pr-writer

PR Writer

Create pull requests following Sentry's engineering practices.

Requires: GitHub CLI (gh) authenticated and available.

When to Use

• You are ready to open a pull request and need a structured description based on the committed branch diff.
• You want the PR body to capture what changed, why it changed, and any reviewer context.
• You are using GitHub CLI and need a repeatable PR-writing workflow rather than writing the description ad hoc.

Prerequisites

Before creating a PR, ensure all changes are committed. If there are uncommitted changes, run the available commit skill first to commit them properly.

# Check for uncommitted changes
git status --porcelain

If the output shows any uncommitted changes (modified, added, or untracked files that should be included), invoke the available commit skill before proceeding. If the client requires qualified skill names, use the qualifier for the plugin that supplied this skill.

Process

Step 1: Verify Branch State

# Detect the default branch — note the output for use in subsequent commands
gh repo view --json defaultBranchRef --jq '.defaultBranchRef.name'

# Check current branch and status (substitute the detected branch name above for BASE)
git status
git log BASE..HEAD --oneline

Ensure:

• All changes are committed
• Branch is up to date with remote
• Changes