# Pre PR

Prepare a Honcho change for a pull request to plastic-labs/honcho.

- Repository: https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho (7877 stars)
- Category: Testing
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add plastic-labs/honcho --skill pre-pr -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add plastic-labs/honcho --skill pre-pr -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add plastic-labs/honcho --skill pre-pr -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add plastic-labs/honcho --skill pre-pr -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Prepare a Honcho change for a pull request to plastic-labs/honcho. Invoke before opening a PR, when drafting a PR body, when asked if a branch is PR-ready, or when filling the pull request template. Checks required tests and docs, then writes Description / Proofs / Fixes.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Pre-PR checklist

Do this after the change works, before anyone opens the GitHub PR. Output is a filled template body, do not create the PR.

The template lives at `.github/pull_request_template.md`. Do not add extra sections.

## 1. Classify the diff

```bash
git diff main...HEAD --stat
```

Pick one primary kind: bug, feature, docs. Then decide layers:

| Surface touched | Required |
| --- | --- |
| `src/` (non-prompt) | unit tests under the matching `tests/` tree |
| deriver / dialectic / dreamer / LLM path | unit + consider live-llm (`tests/live_llm`) |
| queue, config hierarchy, multi-turn, SDK contract | unified (`uv run python -m tests.unified.run`) |
| `/v3` HTTP or deriver queue behavior | `/verify` skill (runtime, not just pytest) |
| public API, SDK exports, `config.toml` / settings, mintlify `docs/` | documentation in the matching file |

Skip a layer only with a one-line reason (e.g. "docs-only", "comment-only"). "When appropriate" is not a skip.

Invoke `/verify` when the runtime surface moved. Do not restate that skill here.

Lint/type before claiming tests are green: `uv run ruff check src/` → `uv run basedpyright` → the pytest command for the layer.

## 2. Proofs

Collect evidence that belongs in the PR, not in the commit:

- command + pass/fail for what you ran
- a log snippet, screenshot, or file path that shows the new behavior
- for bugs: the failing case before vs after, if you have it

If `/verify` ran, the proofs *are* that session's output. Do not invent green runs.

## 3. Write the body

Fill the description and proofs portion of the pull request description template.
If there is a related GitHub issue, link it with `Fixes #<N>`.