Pull Request Creation Best Practices

Purpose

This skill enforces three critical best practices when creating GitHub pull requests:

1. Include ticket numbers - Associates PRs with tracking tickets (Jira, GitHub Issues)
2. Use PR templates when available - Ensures consistent, complete PR descriptions
3. Create PRs as drafts by default - Allows review before marking ready for review

Ticket Detection and Integration

Before creating the pull request, attempt to identify an associated ticket number from Jira or GitHub Issues.

Detection Sources

Check the following sources for ticket numbers (in order of preference):