Gh pr close

Skill dceoy/github-cli-agent-skills/skills/gh-pr-close

Agent skills for GitHub CLI

Install

npx -y skills add dceoy/github-cli-agent-skills --skill gh-pr-close

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Close a GitHub pull request using gh CLI, optionally with a comment and branch deletion.

SKILL.md

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GitHub PR Close

When to use

The user asks to close a PR without merging.
PR is abandoned, superseded, or no longer needed.
Cleaning up stale PRs.

Inputs to confirm

PR number, URL, or branch name.
Whether to delete the associated branch.
Optional closing comment.
Target repo if not current (--repo OWNER/REPO).

Workflow

Verify auth:
```
gh --version
gh auth status
```

Check PR state first:

gh pr view 123 --json number,title,state,headRefName

Close the PR:

gh pr close 123
gh pr close 123 --comment "Closing: superseded by #456"
gh pr close 123 --delete-branch

Verify closure:
```
gh pr view 123 --json state,closedAt
```

Examples

# Close PR without comment
gh pr close 123

# Close with explanation
gh pr close 123 --comment "No longer needed after refactoring."

# Close and delete branch
gh pr close 123 --delete-branch --comment "Superseded by #200"

Flags reference

Flag	Description
`-c, --comment`	Leave a closing comment
`-d, --delete-branch`	Delete local and remote branch after close

Notes

Closed PRs can be reopened with gh pr reopen.
Use --delete-branch to clean up feature branches.
Arguments accept number, URL, or branch name.

References

GitHub CLI manual: https://cli.github.com/manual/
gh pr close --help

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.