Workflow:

Review the changed files and confirm the scope.
Run the smallest relevant validation for the touched area.
Prepare a concise conventional commit message.
Commit with -S -s (signature and DCO sign-off) if committing is requested.
Push the branch. GitHub refuses a PR for a branch with no commits; make an intentional empty coordination commit before the first push when the branch is fresh.
Write the PR body to a file and run the CI deferral check on it: PR_BODY="$(cat body.md)" GITHUB_REPOSITORY=fallow-rs/fallow node .github/scripts/check-pr-deferrals.mjs. The check fails a body that defers work without an issue link, for example a "Follow-up" or "Not in this change" section. Sort each open item into the three groups of CONTRIBUTING.md: needed work gets a linked issue, an idea goes under "Possible follow-ups", and an accepted limit goes under "Known limits". Call a docs change a companion fallow-docs PR, not a follow-up.
Open a ready PR with a high-signal conventional title and that body. After a later body edit, do not rerun the failed commit-message job: the edited event starts a new run with the new body.

Requirements:

Use conventional commits.
Use signed commits with a DCO sign-off: git commit -S -s.
Use a descriptive non-codex/ branch name, for example feat/<slug>, fix/<slug>, refactor/<slug>, docs/<slug>, or chore/<slug>.
Do not pass --draft to gh pr create unless the user explicitly asks for a draft.
Do not add AI attribution.
Summarize validation honestly if some checks were not run.

open-draft-pr

Open Review PR