Open a Pull Request

Follow these steps in order to create a well-formed PR.

Step 0 — Parse arguments

Check $ARGUMENTS for a --base <branch> flag:

• If --base <branch> is present, use that branch as the PR base and treat the remainder of $ARGUMENTS as extra description context.
• If --base is not present, default the base branch to main.

Step 1 — Gather context

Run these in parallel:

• git branch --show-current — get the current branch name
• git log --oneline $(git merge-base HEAD origin/HEAD)..HEAD — list commits on this branch
• git diff --name-only $(git merge-base HEAD origin/HEAD)..HEAD — list all changed files

Step 1b — Check for documentation files

From the changed files list, check whether any files exist under content/. Set a flag HAS_DOC_FILES to true if at least one such file exists, false otherwise.

Step 2 — Derive the JIRA ticket

Parse the ticket ID from the branch name. Branch names follow the pattern DOCSP-NNNNN-<description>. Extract the DOCSP-NNNNN portion.

• Ticket ID: DOCSP-NNNNN
• Ticket URL: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/DOCSP-NNNNN

If the branch name does not contain a DOCSP ticket ID, ask the user for the ticket number before continuing.

Step 3 — Build a PR title

Use the format: DOCSP-NNNNN <short description of the change> — same pattern as the branch name but human-readable. Example: DOCSP-55497 disambiguate mergeObjects.

Step 4 — Write the Description section

Based on the commit messages, changed files, and any extra context provided in $ARGUMENTS, write a clear prose summary of what the PR does. Focus on what changed and why, not just listing files. Follow the tone and style of the example summary in the reference PR: concise bullet points under a short introductory sentence work well for multi-page changes.

Step 4b — Choose a PR template

Present the following options and ask the user which template to use. Wait for their reply before continuing to Step 5.

• Content changes: .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/content.md
• Drivers changes: .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/drivers.md
• Code Example Tests: .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/code.md
• Platform changes: .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/platform.md
• Cloud Docs changes: .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/cloud.md
• Agent Skill changes: .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/agent-skill.md
• No template

If the user chooses a template, read the file at the listed path and store its content. If the user chooses no template, proceed to Step 5 with no template content.

Step 5 — Create or identify the PR

First, check whether a PR already exists for the current branch by its exact local branch name:

gh pr list --head <current-branch> --json number,url 2>/dev/null

If a PR already exists: the list will contain one entry — capture the PR number and URL from it. Inform the user that an existing PR was found and that you will update its description. Skip to Step 6.

If no PR exists: create the PR as a draft with a temporary body:

gh pr create \
  --draft \
  --title "<title from Step 3>" \
  --body "Draft — updating body now..." \
  --base <base branch from Step 0>

Capture the PR number from the output URL (the integer at the end of the URL).

Step 6 — Build staging preview links

If HAS_DOC_FILES is false, skip this step and set the staging links content to N/A. Continue to Step 7.

If HAS_DOC_FILES is true, invoke the staging-preview skill, passing PR_NUMBER as the input. The skill will poll for the builder-bot deploy preview comment and construct page-specific staging URLs for all changed files. Use the output as the staging links content for Step 7.

Step 7 — Assemble the final PR body

If no template was chosen, use this structure:

## Description

<prose summary from Step 4>

## Staging links

<staging links from Step 6, or "N/A" if none>

## JIRA ticket

[DOCSP-NNNNN](https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/DOCSP-NNNNN)

If a template was chosen, use the template content (already read in Step 4b) as the base. Fill in the sections that correspond to description, staging links, and JIRA ticket based on the template's own structure and comment placeholders. Leave checklists and all other sections untouched for the user to complete.

Step 8 — Update the PR body

Use the GitHub REST API to update the body (avoid gh pr edit, which fails in this repo due to a Projects classic GraphQL deprecation error):

body=$(cat <<'EOF'
<final body from Step 7>
EOF
)
gh api repos/10gen/docs-mongodb-internal/pulls/<PR_NUMBER> \
  --method PATCH \
  --field body="$body" \
  --jq '.number'

Ask the user whether they want the PR marked as ready for review or kept as a draft. If they choose ready for review, run:

gh pr ready <PR_NUMBER>

Step 9 — Report back

Output:

• The PR URL
• The PR number
• A summary of the staging links generated