Pull Request Description Generator
Paste a public GitHub pull request and generate a clear Markdown description with change evidence, review focus, tests, and rollout prompts.
Start with a public pull request
Scopy reads public GitHub metadata and changed-file details. It does not request repository access or write anything back to GitHub.
Evidence used
PR size, areas, tests, sensitive paths, and file operations will appear here after import.
Generated PR description
Import a public pull request to generate an editable result.
What makes a useful pull request description?
A useful description gives reviewers the intent, scope, verification evidence, and operational context that cannot be recovered safely from filenames alone. This generator derives a factual starting point from public GitHub data, then leaves product intent and rollout decisions visible for the author to complete.
The instant output is deterministic: it reads PR metadata and changed-file paths through GitHub's public API, directly from your browser. No AI model is involved, no API key is needed, and your input is not stored anywhere. When you want more, one click generates an AI draft grounded in the actual patch excerpts — it fills in what the evidence supports and leaves explicit author placeholders where only you know the answer.
The structure it produces follows the same shape we recommend for hand-written descriptions: a summary of what changed, the reasoning behind it, a concrete test plan, and a review-focus section that points reviewers at the risky parts first. Reviewers read dozens of pull requests a week; a predictable structure lowers the cost of every one of them.
The result deliberately avoids claiming that a changed path proves runtime behavior. Review and edit the generated Markdown before adding it to GitHub — especially the intent and rollout sections, which only the author can fill in truthfully.
Related reading: Pull request description template for better code reviews.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this pull request description generator use AI?
- Only if you ask it to. The instant output is generated deterministically from public GitHub metadata in your browser, with no model calls and no data sent to our servers. The optional AI draft sends the PR metadata and patch excerpts to our server for a single model call, grounds the description in that evidence, and stores nothing.
- Does it work with private repositories?
- No. The tool only reads public pull requests through GitHub's unauthenticated API, so it never asks for repository access or tokens. For private repositories, copy the generated template structure and fill it in manually, or use a tool with a GitHub App installation such as Scopy.
- Why is part of the description left blank?
- Sections such as intent and rollout describe decisions that only the author knows. Filling them with generated guesses would make the description look complete while being wrong, which is worse than an honest blank. The generator marks those sections clearly so you can complete them.
- Is there a rate limit?
- The tool uses GitHub's public API quota from your network, which allows roughly 60 requests per hour per IP address. The tool shows the remaining quota after each import and caches responses for a few minutes to conserve it.
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