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This skill should be used when you need to create, open, or edit a pull request (PR), or the user asks to "create a PR", "open a PR", "submit a PR", "raise a PR", "file a PR", "make a PR", "create a pull request", "open a pull request", "new PR", or any variation requesting GitHub pull request creation.

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Marketplace

doug-marketplace

dhughes/claude-marketplace

Plugin

pr-best-practices

Repository

dhughes/claude-marketplace

plugins/pr-best-practices/skills/pr-creation/SKILL.md

Last Verified

January 24, 2026

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npx add-skill https://github.com/dhughes/claude-marketplace/blob/main/plugins/pr-best-practices/skills/pr-creation/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill pr-creation

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# Pull Request Creation Best Practices

## Purpose

This skill enforces three critical best practices when creating GitHub pull requests:

1. **Include ticket numbers** - Associates PRs with tracking tickets (Jira, GitHub Issues)
2. **Use PR templates when available** - Ensures consistent, complete PR descriptions
3. **Create PRs as drafts by default** - Allows review before marking ready for review

## Ticket Detection and Integration

Before creating the pull request, attempt to identify an associated ticket number from Jira or GitHub Issues.

### Detection Sources

Check the following sources for ticket numbers (in order of preference):

1. **Conversation context** - Ticket mentioned in recent messages or conversation history
2. **Branch name** - Parse current branch name for ticket patterns:
   - `PROJ-123/description` (Jira-style prefix)
   - `feature/PROJ-123-description` (Jira after prefix)
   - `123-description` (GitHub issue number)
   - Other common patterns using intuition
3. **Recent commit messages** - Check for ticket references in commit messages
4. **Ask user** - If no ticket found in above sources, use AskUserQuestion to ask if there's an associated ticket

### Ticket Number Patterns

Recognize these common patterns:
- **Jira tickets**: `PROJ-123`, `ABC-456` (uppercase letters, hyphen, numbers)
- **GitHub issues**: `#123`, `456` (numbers, optionally with # prefix)

### PR Title Integration

When ticket number is identified, format the PR title as:

```
[TICKET-NUM] Descriptive PR title
```

Examples:
- `[MSI-608] Add Zendesk integration`
- `[#456] Fix authentication bug`
- `[PLATFORM-123] Refactor API endpoints`

### PR Body Integration

**If PR template exists with ticket field:**
- Look for placeholders like `[TICKET]`, `[ISSUE]`, `Ticket:`, `Issue:`, `JIRA:`, etc.
- Replace placeholder with ticket number (as link if URL can be determined)
- Preserve template formatting

**If template has no specific ticket field:**
- Add ticket reference at the t

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