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Official agent skill

Open Pull Request

by github in github/gh-aw

Publish validated gh-aw changes as a draft pull request from a cloud agent.

OfficialMITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Open Pull Request

skills CLI
$ npx skills add github/gh-aw --skill open-pull-request -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install github/gh-aw open-pull-request --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/github/gh-aw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/open-pull-request .claude/skills/open-pull-request && 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
open-pull-request
GitHub stars
5.3k
Token cost
~907 tokens
SKILL.md length
476 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
52
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Publish validated gh-aw changes as a draft pull request from a cloud agent.

  • Tasks that involve Pull requests
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Conditions (C), Interface (R) and Policy (π), plus 6 more sections
  • Calls make, gh and git

What it does

Open Pull Request is an agent skill from github/gh-aw, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Publish validated gh-aw changes as a draft pull request from a cloud agent.

Its SKILL.md is about 910 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Pull requests. The repository describes itself as: GitHub Agentic Workflows. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Pull requests

Example prompts

  • “/open-pull-request”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit eb63040. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • make
    • gh
    • git

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh and git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Open Pull Request loads about 907 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 23 tokens; SKILL.md has 476 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~23
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~907

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 github/gh-aw at commit eb63040, republished under its MIT licence (© github). 476 words, ~907 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/open-pull-request/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
open-pull-request
description
Publish validated gh-aw changes as a draft pull request from a cloud agent.
generated-by
forge-agent

Open Pull Request

Publish the current gh-aw branch as a draft pull request from a GitHub Copilot cloud agent after the repository's required validation and push steps have completed.

Purpose

Package the repository's repeated publish flow into one reusable skill so agents stop improvising gh pr create sequences and consistently use local validation, report_progress, and the runtime pull-request tool.

Conditions (C)

Use this skill when the current branch contains the intended changes, the run can call both report_progress and create_pull_request, and the task is to open or update one gh-aw pull request rather than finish an existing review cycle.

Interface (R)

Inputs: a PR title, summary, optional draft flag, and any repository-specific validation notes. Outputs: pushed branch state via report_progress, one created or updated draft pull request, and a short publication summary that names the validation that ran.

Policy (π)

Before publishing, inspect the repository for a pull-request template and follow it when present. Run repository-specific preparation before the final push: make fmt after Go changes, make recompile after workflow markdown changes, make agent-report-progress-no-test before any intermediate report_progress, and make agent-report-progress before the final report_progress. Use report_progress to commit and push the branch, then call create_pull_request exactly once to open the PR. Prefer draft mode by default. Never use gh pr create, direct git push, or ad hoc publication commands from bash in cloud-agent runs.

Termination (T)

Success means the working tree is published through report_progress, the final validation target finished without unresolved errors, and exactly one draft pull request exists for the branch with a body that summarizes changes and validation. Stop after publication; use pr-finisher for review-thread or merge-readiness work.

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Always do

  • Check for a PR template before composing the body.
  • Mention the exact validation commands or targets that passed.
  • Keep publication to one pull request for the current branch.
  • Use draft mode unless the user explicitly wants a ready-for-review PR.

Never do

  • Never use gh pr create or direct Git pushes from bash.
  • Never skip the final make agent-report-progress before the final publish push.
  • Never open multiple PRs for one branch in one run.
  • Never treat this skill as a replacement for review handling or merge execution.

Gotchas / edge cases

  • report_progress pushes changes but does not open a pull request.
  • create_pull_request opens the PR but does not run validation or push files.
  • Cloud-agent pushes do not re-trigger CI automatically, so local make targets are the authoritative pre-publication signal.
  • Missing PR templates are acceptable; fall back to a concise summary and validation section.

Assets and scripts

  • AGENTS.md
  • .github/skills/developer/SKILL.md
  • Makefile targets make fmt, make recompile, make agent-report-progress-no-test, and make agent-report-progress
  • Runtime tools report_progress and create_pull_request
  • .github/skills/pr-finisher/SKILL.md for post-publication follow-up

Scope boundaries

This skill covers publication of a new or updated pull request for the current branch. It does not decide feature scope, resolve review comments, re-run CI, or merge the pull request.

Abstraction level: compositional

© github, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .github/skills/open-pull-request of github/gh-aw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit eb63040

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Categories

Questions about Open Pull Request

What does Open Pull Request do?

Publish validated gh-aw changes as a draft pull request from a cloud agent. Open Pull Request is an agent skill from github/gh-aw, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Publish validated gh-aw changes as a draft pull request from a cloud agent.

When should I use Open Pull Request?

Open Pull Request fits situations like: tasks that involve Pull requests.

How do I install Open Pull Request in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add github/gh-aw --skill open-pull-request -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/open-pull-request in github/gh-aw) into .claude/skills/open-pull-request in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Open Pull Request in Codex?

Run `npx skills add github/gh-aw --skill open-pull-request -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/open-pull-request in github/gh-aw) into .agents/skills/open-pull-request in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Open Pull Request 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 github/gh-aw --skill open-pull-request -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/open-pull-request, .gemini/skills/open-pull-request, .github/skills/open-pull-request and .opencode/skills/open-pull-request in your project.

What does Open Pull Request need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Open Pull Request needs the command-line tools its instructions call (make, gh and git).

Does Open Pull Request access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh and git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Open Pull Request 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 Open Pull Request use?

Open Pull Request is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Open Pull Request use?

About 907 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k 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 Open Pull Request?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Open Pull Request: 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 Open Pull Request?

github (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in github/gh-aw, which has 5,350 GitHub stars. The repository holds 52 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: github/gh-aw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.