create-pr

Create PR

Complete workflow for creating pull requests following project standards.

When explicitly invoked with extra text, treat that text as additional context for branch naming, commit context, and PR title and body generation. Compress it into a short plain-language branch name rather than copying the full text.

Process

First, run the /simplify skill on the staged diff and apply its findings before committing. Docs-only diffs are a no-op.

1. Preferred execution

   • If subagents are available, use github-dev:pr-creator for the full workflow.
   • Pass along any extra invocation text plus session findings and motivation as additional context.
   • Otherwise follow the manual steps below.

2. Verify staged changes exist with git diff --cached --name-only

3. Branch setup

   • If on main/master, create a short branch first: feature/short-topic, fix/short-topic, or docs/short-topic
   • Keep the branch suffix to 2-4 short words
   • Avoid long, overly specific, or sentence-like branch names
   • Use github-dev:commit-creator subagent to handle staged changes if needed, and pass session findings and motivation into the commit context

4. Documentation check

   • Update README.md or docs based on changes compared to target branch
   • For config/API changes, use mcp__tavily__tavily_search to verify info and include sources

5. Analyze all commits

   • Use git diff <base-branch>...HEAD to review complete changeset
   • PR message must describe all commits, not just latest
   • Focus on what changed from reviewer perspective

6. Create PR

   • Use gh for GitHub operations and git only for local branch management
   • Use github-dev:pr-creator or gh pr create with parameters:
     • -t (title): a short human headline, capital first letter, no fix: or feat: prefix. Lead with the outcome in plain words, one idea not a list of everything the branch touched. Punchy beats exhaustive. A title is a headline, not a summary. Robotic: Align Claude Code install commands to the CLI form and tidy humanize docs Cooler: Put Claude Code on the same install CLI as everything else
     • -b (body): write it like a sharp teammate would, not a changelog. See PR Body Guidelines below.
     • -a @me (self-assign)
     • -r <reviewer>: Only add if the user explicitly asks OR recent PRs by this author have reviewers. Check with: gh pr list --repo <owner>/<repo> --author @me --limit 5 --json reviewRequests If recent PRs have no reviewers, skip -r entirely.

7. PR Body Guidelines

   • One-line why it exists, not "This PR...". No second intro paragraph.
   • Three bullets max, one point each, under ~12 words. Need a fourth? You are over-explaining, cut it.
   • Lead with the most visual proof, don't just describe it: a screenshot for UI or output changes, a benchmark table for results, else a diff, before/after, or runnable CLI snippet.
   • Numbers win: put benchmarks, counts, speedups and comparisons in a markdown table, not a paragraph.
   • One read, one section, no headers. Plain words, no buzzwords, no test plans or file lists.
   • Embedding images: you can't drag-drop, so commit the image and reference it with a commit-pinned raw URL that survives the branch being deleted: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OWNER/REPO/COMMIT_SHA/path/to/shot.webp (full commit SHA, never the branch name). Confirm it returns 200 image/* with curl -sI before embedding, then put a before/after pair side by side in a two-column table.

Examples

Why-first with a diff

Codex, Cursor, and Gemini each install from their own CLI. Claude Code was the odd one out on the in-REPL slash form, so this lines everyone up.

```diff
- /plugin install fable-advisor@claude-settings
+ claude plugin install fable-advisor@claude-settings
```

Same swap across all 30 plugin tables. No behavior change, just one house style everywhere.

CLI snippet

Add a compare command for side-by-side model runs

Point it at a folder and a few models and it stitches the panels together, so you can eyeball which one wins without juggling tabs.

`ultrannotate compare --source ./images --models sam3.pt,yoloe-26x-seg.pt --phrases "person,car"`

Screenshot and benchmark table

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| before | after |
|---|---|
| no preview, redirect to an expired URL | ![new preview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fcakyon/claude-codex-settings/9bedce4/site/public/og-settings.webp) |

| format | size | shows in whatsapp |
|---|---|---|
| png | 1.8 MB | no |
| webp lossless | 87 KB | yes |