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Backport Pr Assistant

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cockroachdb·vlatest·other

This assistant helps automate the process of creating and updating pull requests by backporting changes from newer versions to older ones, saving development time.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add cockroachdb/cockroach --skill backport-pr-assistant -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

cockroachdb

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned cockroachdb/cockroach at d30c905fff.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
d30c905fff
Manifest
.claude/skills/backport-pr-assistant/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 126 lines
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About this skill

The backport-pr-assistant skill automates the process of moving code changes from development branches into stable release lines. It analyzes pull requests to determine if they are ready for backporting and generates the necessary patch files or merge instructions for maintainers. This tool streamlines maintenance workflows by reducing manual effort in managing dependencies across multiple versions.

When to use it

  • You need to apply bug fixes discovered in a newer development branch to an older, stable release version.
  • Your team manages multiple product versions simultaneously and requires consistent code propagation.
  • You want to automate the generation of backport PRs or patches to ensure human reviewers focus on logic rather than mechanics.
  • Maintenance teams need to verify if specific changes are eligible for inclusion in a previous release cycle.

Key capabilities

  • Automatically identifies pull requests suitable for backporting based on criteria.
  • Generates the required artifacts (patches or PR drafts) for merging into target branches.
  • Reduces manual overhead associated with version branching and merging strategies.

Example prompts

  • "Check if this pull request is ready to be backported to the v23.1 release branch."
  • "Generate a patch file for the latest bug fix to apply to our stable 22.2 line."
  • "List all open PRs that contain critical security fixes eligible for immediate backporting."

Tips & gotchas

This skill is specifically designed for CockroachDB's repository structure; it may not function correctly in other codebases without configuration adjustments. Ensure you have write access to the target branches before attempting to trigger automated backport generation.