PR Comments to Linear Ticket

File Linear tickets from PR review feedback and notify the PR author.

Overview

This skill automates the workflow of:

1. Analyzing PR comments and reviews to find actionable concerns
2. Creating a well-structured Linear ticket with full context
3. Commenting on the PR to notify the author with the ticket link

Workflow

Step 1: Gather PR Context

Get the current PR info:

gh pr view --json number,headRepository,author
gh repo view --json nameWithOwner

Step 2: Fetch All Comments

Retrieve all comment sources:

# PR-level comments
gh api /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{number}/comments

# Review comments (inline on code)
gh api /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{number}/comments

# Reviews with body text
gh api /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{number}/reviews

Step 3: Analyze & Filter Comments

Skip these:

• Bot comments (Linear linkback <!-- linear-linkback -->, CI bots)
• Resolved review threads
• Simple approvals without feedback

Identify actionable items:

• Bug reports (keywords: "bug", "broken", "doesn't work", "error", ":bug:")
• UI/visual concerns (keywords: "visual", "design", "UI", "looks", "styling", "doesn't look")
• Performance issues (keywords: "slow", "performance", "optimize")
• UX concerns (keywords: "confusing", "UX", "user experience")
• Tech debt (keywords: "refactor", "cleanup", "tech debt", "TODO")

Extract from comments:

• Screenshots (markdown image syntax ![...](...) or <img ...>)
• Code snippets and diff hunks
• File paths and line numbers

Detect parent ticket:

• Look for Linear bot comment with linkback pattern
• Extract ticket ID (e.g., FSAI-2631) from the linked issue URL

Step 4: Confirm with User

Present a summary of detected concerns using AskUserQuestion:

1. Which concerns to include - List each detected concern, let user confirm or adjust
2. Which team to file under - Suggest based on concern type (see heuristics below)
3. Who to tag in PR comment - Default to PR author, allow override

Step 5: Create Linear Ticket

Use mcp__linear__create_issue with:

Title: Concise description of the concern(s)

• Example: "Improve Location Panel inline editing UI visual design"

Team: Based on concern type heuristics (see below)

Description template:

## Context

Follow-up from PR #{number} ({pr_title}). {brief_context}

## Concerns to Address

### 1. {Concern Title}
{Concern description from review}

{Include any screenshots}

### 2. {Additional concerns if multiple}
...

## Next Steps
- {Suggested action items}

## Related
- PR: {pr_url}
- Parent ticket: {parent_ticket_id if detected}

Links: Attach the PR URL using the links parameter

Step 6: Comment on PR

Notify the PR author:

gh pr comment {number} --body "@{pr_author} Filed ticket for the feedback: {linear_ticket_url}"

Step 7: Report Summary

Tell the user what was created:

Created Linear ticket {TEAM-123}: {title}
URL: {linear_url}
Tagged @{author} in PR #{number}

Team Selection Heuristics

Guidelines

• Always confirm before creating - Show the user what will be filed
• Preserve screenshots - Copy image URLs directly into the ticket description
• Link bidirectionally - Include PR link in ticket, ticket link in PR comment
• Be concise - Ticket titles should be scannable, details go in description
• Detect parent tickets - Look for Linear bot comments to find related issues
• Default to PR author for tagging - They need to follow up on the feedback
• One ticket per PR - Unless user explicitly wants separate tickets for distinct concerns