Update PR
Update an existing pull request with new changes.
Install
npx skills add ReflexioAI/claude-smart --skill update-pr -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- ReflexioAI/claude-smart790
- Category
- Git and review
- Updated
- 5d ago
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 1,614 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Update an existing pull request with new changes. Use when the user wants to update a PR, push follow-up changes to a PR, refresh a PR description, or sync a PR with latest commits. Triggers on: update pr, update-pr, update the pr, push to pr, refresh pr, sync pr, update pull request.
PR Updater
Push follow-up changes to an existing PR and update its description to reflect the new work.
Workflow
Step 1: Pre-flight Checks
- Verify GitHub CLI authentication, run
gh api user --jq '.login'to confirm the CLI is authenticated. If this fails, the user needs to rungh auth loginfirst. - Find the existing PR, run
gh pr view --json number,title,body,url,baseRefName,stateto find the PR for the current branch. If no PR exists, abort and suggest using/create-prinstead. Check thestatefield, if it is notOPEN, abort and inform the user that the PR is already merged or closed. - Verify clean git state, run
git statusto ensure no uncommitted changes. If there are uncommitted changes, commit them directly, do NOT delegate to another skill or tell the user to commit first. - Sync submodules, check if
.gitmodulesexists first. If it does, rungit submodule update --init --recursive. If not, skip this step.
Step 2: Sync with Base Branch
Ensure the feature branch is up-to-date with the base branch to avoid merge conflicts:
