and draft state
  3. Author and creation date
  4. Source and target branches
  5. Repository and project
  6. Description (if present)

Best Practices

  • Always check PR status before starting review
  • Note draft state - drafts may have incomplete changes
  • Check target branch to understand merge destination
  • Look for linked tickets in the description

Next Steps

After viewing PR details:

  • Use pr-comments skill to see reviewer feedback
  • Use pr-diff skill to see code changes
  • Use ticket skill to load linked Jira context
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