Step 2 — Create PR

• Once Step 1's readiness checks pass, create the PR automatically — the green readiness checks are the gate. Do not pause to ask a human whether to open it.

• Push the branch: git push -u origin <branch>

• Resolve origin's repository, so the PR opens where the branch was pushed and never in gh's own default (gh repo set-default):

  KS=.tessl/plugins/jbaruch/coding-policy/skills/release/; [ -d "$KS" ] || KS="$HOME/$KS"; [ -d "$KS" ] || case "$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" in git@github.com:jbaruch/coding-policy|git@github.com:jbaruch/coding-policy.git|https://github.com/jbaruch/coding-policy|https://github.com/jbaruch/coding-policy.git|ssh://git@github.com/jbaruch/coding-policy|ssh://git@github.com/jbaruch/coding-policy.git) KS=skills/release/ ;; *) echo "coding-policy skill not found: run tessl install jbaruch/coding-policy" >&2; exit 1 ;; esac
  python3 "$KS/origin-repo.py" .

  Contract: see skills/release/origin-repo.py — top-of-file docstring. Emits { "repo", "owner", "name" }. A non-zero exit stops the release with its stderr diagnostic

• Create the PR with gh pr create --repo <repo>, <repo> from that output:

  • Title: <type>(<scope>): <imperative summary>
  • Body:

    ## Summary
    <what changed and why — 1-3 bullet points>
    
    ## Test plan
    - [ ] <verification steps>
    
    Closes #<n>

  • Issue lines, one or more of, each on a line of its own:
    • Closes #<n>, one line per issue the PR fully resolves
    • Part of #<n> for an issue it only partly resolves
    • Part of https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<n> for partial work tracked in another repository
    • No issue for work with no tracking issue
  • Refs #<n>, Related #<n> and a bare #<n> close nothing

• Check the link GitHub resolved from the body:

  KS=.tessl/plugins/jbaruch/coding-policy/skills/release/; [ -d "$KS" ] || KS="$HOME/$KS"; [ -d "$KS" ] || case "$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" in git@github.com:jbaruch/coding-policy|git@github.com:jbaruch/coding-policy.git|https://github.com/jbaruch/coding-policy|https://github.com/jbaruch/coding-policy.git|ssh://git@github.com/jbaruch/coding-policy|ssh://git@github.com/jbaruch/coding-policy.git) KS=skills/release/ ;; *) echo "coding-policy skill not found: run tessl install jbaruch/coding-policy" >&2; exit 1 ;; esac
  python3 "$KS/check-closing-issues.py" <owner> <repo> <pr-number>

• Exit 0 passes

• Exit 1 (unlinked): the body names no issue GitHub will close and declares no alternative. Edit the body and re-run

• Exit 2 is a usage, environment or gh error

• Output fields and verdicts are the script's contract — see skills/release/check-closing-issues.py docstring

When this step is wrapped in a reusable script (e.g., release.sh that other devs run unattended), see the script-wrapping gates at:

skills/release/references/SCRIPTING.md

Proceed immediately to Step 3.