feat(skills): add pr-creator skill and enable skills by NTaylorMullen · Pull Request #16232 · google-gemini/gemini-cli

NTaylorMullen · 2026-01-09T08:48:01Z

Summary

This PR introduces a new skill, pr-creator, to standardize pull request creation and enables the skills feature for the project configuration.

Details

New Skill: Added .gemini/skills/pr-creator/SKILL.md, which instructs agents to locate and follow the repository's PR template.
Git Configuration: Updated .gitignore to allow tracking of .gemini/skills/ and .gemini/settings.json.
Project Settings: Created .gemini/settings.json with "experimental": { "skills": true } to enable skills for anyone working in this repo.

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How to Validate

Check Files: Verify .gemini/skills/pr-creator/SKILL.md exists and contains the correct instructions.
Check Gitignore: Verify .gitignore includes the new exceptions.
Check Settings: Verify .gemini/settings.json enables skills.
Test Skill: (Optional) Use an agent with this branch checked out to create a dummy PR and confirm it finds the template.

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gemini-code-assist · 2026-01-09T08:48:21Z

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This pull request integrates a new pr-creator skill to streamline pull request generation and activates the experimental skills feature across the project. Concurrently, it introduces a user-configurable setting to manage a startup warning related to running the CLI in the home directory, enhancing user experience and control over system notifications.

Highlights

New pr-creator Skill: A new skill, pr-creator, has been introduced to standardize pull request creation by guiding agents to locate and follow the repository's PR template.
Skills Feature Enabled: The project configuration now explicitly enables the "skills" experimental feature via .gemini/settings.json.
Git Configuration Update: .gitignore has been updated to allow tracking of the new .gemini/skills/ directory and .gemini/settings.json file.
Configurable Home Directory Warning: A new UI setting, ui.showHomeDirectoryWarning, has been added, allowing users to suppress the warning when running the Gemini CLI in their home directory. This warning also respects folder trust settings.

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- .gemini/skills/pr-creator/SKILL.md

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- Added 'pr-creator' skill to guide PR creation according to repository standards. - Updated .gitignore to track .gemini/skills/ and .gemini/settings.json. - Created .gemini/settings.json to enable experimental skills for this project. - This ensures all contributors have access to the skill and the necessary configuration.

github-actions · 2026-01-09T08:51:08Z

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Total Size: 22.3 MB

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Code Review

This pull request introduces a new setting ui.showHomeDirectoryWarning to control whether a warning is displayed when running the Gemini CLI in the user's home directory. The changes include adding the setting to the schema and documentation, and implementing the logic to check this setting before displaying the warning. While the changes for the home directory warning seem mostly correct, a critical type error was found in packages/cli/src/utils/userStartupWarnings.ts where an interface was changed but not all its implementations were updated, which will break compilation. Additionally, there is a significant discrepancy between the pull request's title and description, which focus on adding a pr-creator skill, and the actual code changes provided for review. This should be rectified for clarity.

packages/cli/src/utils/userStartupWarnings.ts

sehoon38 · 2026-01-09T13:05:57Z

.gitignore

 !.gemini/config.yaml
 !.gemini/commands/
+!.gemini/skills/
+!.gemini/settings.json


do we want to start including the settings.json?

Without it you wont get skills by default. I figured it could be a way to share settings across the group. Add shared slash commands maybe a few other deets. Do you have specific settings that you personally disable in the repo?

scidomino · 2026-01-09T15:18:31Z

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Do we actually want to add this settings.json?

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