Spec-Driven Development: PR Creation Skill

Overview

The sdd-pr skill creates professional, comprehensive pull requests by analyzing your completed specs and git history. Instead of manually writing PR descriptions, this skill uses AI to analyze all available context and generate detailed, well-structured PR descriptions.

When to Use This Skill

Use Skill(foundry:sdd-pr) to:

• After Spec Completion: Create PRs when handed off from sdd-update
• Comprehensive PRs: Generate detailed PR descriptions
• Save Time: Automate writing thorough PR descriptions

When NOT to use:

• For quick, trivial changes (use gh CLI directly)
• When you need a very specific custom PR format
• For PRs without an associated spec

MCP Tooling

This skill works exclusively through the Foundry MCP server (foundry-mcp). Tools use the router+action pattern: mcp__plugin_foundry_foundry-mcp__<router> with action="<action>".

Key tools:

• mcp__plugin_foundry_foundry-mcp__pr action="create" - Create PR with spec context
• mcp__plugin_foundry_foundry-mcp__pr action="context" - Gather PR context from spec
• mcp__plugin_foundry_foundry-mcp__journal action="list" - Get journal entries for context
• mcp__plugin_foundry_foundry-mcp__spec action="history" - View spec evolution timeline
• mcp__plugin_foundry_foundry-mcp__spec action="diff" - Compare spec versions

PR Context Enrichment

Use spec:history and spec:diff to enrich PR descriptions with change context:

# View spec evolution during implementation
mcp__plugin_foundry_foundry-mcp__spec action="history" spec_id="{spec-id}" limit=10

# Compare current spec vs original to show requirement evolution
mcp__plugin_foundry_foundry-mcp__spec action="diff" spec_id="{spec-id}" compare_to="specs/.backups/{spec-id}-original.json"

Why this enriches PRs:

• history: Shows requirement changes made during implementation, explaining scope adjustments
• diff: Highlights requirements that were added/modified, documenting intentional deviations from original plan

Include in PR description:

• Requirements added during implementation
• Scope changes with rationale
• Timeline of significant spec updates

Core Philosophy

From Template to Intelligence

Traditional PR creation uses static templates. The sdd-pr skill:

1. Analyzes Multiple Sources - Spec metadata, git diffs, commit history, journal entries
2. Generates Context-Aware Descriptions - Explains "why" not just "what"
3. Requires User Approval - Always shows draft before creation

Essential Workflow

[x?]=decision · (GATE)=user approval · →=sequence · ↻=loop · §=section ref

- **Entry** → GatherContext
  - `pr action="context"` → [Spec|Tasks|Commits|Journals|Diff]
- SpecChangeSummary → `spec action="diff"` + `spec action="history"`
  - Capture requirement evolution during implementation
- AIAnalysis → synthesize context
- DraftPR → (GATE: user review)
  - [approved] → continue
  - [changes] → ↻ revise draft
- PushBranch → CreatePR → UpdateMeta → **Exit**

Context Sources

For detailed context gathering, see references/context.md

Example: PR with Spec Evolution Context

When specs change during implementation, the PR description captures this:

## Summary
Implements OAuth 2.0 authentication with PKCE flow.

## Scope Evolution
During implementation, the following requirements were refined:
- **Added**: Refresh token rotation (task-1-4, discovered during security review)
- **Modified**: Token expiry from 24h → 1h (task-1-2, per security feedback)
- **Removed**: Legacy session fallback (deemed unnecessary)

## What Changed
...

This gives reviewers visibility into why the implementation may differ from the original spec.

PR Structure

Generated PRs include: Summary, What Changed, Technical Approach, Implementation Details, Testing, and Commits sections.

For full template with examples, see references/template.md

Quick Start

# After completing a spec, create PR
Skill(foundry:sdd-pr) "Create PR for spec oauth-feature-2025-11-03-001"

# Agent shows draft, user approves, PR created

Long-Running Operations

This skill may take up to 5 minutes. Always use foreground execution with appropriate timeout.

For examples and anti-patterns, see references/long-running.md

Detailed Reference

For comprehensive documentation including:

• Long-running operations → references/long-running.md
• Complete workflow → references/workflow.md
• Context sources → references/context.md
• PR structure → references/structure.md
• Draft template → references/template.md
• Examples → references/examples.md
• Best practices → references/best-practices.md
• Troubleshooting → references/troubleshooting.md