Create-PR Skill for Marigold Design System

Help the user open a pull request that matches Marigold's PR template (.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md) and title convention. The goal is a PR a reviewer can act on immediately — correct title format, Jira link, scoped checklist, and test instructions.

Usage

/create-pr
/create-pr for DST-1234
/create-pr https://reservix.atlassian.net/browse/DST-1234

By default the skill works from the current branch and infers the Jira ticket from the branch name or commit history. If the ticket isn't on the branch (or you don't want to switch), pass it in the invocation — accepts DST-1234 or a full Jira URL. An explicit ticket overrides inference.

Title format

Marigold uses Conventional Commits with the Jira ticket as the scope:

<type>(DST-<number>): <short description>

Field	Notes
type	feat, fix, chore, docs, refactor, test, style, perf, build, ci, revert
DST-<number>	The Jira ticket (project key DST). If no ticket exists, omit the scope entirely: chore: bump deps. Don't invent a number.
description	Imperative, lowercase first letter (after the type), no trailing period, under ~60 chars

Examples:

• feat(DST-1234): add loading state to Button
• fix(DST-5678): correct focus ring on Select
• chore(DST-9012): bump react-aria to 1.5.0
• docs: clarify Drawer usage example (no ticket — fine for trivial docs)

Workflow

1. Pre-flight checks

Run these in parallel — fail fast if any block PR creation:

git status --short
git branch --show-current
git log --oneline origin/main..HEAD
git diff --stat origin/main...HEAD

Refuse to proceed (and tell the user why) if:

• The current branch is main — ask them to create a feature branch first
• There are uncommitted changes — ask whether to commit, stash, or abort
• There are no commits ahead of main — nothing to PR

If the branch isn't pushed yet or has unpushed commits, note this — you'll push after the user confirms in step 6.

2. Gather change context

Use the diff to classify the change. This determines the title type, which body sections to include, and which checklist items to auto-tick.

git diff --name-status origin/main...HEAD

Classify changed paths against these buckets — a PR can fall into several:

Bucket	Path patterns	Implies
Component source	packages/components/src/** (excluding .test.tsx, .stories.tsx, .styles.ts)	UI change → screenshots, VRT, a11y
New component	A new directory under packages/components/src/	feat
Stories	**/*.stories.tsx	Tick "Stories added/updated"
Unit tests	**/*.test.tsx, **/*.test.ts	Tick "Unit tests added/updated"
Theme/styles	themes/**, **/*.styles.ts	UI change → screenshots, VRT
System utilities	packages/system/src/**	Possibly UI-adjacent
Docs	docs/**, **/*.mdx	Tick "Documentation added/updated"
Changeset	.changeset/*.md (new files)	Tick "Changeset added"
Config/build	package.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, turbo.json, tsconfig*.json, .github/**	Likely chore/build/ci
Tooling/scripts	scripts/**, .husky/**	Likely chore

Inferring the type:

• New component or new public API → feat
• Bug fix (look for "fix" in commit messages or branch name) → fix
• Docs only → docs
• Test only → test
• Lockfile/deps/config only → chore or build
• CI workflow changes → ci
• Pure code restructuring (no behavior change) → refactor

When ambiguous, pick the most user-facing type (feat > fix > refactor > chore). Show the inferred type to the user in step 6 — they can override.

3. Extract the Jira ticket

If the user passed a DST ticket or Jira URL in the invocation (e.g. /create-pr for DST-1234), use that and skip inference. Otherwise search these sources in order — stop at the first hit:

1. Branch name — match DST-\d+ case-insensitively (e.g. feature/DST-1234-add-loading-state)
2. Commit messages on this branch — git log origin/main..HEAD --format=%B and grep for DST-\d+
3. Existing draft PR description — if there's already an open PR (gh pr view --json body), reuse the ticket from it

If nothing is found, ask the user once for the ticket number. Accept DST-1234, 1234, or "none" (for trivial PRs that genuinely don't need a ticket).

4. Build the PR body

Use the PR template as the skeleton. The repo's template lives at .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md — read it if its shape is unclear, but the current shape is reproduced below for reference.

Sections to fill:

Description

2–4 sentences covering what changed and why. For UI changes, describe current vs new behavior explicitly. Pull context from:

• Commit messages (git log origin/main..HEAD --format='%s%n%n%b')
• The Jira ticket title/description if available (via mcp__plugin_atlassian_atlassian__getJiraIssue — only if Jira tools are present in this session, otherwise skip)

End the section with Closes DST-XXXX on its own line. Omit the line if there's no ticket.

Screenshots / Preview

Only include this section if the change touches UI (Component source, Stories visible to users, Theme/styles, or new components). Otherwise delete it entirely — leaving an empty Before/After table is worse than no table.

Leave the table cells empty for the user to fill in:

| Before | After |
| ------ | ----- |
|        |       |

Add a line: <!-- Paste screenshots/GIFs above, or link the Storybook preview once it's built. -->

Test Instructions

Numbered steps a reviewer can follow. Derive from the change:

• For new components: "Open Storybook, navigate to Components/<Name>, exercise each story"
• For bug fixes: reproduce steps from the ticket + verification
• For chores/deps: "Run pnpm install && pnpm typecheck:only && pnpm test"
• For docs only: "Run pnpm start, navigate to the updated page"

If you genuinely can't infer anything useful, write 1. No manual testing required — covered by CI. rather than leaving it blank.

Breaking Changes

Default to No. Flag as Yes only if you see:

• Removed exports from a packages/*/src/index.ts
• Renamed component props (changed type in *Props interface)
• Major version bumps in a changeset
• Removed/renamed CSS custom properties in themes/

If Yes, add a short migration note and apply the 🚨 Breaking Change label to the PR (pass --label "🚨 Breaking Change" to gh pr create in step 7).

Checklist

Start with all items unchecked, then auto-tick the ones you can verify:

Item	Auto-tick condition
Storybook preview and Marigold docs preview are available	Leave unchecked — depends on CI; user verifies
Stories added/updated (with component-test tag where applicable)	Tick if any *.stories.tsx in the diff
Unit tests added/updated	Tick if any *.test.tsx or *.test.ts in the diff
Component documentation added/updated (if it exists)	Tick if any docs/** or **/*.mdx in the diff
Accessibility reviewed against ARIA APG (for new/changed interactive components)	Leave unchecked — requires human judgment; tick only if there's an explicit a11y commit/note
Visual regression tests updated (for UI changes)	Leave unchecked — handled by Chromatic, user verifies
Changeset added (pnpm changeset)	Tick if .changeset/*.md (other than README.md/config.json) is added in the diff

If the change is non-UI (e.g. CI config, docs typo, internal refactor), it's fine to tick "Visual regression tests updated" as N/A — but prefer leaving it unchecked and noting "N/A — no UI changes" in the Description.

5. Detect missing changeset (warn, don't block)

If the diff touches packages/**/src/** or themes/** and there's no new file in .changeset/, mention this to the user before creating the PR — a changeset is almost always required for those paths. Offer to run pnpm changeset first, or proceed without it if the user confirms.

6. Confirm with the user before creating

Show the user the full proposed PR:

Title: feat(DST-1234): add loading state to Button

Body:
<full rendered body>

Branch: feature/DST-1234-loading-state → main
Push needed: yes (3 unpushed commits)

Use AskUserQuestion with options:

• Create PR — proceed
• Create as draft — pass --draft to gh pr create
• Edit title/body — let the user redirect, then re-show
• Cancel

Do not push or create without an explicit confirm.

7. Push and create the PR

If the branch has unpushed commits or isn't tracking a remote, push first:

git push -u origin <branch-name>

Never pass --no-verify — pre-push hooks exist for a reason. If a hook fails, surface the failure to the user and stop. Do not retry with --no-verify.

Then create the PR using gh pr create with a HEREDOC body to preserve formatting:

gh pr create \
  --title "feat(DST-1234): add loading state to Button" \
  --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
# Description

Adds a `loading` prop to the Button component...

Closes DST-1234

## Test Instructions

1. Open Storybook → Components/Button/Loading
2. Confirm the spinner appears...

## Breaking Changes

No

## Checklist

- [ ] Storybook preview and Marigold docs preview are available
- [x] Stories added/updated (with `component-test` tag where applicable)
- [x] Unit tests added/updated
- [ ] Component documentation added/updated (if it exists)
- [ ] Accessibility reviewed against [ARIA APG](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/) (for new/changed interactive components)
- [ ] Visual regression tests updated (for UI changes)
- [x] Changeset added (\`pnpm changeset\`)
EOF
)"

Add --draft if the user chose "Create as draft" in step 6.

If Breaking Changes was flagged as Yes in step 4, also pass --label "🚨 Breaking Change".

After creation, print the PR URL gh pr create returns.

8. Post-creation summary

Briefly tell the user:

• The PR URL
• Which checklist items were auto-ticked vs left for them to verify (especially screenshots and VRT)
• A reminder to run /run-chromatic if the PR touches UI and they want visual regression coverage now

Edge cases

Existing PR for this branch. If gh pr view --json url -q .url returns a URL, an open PR already exists. Don't try to create another. Offer to update the existing PR's title/body instead (gh pr edit <number> --title ... --body ...) — confirm with the user first.

Detached HEAD / no upstream. If git branch --show-current is empty, the user is on a detached HEAD. Ask them to check out a branch first.

Multiple Jira tickets in the branch. If commits reference different DST-XXXX tickets, use the one in the branch name if it matches one of them; otherwise ask the user which is the primary ticket. The others can be mentioned in the Description as "Related: DST-XXXX".

Revert PRs. If commits start with Revert "...", use type revert and reference the original commit/PR in the Description.

Empty diff vs main but commits exist. This shouldn't happen, but if it does, the branch has only merge commits or whitespace changes — ask the user what they want to PR.

Tools required

• Bash(git *) — branch state, diff, log, push
• Bash(gh pr create *) — create the PR
• Bash(gh pr view *) — check for existing PR
• Bash(gh pr edit *) — update existing PR if one already exists
• Read — inspect the PR template and any files needed to infer context
• AskUserQuestion — confirm before pushing/creating
• mcp__plugin_atlassian_atlassian__getJiraIssue (optional) — pull ticket title/description for the body

Notes

• The PR template comment block at the top of .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md is for the contributor's eyes — leave it in the body so future PRs created via the GitHub UI still see it.
• The skill's job is to produce a strong first draft. Reviewers will still need screenshots and VRT decisions — flag those explicitly rather than pretending the PR is "done".
• Never use --no-verify, never force-push, never amend pushed commits unless the user explicitly asks.