A skill your agent uses when explicitly creating or updating a Basic Memory pull request.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install PR Create

skills CLI
$ npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill pr-create -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install basicmachines-co/basic-memory pr-create --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/pr-create .claude/skills/pr-create && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
pr-create
GitHub stars
4.1k
Token cost
~457 tokens
SKILL.md length
245 words
Files
3 (incl. assets)
Skills in repo
49
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when explicitly creating or updating a Basic Memory pull request.

  • Works in 6 steps: Read and follow pull-request for branch… → Read and follow pr-description when… → Confirm commits are signed off, the… → …
  • Explicitly creating
  • SKILL.md covers Compatibility, Workflow and Report
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

PR Create is an agent skill from basicmachines-co/basic-memory. Use when explicitly creating or updating a Basic Memory pull request. This compatibility entry point delegates the full workflow to pull-request and the latest-head Codex gate to pr-review-loop.

Its SKILL.md is about 460 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including assets (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Development, covering Pull requests. The repository describes itself as: AI conversations that actually remember. Never re-explain your project to your AI again. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tyvKNccgqN. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Explicitly creating
  • Updating a Basic Memory pull request

Example prompts

  • “/pr-create”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read and follow pull-request for branch hygiene, validation, pushing, and
  2. Read and follow pr-description when creating or materially updating the
  3. Confirm commits are signed off, the title follows the repository's semantic
  4. Push the branch and create or reuse the PR. Do not enable auto-merge.
  5. Read and follow pr-review-loop on the latest head SHA. Green CI alone is
  6. If Codex or CI reports a blocker, use fix-pr-issues, push the fix, and

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6982cfc. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

PR Create loads about 457 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 245 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~51
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~457

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from basicmachines-co/basic-memory at commit 6982cfc, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© basicmachines-co). 245 words, ~457 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pr-create/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
pr-create
description
Use when explicitly creating or updating a Basic Memory pull request. This compatibility entry point delegates the full workflow to pull-request and the latest-head Codex gate to pr-review-loop.

Create A Basic Memory PR

Create or update a pull request by applying pull-request in full. Use pr-description for the body and enter pr-review-loop as soon as the PR is open or materially updated. This skill never merges a PR.

Compatibility

$pr-create remains available for existing prompts, but its former BM Bossbot and automatic PR-infographic workflow has been retired. Do not wait for the deleted BM Bossbot Approval status or .github/workflows/bm-bossbot.yml.

If a legacy $pr-create "<theme>" prompt includes an image theme, do not add the retired managed theme or provenance blocks. Explain that the automatic PR image path is no longer part of this workflow.

Workflow

  1. Read and follow pull-request for branch hygiene, validation, pushing, and PR creation or reuse.
  2. Read and follow pr-description when creating or materially updating the PR body.
  3. Confirm commits are signed off, the title follows the repository's semantic PR-title format, and the validation appropriate to the changed surface has passed.
  4. Push the branch and create or reuse the PR. Do not enable auto-merge.
  5. Read and follow pr-review-loop on the latest head SHA. Green CI alone is not approval.
  6. If Codex or CI reports a blocker, use fix-pr-issues, push the fix, and restart pr-review-loop for the new head.

Report

Return the PR URL, current head SHA, validation run, check status, and Codex gate evidence. Report pending or blocking state explicitly. Do not merge unless the user separately requests it and the current-head gate permits it.

© basicmachines-co, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (assets) in .agents/skills/pr-create of basicmachines-co/basic-memory.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/icon.svg

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6982cfc

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Categories

Questions about PR Create

What does PR Create do?

A skill your agent uses when explicitly creating or updating a Basic Memory pull request. PR Create is an agent skill from basicmachines-co/basic-memory. Use when explicitly creating or updating a Basic Memory pull request.

When should I use PR Create?

PR Create fits situations like: explicitly creating; updating a Basic Memory pull request.

How do I install PR Create in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill pr-create -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/pr-create in basicmachines-co/basic-memory) into .claude/skills/pr-create in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install PR Create in Codex?

Run `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill pr-create -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/pr-create in basicmachines-co/basic-memory) into .agents/skills/pr-create in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use PR Create in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill pr-create -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pr-create, .gemini/skills/pr-create, .github/skills/pr-create and .opencode/skills/pr-create in your project.

What does PR Create need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: PR Create is instructions for the agent only.

Does PR Create access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is PR Create safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does PR Create use?

PR Create is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does PR Create use?

About 457 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to PR Create?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with PR Create: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Check PR (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars) and Understand Diff Analysis (Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything, 85k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains PR Create?

basicmachines-co (a GitHub organization) maintains it in basicmachines-co/basic-memory, which has 4,107 GitHub stars. The repository holds 49 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: basicmachines-co/basic-memory on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.