CI Describe PR

Generate or update PR descriptions autonomously without user interaction. Designed for CI pipelines and automated workflows.

Key Differences from /describe_pr

• No user prompts — auto-detects current PR
• No interactive refinement — generates and updates immediately
• Same quality — uses PR template, gathers full context
• Auto-syncs — runs humanlayer thoughts sync automatically

Process

1. Identify Current PR

# Auto-detect PR for current branch
PR_JSON=$(gh pr view --json number,url,title,state,body,headRefName,baseRefName 2>/dev/null)

if [[ -z "$PR_JSON" ]]; then
  echo "No PR found for current branch"
  exit 1
fi

PR_NUMBER=$(echo "$PR_JSON" | jq -r '.number')

2. Read PR Template

if [[ -f "thoughts/shared/pr_description.md" ]]; then
  # Read template
else
  echo "No PR template found at thoughts/shared/pr_description.md"
  # Generate without template
fi

3. Gather PR Information

gh pr diff $PR_NUMBER
gh pr view $PR_NUMBER --json commits,files
gh pr view $PR_NUMBER --json url,title,number,state,baseRefName,headRefName,author

4. Extract Ticket Reference

branch=$(echo "$PR_JSON" | jq -r '.headRefName')
if [[ "$branch" =~ ([A-Z]+)-([0-9]+) ]]; then
  ticket="${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
fi

5. Generate Description

Analyze all commits and changes. Generate a complete PR description following the template.

CRITICAL: NO Claude attribution — remove any "Generated with Claude" or "Co-Authored-By" lines.

CTL-623 — sibling reference format (REQUIRED): When referencing related/sibling work in prose, reference it by its GitHub PR number (#NNN), never by a bare Linear token (TEAM-NNN) or a Linear issue URL. A bare sibling TEAM-NNN token is auto-linked by Linear's GitHub integration and drags that sibling's workflow status (Done → Implement) on PR open/merge. Do not emit bare sibling Linear tokens in prose. The own ticket's Fixes https://linear.app/... line is correct and stays. Sibling neutralization is handled mechanically by the guard block appended at write-back time (step 6).

6. Save and Update

body_file="thoughts/shared/prs/${PR_NUMBER}_description.md"

# Save to thoughts
cat > "$body_file" <<EOF
[Generated description]
EOF

# CTL-623: append a Linear automation guard block so sibling tickets embedded in
# the branch name or pulled into the body are NOT auto-linked and dragged backward
# in status when this PR opens/merges. Scans the branch AND the assembled body;
# no-op for single-ticket PRs. See https://linear.app/docs/github (skip/ignore
# negative magic word).
# CTL-633: branch and body are scanned in DIFFERENT modes — the branch goes
# through the awk segmenter (legitimate sibling-number recovery); the body
# uses canonical-only regex so prose, dashed dates, and SHAs cannot fabricate
# fake `skip TEAM-NNN` lines. Stays non-interactive — no cache refresh prompt.
# shellcheck source=/dev/null
source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/linear-pr-skip.sh"
body="$(cat "$body_file")"
skip_block="$( {
    linear_sibling_skip_block_from_branch "$ticket" "$branch"
    linear_sibling_skip_block_from_body   "$ticket" "$body"
} | awk '/^skip /{if(!seen[$0]++) print; next} {if(!h){print; h=1}}' )"
[[ -n "$skip_block" ]] && printf '\n%s\n' "$skip_block" >>"$body_file"

# Sync thoughts
humanlayer thoughts sync

# Update PR on GitHub
gh pr edit $PR_NUMBER --title "$new_title"
gh pr edit $PR_NUMBER --body-file "$body_file"

7. Update Linear (if ticket found)

If Linearis CLI is available, update the ticket status to stateMap.inReview from config. Use linearis issues usage for exact update syntax. Skip silently if CLI not available.

8. Report

PR description updated: #$PR_NUMBER
URL: $PR_URL
Ticket: $ticket (updated to In Review)

Important

• NEVER prompt the user — fully autonomous
• NEVER add Claude attribution to PR descriptions
• ALWAYS save to thoughts/shared/prs/ before updating GitHub

IMPORTANT: Document Storage Rules

• ALWAYS write to thoughts/shared/prs/ for PR descriptions
• NEVER write to thoughts/searchable/ — this is a read-only search index