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create-pr

Create a pull request for the current session. Use when the user wants to open a PR with the session's changes.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

86%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A tight, action-oriented skill body: an explicit tool-preference directive, a sensible ordered workflow ending in a concrete parameter, and zero padding. The only real gaps are naming the specific GitHub MCP tool to invoke and making the step-3 review (and the post-creation verification) more concrete.

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Conciseness

The ~15-line body is lean and every token earns its place: one directive ('Use the GitHub MCP server to create a pull request — do NOT use the `gh` CLI') plus six terse numbered steps, with zero explanation of concepts Claude already knows. This matches anchor 5 ('lean and efficient; assumes Claude's competence') and clearly exceeds anchor 4, which tolerates minor over-explanation that is absent here.

5 / 5

Actionability

Guidance is mostly executable and specific — 'use the `/commit` skill', title prefix examples ('sessions: …'), 'passing `show_ui=false`' — and as an instruction-only skill the absence of code is not penalized. It falls short of anchor 5 because the actual MCP tool to call is never named (only 'the GitHub MCP server') and step 3 ('Review all changes in the current session') is vague about how to review.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear six-step sequence with an embedded feedback element in step 1 ('Run the compile and hygiene tasks (fixing any errors)') matches anchor 4's 'clear sequence with most checkpoints present; minor validation gaps'. It is not score 3 (sequence is explicit and the fix-errors loop exists) nor 5 (no explicit checkpoint that compile/hygiene passed before proceeding, and no verification that the PR was created successfully).

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is under 50 lines with no bundle files (no references/, scripts/, or assets/ exist) and no need for external references, so per the rubric's simple-skill guideline a short, well-organized body with clear sections scores 5. The single heading and numbered list are appropriately structured with nothing that belongs in a separate file inlined.

5 / 5

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Description

70%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A concise, well-targeted description with an explicit 'Use when' trigger clause and natural keywords ('pull request', 'open a PR'). Its main limitation is thin capability coverage — it names the single action but says nothing about the scope of PR creation (title, description, review flow), which caps specificity and completeness.

Suggestions

Expand the 'what' with 1-2 more concrete actions, e.g. 'Create a pull request for the current session: generate a title and description from the session's changes and open the PR for review.'

Add trigger synonyms or phrasings users might naturally say, such as 'submit a PR' or 'open a pull request', to broaden trigger coverage toward comprehensive.

Sharpen distinctiveness by scoping the trigger (e.g. 'for the current session's changes') so it does not fire on requests to review or edit existing PRs.

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Specificity

The description states one concrete action — 'Create a pull request for the current session' — which matches the anchor 'names domain and 1-2 concrete actions, but not comprehensive'. It is not score 2 because the action is concrete rather than generic ('Processes PDF files'), and not score 4 because only a single action is listed with no elaboration of what PR creation involves.

3 / 5

Completeness

Both parts are explicitly present: the 'what' ('Create a pull request for the current session') and the 'when' ('Use when the user wants to open a PR with the session's changes'). It matches anchor 4 rather than 5 because the 'what' is minimal — a single action with no concrete detail about what the PR creation entails — whereas the anchor-5 example pairs an explicit when-clause with a multi-action what.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural user phrasings are covered: 'pull request', 'open a PR', 'PR', 'session's changes' — users would genuinely say these when wanting this skill. It falls short of anchor 5's comprehensive synonym/extension coverage (no mention of e.g. 'submit for review' or platform-specific phrasings), but clearly exceeds anchor 3's 'missing common variations' since both 'pull request' and 'PR' synonyms appear.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

PR creation is a clear niche with distinct triggers, giving minimal conflict risk with unrelated skills. It does not reach anchor 5's fully distinct profile because of minor overlap risk with closely related commit/branch/PR-review skills, and the description does not draw that boundary.

4 / 5

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Validation

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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