github-pr-query

A command-line tool for finding and filtering GitHub pull requests, using jq, a utility for selecting and reshaping JSON data. It can query the current repository or another specified repository.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to list open pull requests, show numbers and titles, filter by author, or apply other jq selectors.
Why use it?
It avoids downloading or reading more pull-request data than needed. You can first inspect the data shape, then request only matching results.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/github/gh-aw/github-pr-query
Any agent
npx skills add github/gh-aw --skill github-pr-query
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/github/gh-aw

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 16 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 926 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00016 $0.00926
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.00463
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00185
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00093

Measured 2d ago against content hash 19f63c4bdc30, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

github-pr-query scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (query-prs.sh), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.github/skills/github-pr-query/SKILL.md · 120 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 120 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

GitHub Pull Request Query Skill

Query GitHub pull requests efficiently with built-in jq filtering.

Important: jq Parameter is Optional

The --jq parameter is optional. Without --jq, this skill returns schema and data size information instead of full data. Use this to avoid oversized responses and inspect structure before targeted queries.

Use --jq '.' to get all data, or use a more specific filter for targeted results.

Usage

Use this skill to query pull requests from the current repository or any specified repository.

Basic Query (Returns Schema Only)

To list pull requests from the current repository:

./query-prs.sh
# Returns schema and data size, not full data

Get All Data

To get all PR data:

./query-prs.sh --jq '.'

With Repository

To query a specific repository:

./query-prs.sh --repo owner/repo

With jq Filtering

Use the --jq argument to filter and transform the output:

# Get only open PRs
./query-prs.sh --jq '.[] | select(.state == "open")'

# Get PR numbers and titles
./query-prs.sh --jq '.[] | {number, title}'

# Get PRs by a specific author
./query-prs.sh --jq '.[] | select(.author.login == "username")'

# Get merged PRs from last week
./query-prs.sh --jq '.[] | select(.mergedAt != null)'

# Count PRs by state
./query-prs.sh --jq 'group_by(.state) | map({state: .[0].state, count: length})'

Common Options

  • --state: Filter by state (open, closed, merged, all). Default: open
  • --limit: Maximum number of PRs to fetch. Default: 30
  • --repo: Repository in owner/repo format. Default: current repo
  • --author: Filter PRs by author login
  • --app: Filter PRs by GitHub App author
  • --search: Apply GitHub issue/PR search syntax
  • --jq: (Optional) jq expression for filtering/transforming output. If omitted, returns schema info

Example Queries

Find large PRs (many changed files):

./query-prs.sh --jq '.[] | select(.changedFiles > 10) | {number, title, changedFiles}'

Read the full file on GitHub · 120 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 120 lines · 16 tokens per session scan A 19f63c4bdc30

Subscribe to this mod's changes

github-pr-query is a skill published in the GitHub repository github/gh-aw (5,050 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 16 tokens to every session and 926 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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