Open a pull request
How to open a pull request, what the header shows, and the actions behind Show actions.
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Every pull request in Limn opens in the same view: a header with its state, then tabs. You can read the conversation, the threads and the diff, see whether it can land, run an AI review or an AI fix, and review, approve, merge or close it, without going to GitHub. Limn refreshes a pull request every few seconds while you have it open.
#Open a pull request
- Double-click a row on Open pull requests, or press ↵ twice.
- Go to an item on Pending (double-click, or ⇧ ↵).
- Choose a card in the Feed, or Open details on a Timeline bar.
- Find it with Search or jump.
The pull request opens as a tab. It stays under Open tabs until you close it, and you can pin it. When you come back to it in the same session, it opens on the tab and at the place you left it.
#The header
The header has three lines:
- The title, and the … menu.
- The state (open, draft, merged or closed), the checks, the repository, the author, and when it was opened.
- The review: GitHub's review decision (for example Review required, No reviews yet, approved or changes requested), with the newest reviewer beside it. Then the size in lines, the large pull request flag, the blast radius chip, chips for a stack or the ticket's criteria, and Stalled, auto-merge or "N new" when they apply.
Choose the review pill to see every reviewer's standing, when they reviewed, and who is still being waited on. The review pill is GitHub's decision; the AI review is shown separately and never mixed into it.
#612 Partial refunds
Open CI passing · acme/payments · priya · opened 2d ago
Review required +214 −38 Medium Criteria 3/4
The … menu
- Open full-screen in its own tab (when it is open in a pane).
- Show on the timeline and Focus in its own timeline tab, when the Timeline is on. See Focus one pull request.
- Show in the Activity feed: the repository's feed for this pull request only.
- Open ticket, for each ticket the pull request names.
- Refresh from GitHub, Copy the GitHub link and Open on GitHub.
#The tabs
| Tab | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Overview | Can it land, the AI review, checks, people and the description. A red dot means checks are failing. |
| Activity | The conversation and the events, newest first. The number counts comments and reviews. |
| Threads | Every review thread with its state. The number counts unresolved threads. |
| Changes | The diff. The number counts changed files. |
| AI Review | Run, read and post the AI review. The number counts open findings. With the AI features on. |
| AI Fix | Ask an agent to fix things, then push. With the AI features on. |
| Ticket | The linked ticket's story, one tab per ticket. Only when the pull request names one. |
| Bot activity | How each review bot behaved on this pull request. Only when a bot took part. A warning mark means a bot was slower than usual. |
#The actions
The buttons that change the pull request on GitHub are kept behind Show actions, in the Can it land section of the Overview tab, so a stray click cannot approve or close anything. The facts are never hidden. Behind it:
- Approve (with an optional comment) and Request changes. After you approve, you can withdraw your approval; Limn asks first.
- Merge, Merge when ready and Update branch, where the pull request allows them and you can push. See Can it land?
- Close PR, which asks "Close without merging?" first, and Reopen on a closed pull request.