Agent skill · writing content · cursor
make-pr-easy-to-review
Prepare PRs for review by cleaning noisy history, improving PR descriptions, and adding reviewer guidance without changing code behavior. Use for "make this easy to review", "tidy this PR", "clean up commits", or "annotate the diff".
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific workflows and commands for cleaning PRs that enhance reviewability, which the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 2,555 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Make PR Easy to Review Prepare a PR so a reviewer can quickly understand the intent, important files, and risk. The default goal is reviewability without behavior changes. Workflow 1. Resolve the target PR from the user-provided URL or current branch. 2. Inspect commits, diff size, changed paths, generated files, and PR description. 3. Identify reviewability issues: noisy commits, stale description, unrelated changes, mixed mechanical and logic changes, missing tests, or unclear reviewer entry points. 4. Propose a plan before rewriting history or force-pushing. 5. Apply safe improvements, then verify the tree or diff still matches the intended code. History Cleanup Only rewrite history when the user asks for it or agrees to the plan. Before rewriting: Good commit groupings usually follow dependency order: 1. Schema/storage or generated API definitions. 2. Core logic. 3. Wiring and integration. 4. UI or surface behavior. 5. Tests. After rewriting, verify content identity: Do not push if the tree changed unintentionally. Reviewer Guidance When code behavior should stay untouched, prefer PR description and review notes: Add a TL;DR that matches the actual diff. Separate core files from generated or mechanical files. Call out risky behavior changes, migration order, rollout plan, and test coverage. Link issue trackers, dashboards, or design docs when they explain intent. Guardrails Never hide meaningful behavior changes inside "cleanup". Do not bypass hooks unless the user explicitly asks. If the PR is too large to make reviewable with notes, recommend splitting instead of polishing around the problem.
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills cursor/make-pr-easy-to-review