GitHub CLI Patterns

Common GitHub CLI (gh) command patterns. Single source of truth to reduce duplication across commands and agents.

PR Operations

List and View

# List: gh pr list [--state STATE] [--author USER] [--label LABEL] [--limit N] [--json FIELDS]
gh pr list --state open --json number,title,headRefName
gh pr list --author @me --state open --json number,title,mergeable,statusCheckRollup

# View: gh pr view <PR_NUMBER> [--json FIELDS]
gh pr view <PR_NUMBER> --json title,body,state,mergeable
gh pr view <PR_NUMBER> --json number,title,state,mergeable,statusCheckRollup,reviews,reviewDecision,headRefName
gh pr view <PR_NUMBER> --json headRefName --jq '.headRefName'  # Get branch name