Pr Body Style

PR Body Style

Goal

Write PR bodies that are short, business-focused, and accurate to the actual code change. Assume reviewers can read the diff; the PR body should explain the outcome, validation, and any non-obvious context.

Guardrails

• Make every claim match the actual diff and current check status.
• Do not mention speculative benefits, future work, or unrelated cleanup.
• Keep validation concrete: commands, CI status, screenshots, or manual checks.
• If uncertain, say what was not verified.

Style Rules

• Preserve the repository's PR template headings unless the user asks to change the template.
• Lead with the user/business outcome, reliability impact, or operational reason for the change.
• Keep the description to 1 short paragraph plus 2-4 bullets when bullets help scanning.
• Mention technical details only when they clarify behavior, reviewer risk, compatibility, CI impact, or deployment impact.
• Avoid method-by-method or file-by-file narration unless the user explicitly asks for implementation detail.
• Keep wording plain and direct. Prefer "Moves health checks to the standard gRPC health protocol" over deep root-cause prose.
• Make every claim match the actual diff and current check status. Verify locally or with GitHub when the status may have changed.
• Keep "How to Test" concrete and minimal: commands run, user-visible checks, or CI status.
• Use "Additional Information" only for high-signal context, risks, retained compatibility shims, or follow-up notes. Keep it empty or one sentence when possible.

Accuracy Checks

Before finalizing a PR body:

1. Compare it to the current diff, not memory of the plan.
2. Remove stale claims about files, methods, dependencies, or CI failures that no longer matter.
3. Keep compatibility/stub notes only when a reviewer could otherwise mistake the code for dead code.
4. Use business-language framing for technical fixtures, such as "retained test-server health stub" instead of listing generated fixture paths.

Preferred Shape

# Pull Request

[Issue](...)

## Description

One sentence explaining the outcome or operational reason.

- Capability-level change
- CI/local/deployment behavior change
- Retained compatibility or test support, if relevant

## How to Test

1. `command`
2. `command`

## Additional Information/Images/Videos

One sentence only if useful.

Example Tone

Prefer:

Moves health checks to the standard gRPC health protocol so local, CI, and deployed service checks use the same path.

- Replace the custom BFF health endpoint with standard gRPC health handling
- Use `grpc_health_probe` for container health checks
- Keep the generated health stub needed by the local/CI test server

Avoid:

Root cause: `cmd/stubbed/health` was removed, `mise services-up` runs `generate`, clears `gen/`, and starts `data-platform` with `gen/grpc` mounted...

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> Install: `npx skills add ChristopherAlphonse/calphonse-skills --skill pr-body-style`

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: ChristopherAlphonse
• Source: ChristopherAlphonse/calphonse-skills
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://www.skills.sh/christopheralphonse/calphonse-skills

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.