Agent skill · Sentry

PR Writer skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

Drafts or refreshes pull request titles and descriptions written for reviewers.

Officialname: pr-writer★ 1.1k (repo)pushed 2026-10-23Apache-2.0SKILL.md on GitHubchecked 2026-11-07

What it does, in the publisher's words

Create or refresh reviewer-facing PR titles and descriptions. Use when opening a PR, updating its title or body, or preparing branch changes for review.

The description field of the SKILL.md. The agent reads only this at startup and decides from it when to load the full skill.

Install PR Writer

The skills CLI copies the skill into the folder of each agent you pick (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf...). Add -g for all projects. Needs Node.js 22.20+. docs

npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-writer

This repo is a plugin marketplace. Inside Claude Code, add it and install the plugin that holds the skill (sentry-skills), or copy only this skill into ~/.claude/skills. docs

/plugin marketplace add getsentry/skills
/plugin install <plugin>@sentry-skills

# or only this skill:
npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-writer -a claude-code

Download the skill folder, zip it, then Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill. Code execution must be on (Settings > Capabilities). docs

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/getsentry/skills.git /tmp/pr-writer-src
cp -r /tmp/pr-writer-src/skills/pr-writer ./pr-writer
zip -r pr-writer.zip pr-writer

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills in the repo or ~/.agents/skills. Type $ in Codex to use one. docs

npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-writer -a codex

gh skill (GitHub CLI 2.90+, preview) installs it for Copilot in VS Code, the CLI and the cloud agent. Copilot also reads .github/skills and ~/.copilot/skills. docs

gh skill install getsentry/skills pr-writer

Cursor reads .cursor/skills, .agents/skills and ~/.cursor/skills (and .claude/skills). It does not install loose skills from a GitHub URL, so copy it in. docs

npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-writer -a cursor

Installs from the GitHub repo; --path picks this skill out of the repo. Default scope is user (all projects). docs

gemini skills install https://github.com/getsentry/skills.git --path skills/pr-writer

OpenCode reads .opencode/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills and the Claude and .agents folders. docs

npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-writer -a opencode

Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) reads .devin/skills, .windsurf/skills and ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills. docs

npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-writer -a windsurf

Works with

Claude Code, Claude.ai and Claude Desktop, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and other agents that read the open Agent Skills format.

What's in the SKILL.md

8 sections

Inspect the Change
Core Rules
Titles
Body Shape
Reviewer Aids
Boundaries
Create or Update
Examples

Bundled files

EVAL.md
SPEC.md
evals/axis.config.json
evals/scenarios/concise-docs-pr.json

Loaded only when the instructions point to them.

Facts

Skill name: pr-writer
Publisher: Sentry (official)
Repo: getsentry/skills
License: Apache-2.0
SKILL.md size: 620 words, 156 lines
Bundled files: 4, 2 docs
Repo stars: 1.1k (as of 2026-10-24)
SKILL.md checked: 2026-11-07

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FAQ

What does the pr-writer skill do?+

Drafts or refreshes pull request titles and descriptions written for reviewers. In its own SKILL.md, Sentry describes it as: "Create or refresh reviewer-facing PR titles and descriptions. Use when opening a PR, updating its title or body, or preparing branch changes for review."

How do I install the pr-writer skill?+

Run npx skills add getsentry/skills --skill pr-writer and pick your agents, or use the tab for your agent above. In Claude Code the skill ends up in ~/.claude/skills/pr-writer/SKILL.md; in Codex and Cursor in .agents/skills/pr-writer/.

Does PR Writer work in Codex, Cursor and Copilot, or only Claude?+

It's a standard SKILL.md, so any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use it: Claude Code, the Claude apps, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and more.

Who maintains PR Writer?+

Sentry, the company or project behind it, in the getsentry/skills repo on GitHub, last pushed 2026-10-23. License: Apache-2.0.

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