GitHub Maintainer PR Review
A rigorous maintainer-grade workflow that re-reviews GitHub pull requests against the current base branch, binding every verdict to exact Git OIDs.
Dev & CodingAdvanced★ 1,323⑂ 212AI score 9/10Last updated: Aug 8, 2026
What it does
- Keeps three identities separate — the PR-recorded base OID, the live base branch OID, and the PR head OID — so a stale web diff never drives the verdict.
- Computes the actual prospective landing result with
git merge-tree, exposing conflicts, no-ops, and superseded PRs. - Detects force-pushes, rewritten history, and polluted branches, then projects only the verified contribution onto the current base for a fair evaluation.
- Labels every finding with ownership (
PR/BASE/SHARED), severity (P0–P2), evidence, and a falsifier or reproduction path. - Ends with exactly one decision:
LAND_AS_IS,FIX_ON_PR_THEN_LAND,REQUEST_CONTRIBUTOR_CHANGES,DECLINE,CLOSE_AS_SUPERSEDED,COMMENT_ONLY, orBLOCKED. - Defaults to read-only: no comments, approvals, merges, or branch deletions without explicit authorization, and untrusted tests run in an isolated clone.
Who it's for
- Open-source maintainers triaging a backlog of contributor PRs.
- Tech leads who need to know whether an old review still holds after main moved.
- Developers who want to evaluate untrusted external code without exposing local secrets or touching their worktree.
Example uses
github-review-pr https://github.com/org/repo/pull/123— get a findings-first report with the merge result, conflicting paths, and test outcomes tied to the reviewed commit.- "main changed, review again" — prior findings are re-classified as OPEN/FIXED/OBSOLETE/REATTRIBUTED with base-drift effects explained.
github-review-pr --all-open— sweep every open PR newest to oldest, with an independent decision per PR plus a summary table.
· · · Install guide · · ·
Try it now, no install
Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.
Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daymade/claude-code-skills/HEAD/github-review-pr/SKILL.md What I want: (describe your task here)
If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.
↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.
Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
- Download the ZIP with the button below.
- In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
- Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
Install in Claude Code
Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code
Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart. Copy the github-review-pr folder from the GitHub repo daymade/claude-code-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/github-review-pr/. When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.
Install with a command instead
git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r claude-code-skills/github-review-pr ~/.claude/skills/⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.
- Check that GitHub CLI is installed: run
gh --version(install from https://cli.github.com if missing). - Confirm you are logged in:
gh auth status, and rungh auth loginif not. - Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git - Copy the skill folder:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r claude-code-skills/github-review-pr ~/.claude/skills/ - Verify the bundled
references/files came along:ls ~/.claude/skills/github-review-pr - Restart Claude Code, then paste a PR URL and ask it to "review this PR as maintainer" (add
--personal-maintaineronly if you keep your own maintainer profile file).
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT