Agent skill

Verify PR

by jhb-software in jhb-software/payload-plugins

Check out a GitHub PR, identify the plugin it touches, start that plugin's dev app, and tell the user the exact page + steps to exercise the change in the admin panel.

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Install Verify PR

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jhb-software/payload-plugins --skill verify-pr -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jhb-software/payload-plugins verify-pr --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/jhb-software/payload-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/verify-pr .claude/skills/verify-pr && 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
verify-pr
GitHub stars
104
Token cost
~735 tokens
SKILL.md length
321 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
3
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Check out a GitHub PR, identify the plugin it touches, start that plugin's dev app, and tell the user the exact page + steps to exercise the change in the admin panel.

  • Works in 9 steps: Read the PR. gh pr view --json… → Check out the branch. gh pr checkout .… → Identify the plugin. Top-level dir… → …
  • The user says verify PR \N
  • SKILL.md covers Steps and When you can't produce…
  • Calls gh, pnpm and curl

What it does

Verify PR is an agent skill from jhb-software/payload-plugins. Check out a GitHub PR, identify the plugin it touches, start that plugin's dev app, and tell the user the exact page + steps to exercise the change in the admin panel. Use when the user says "verify PR \N", "check PR N in the dev app", or similar.

Its SKILL.md is about 740 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: A collection of powerful plugins designed to enhance Payload CMS.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says verify PR \N
  • Check PR N in the dev app

Example prompts

  • “verify PR \N”
  • “check PR N in the dev app”
  • “/verify-pr”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the PR. gh pr view --json title,body,headRefName,files — note the title, the top-level plugin dir under files[].path, and the branch.
  2. Check out the branch. gh pr checkout . If the working tree is dirty, stop and tell the user.
  3. Identify the plugin. Top-level dir owning the changed files (chat-agent/dev/... still means chat-agent). Multiple plugins → ask which one.
  4. Read /CHANGELOG.md for the one-line user-visible summary (usually under ## Unreleased).
  5. Find the verification path. From gh pr diff and /dev/src/payload.config.ts, identify the collection/global/route that exercises the change…
  6. Start the dev server in the background from /dev/ with PORT= pnpm dev. Exception: chat-agent hardcodes --port 3940 in its dev script.
  7. Verify /admin actually serves. Next's "Ready" log only means the port is bound; first-request compile can still fail.
  8. Tell the user, in this shape
  9. Stop. Don't click through it yourself unless asked.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 43204de. 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:

    • gh
    • pnpm
    • curl

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh, pnpm and curl, 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

Verify PR loads about 735 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 321 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~735

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 321 words (~735 tokens).

“Goal: get the user from "PR number" to "I can click through the change in my browser" with one message back.”

— opening of SKILL.md by jhb-software
name
verify-pr

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/verify-pr of jhb-software/payload-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 43204de

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Works with

Questions about Verify PR

What does Verify PR do?

Check out a GitHub PR, identify the plugin it touches, start that plugin's dev app, and tell the user the exact page + steps to exercise the change in the admin panel. Verify PR is an agent skill from jhb-software/payload-plugins. Check out a GitHub PR, identify the plugin it touches, start that plugin's dev app, and tell the user the exact page + steps to exercise the change in the admin panel.

When should I use Verify PR?

Verify PR fits situations like: the user says verify PR \N; check PR N in the dev app.

How do I install Verify PR in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jhb-software/payload-plugins --skill verify-pr -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/verify-pr in jhb-software/payload-plugins) into .claude/skills/verify-pr in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Verify PR in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jhb-software/payload-plugins --skill verify-pr -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/verify-pr in jhb-software/payload-plugins) into .agents/skills/verify-pr in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Verify PR 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 jhb-software/payload-plugins --skill verify-pr -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/verify-pr, .gemini/skills/verify-pr, .github/skills/verify-pr and .opencode/skills/verify-pr in your project.

What does Verify PR need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Verify PR needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh, pnpm and curl).

Does Verify PR access the network?

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

Is Verify PR 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 Verify PR use?

No licence was found for Verify PR or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Verify PR use?

About 735 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 Verify PR?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Verify PR: PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Diagnosing Superpowers Sessions (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars) and Greploop (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Verify PR?

jhb-software (a GitHub organization) maintains it in jhb-software/payload-plugins, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: jhb-software/payload-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.