ad-pr

Apps & Automation

Open a GitHub pull request with a uniform body shape. Four phases — preflight (`gh` auth + branch pushed), scope assembly (commits + diff vs base), draft body (Summary / Test plan / Links), open + report URL. Title format = Conventional Commits, type inferred from the dominant commit type in the range. `gh` CLI soft-fail with install hint. Triggers on "open a PR", "create a pull request", "submit a PR", "gh pr create", "/ad-pr".

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I want to install this Agent Skill for this project in Codex.

Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/alexandremendoncaalvaro/CorridorKey-Runtime/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/ad-pr/SKILL.md

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First, summarize what it does, its dependencies, license status if identifiable, and any risks. Show the exact files you propose to add under .agents/skills/ad-pr/. Do not write files or run scripts until I approve.

After I approve, install the complete skill folder, including required referenced files, into that project location. Verify it is discoverable, then tell me its actual invocation name and how to use it. Do not claim it is installed until you have verified it.

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<background_information> Implements ADR-0024 (doc/adr/0024-agentic-pr-skill.md). Opens a PR via gh pr create with a uniform body shape (Summary / Test plan / Links). Helper, not blocker — warnings surface but do not refuse when the user authorizes.

Codex auto-trigger on description keywords is less mature than Claude Code's. If auto-invocation does not fire when the user mentions opening a PR or submitting changes for review, invoke this skill manually. </background_information>

Route elsewhere when:

The branch has uncommitted or unsplit work → ad-commit first.
The user wants to merge an already-open PR → ad-merge.

Phase 1 — preflight. Check gh is installed and authenticated:

gh --version
gh auth status

If gh is missing, surface: "gh CLI not installed. Install: https://cli.github.com/ then run gh auth login. This skill cannot open the PR without it." Soft-fail — do not silently fall back to git push only.

If gh auth status fails, surface the same hint with gh auth login.

Check the branch is pushed:

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref @{u}
git rev-list --count <base>..HEAD

If no upstream is set or the branch is unpushed, prompt: "Branch not pushed to origin. Run git push -u origin <branch> first? (y/n)". On confirm, run the push and continue.

Detect the base branch:

gh repo view --json defaultBranchRef --jq .defaultBranchRef.name

Default to main if the call fails.

Phase 2 — scope assembly. Gather context:

git log <base>..HEAD --pretty='%h %s'
git diff --stat <base>...HEAD

Infer the PR title:

Dominant Conventional Commits type across <base>..HEAD. If one commit, use its type / scope / subject directly. If multiple commits and one type dominates, use that. If mixed, surface to the user: "Branch mixes feat: + fix:. Use which type for the PR title?"
Scope = most common scope across the commits (or empty if inconsistent).
Subject synthesized from the changes, ≤70 chars, imperative.

Detect back-links:

Scan commit message bodies for task-NNNN, ADR-NNNN, spec-NNNN, #<issue>, Closes, Fixes, Per, See.
Scan changed file paths for doc/tasks/NNNN-*.md, doc/adr/NNNN-*.md, doc/specs/NNNN-*.md.

Phase 3 — draft body. Template:

## Summary
- <1-3 bullets — the WHY, not the what>

## Test plan
- [ ] <test 1>
- [ ] <test 2>

## Links
- <task / spec / ADR / issue back-links>

Rules:

Summary: explain motivation. The commit list and diff already show the what. 1-3 bullets max.
Test plan: concrete steps a reviewer can run. npm test, manual smoke, integration check. Skip the section if there is genuinely nothing to test (pure docs PR). Never fabricate test items.
Links: every detected back-link from Phase 2. Skip the section if there are none. Never invent links.

Surface the draft to the user for approval before opening.

Phase 4 — open + report. Call gh pr create with HEREDOC body:

gh pr create --title "<type>(<scope>): <subject>" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
- ...

## Test plan
- [ ] ...

## Links
- task-NNNN, ADR-NNNN, #issue
EOF
)"

Capture the returned PR URL and report it to the user.

If gh pr create fails (no GitHub remote, branch already has an open PR, etc.), surface the error verbatim and stop. Do not retry blindly.

<output_contract> The output is an opened PR on GitHub. The skill returns the PR URL. </output_contract>

After PR opens and CI starts: monitor via gh pr checks.
When CI is green: ad-merge to evaluate and merge.
If a fresh-context review is wanted before merge: ad-review (WORKFLOW §10).
If preflight surfaced "no CI workflow file": ad-hooks (when installed) covers local gates; remote CI is a separate concern outside this skill.

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