pr-description
Update a GitHub PR description with a summary of changes
Best for Teams using GitHub for vers…Works with GitHub
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✦overview.md
Key Features
- ·Updates GitHub PR descriptions automatically
- ·Analyzes git commits and diffs for changes
- ·Identifies breaking changes and new features
- ·Links to fixed issues from arguments or commits
- ·Only updates when description is incomplete or outdated
Use Cases
- →Maintaining consistent PR documentation across team contributions
- →Automating PR description updates during CI/CD pipelines
- →Ensuring PRs reflect actual code changes before merging
- →Linking PRs to related GitHub issues automatically
Best for
- ✓Teams using GitHub for version control
- ✓Maintainers reviewing multiple PRs
- ✓Automated workflows
Not ideal for
- !Non-GitHub repositories
- !One-off manual updates
- !PRs with complex non-code changes
FAQs
name
pr-description
description
Update a GitHub PR description with a summary of changes
Update a GitHub pull request description based on the changes in the PR.
Arguments
/pr-description <PR_NUMBER> [--fixes <ISSUE_NUMBERS>]
PR_NUMBER(required): The pull request number to update--fixes(optional): Comma-separated issue numbers that this PR fixes (e.g.,--fixes 123,456)
Examples:
/pr-description 3534/pr-description 3534 --fixes 123/pr-description 3534 --fixes 123,456,789
Instructions
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First, gather information about the PR:
- Use GitHub plugin to get PR details (title, current description, base branch)
- Use local git to get commits:
git log main..HEAD --oneline - Use local git to get the diff:
git diff main..HEAD - Parse any
--fixesargument for issue numbers
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Check the existing PR description:
- If it already has a complete, accurate description that reflects the changes, do nothing
- If it's missing sections, incomplete, or outdated compared to the actual changes, proceed to update
- If it only has the template placeholder text, generate a full description
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Analyze the changes:
- Understand the purpose of each commit
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1-click copynpx skills add pipecat-ai/pipecat --skill pr-descriptionSafety assessment
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mediumPartially actionable with several concrete steps, but still missing important details.