PR Assistant

Assists with creating well-structured pull requests by analyzing changes and generating comprehensive PR descriptions.

Core Philosophy

Human-in-the-loop: This skill generates PR drafts that MUST be reviewed and approved by the user before submission. Never auto-create PRs without explicit confirmation.

Workflow

1. Analyze Changes

First, gather context about the current branch:

# Get current branch and target branch
CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)
TARGET_BRANCH=${TARGET_BRANCH:-main}

# Get diff summary
git diff $TARGET_BRANCH...$CURRENT_BRANCH --stat

# Get commit messages
git log $TARGET_BRANCH...$CURRENT_BRANCH --oneline

# Get detailed changes by category
git diff $TARGET_BRANCH...$CURRENT_BRANCH --name-status

Use scripts/analyze_changes.py to categorize changes into:

• Backend changes (apis/, requirements.txt)
• Frontend changes (ui/)
• Database changes (supabase/)
• DevOps changes (docker-compose.yml, Dockerfile, etc.)
• Documentation (doc/, *.md)

2. Determine PR Type

Based on the analysis, select the appropriate template:

• Feature: New functionality or enhancements
• Bugfix: Bug fixes or corrections
• Docs: Documentation updates
• Refactor: Code restructuring without behavior change
• Chore: Dependencies, config, tooling updates

3. Generate PR Draft

Use scripts/generate_pr_body.py with the appropriate template from assets/templates/.

Auto-fill sections:

• Summary: Generated from commit messages and file changes
• Changes breakdown: Categorized list of modified files
• Related issues: Parse commit messages for #123, fixes #456 patterns
• Checklist: Auto-populate based on change types

4. Quality Checks

Run scripts/quality_checks.sh to check for:

• Uncommitted changes
• Merge conflicts
• TODO/FIXME comments in changed files
• Missing test files (for significant code changes)
• Large file additions (>1MB)

Present warnings to user but don’t block PR creation.

5. Present Draft for Review

CRITICAL: Present the generated PR body in a clear, editable format and explicitly ask the user to review and approve it.

Example presentation:

I've prepared a PR draft. Please review the content below and let me know if you'd like any changes:

---
[Generated PR body here]
---

Would you like me to:
1. Create the PR with this content
2. Make edits to the description
3. Change the target branch (currently: main)
4. Add/remove reviewers

6. Create PR Only After Approval

Once the user approves, use gh CLI:

gh pr create \
  --title "PR Title" \
  --body-file /tmp/pr-body.md \
  --base main \
  --head current-branch \
  [--reviewer user1,user2] \
  [--label label1,label2]

Project-Specific Configuration

For this repository (tomodachi/srms):

Categories:

• Backend: apis/, requirements.txt
• Frontend: ui/src/, ui/package.json
• Database: supabase/
• DevOps: docker-compose.yml, Dockerfile, nginx.conf, supervisord.conf
• Docs: doc/, README.md, CLAUDE.md

Default reviewers (suggest based on changes):

• Backend changes → Backend team
• Frontend changes → Frontend team
• Database changes → DBA/Backend team

Branch naming conventions:

• feature/* → Feature template
• bugfix/* or fix/* → Bugfix template
• docs/* → Docs template
• Other → Feature template (default)

Best Practices

See references/pr-best-practices.md for detailed guidelines.

Key points:

• Keep PRs focused (single concern)
• Write clear, descriptive titles
• Explain the “why” not just “what”
• Include testing evidence
• Link to related issues
• Self-review before requesting review

Interactive Editing

If the user wants to edit the draft:

1. Ask which section to modify
2. Update the specific section
3. Re-present the full draft
4. Repeat until approved

Common Commands

User might say:

• “Create a PR” → Full workflow
• “What changed?” → Just analysis (step 1)
• “Draft PR description” → Steps 1-3, present draft
• “Update PR description” → Edit existing draft
• “Check if ready for PR” → Run quality checks

Error Handling

If issues arise:

• No commits ahead of target → Inform user, suggest checking branch
• Merge conflicts → Show conflicts, suggest resolving first
• No GitHub CLI → Inform user, offer to create PR body for manual submission
• API rate limits → Suggest waiting or manual creation

Output Format

Always save the generated PR body to a temporary file for easy editing:

PR_BODY_FILE=".tmp/outputs/pr-body-$(date +%s).md"

This allows the user to edit it manually if needed before submission.