# peter-evans/create-pull-request

A GitHub action to create a pull request for changes to your repository in the actions workspace

Repository: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/create-pull-request
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: create-pull-request, github-action, pull-request, actions-workspace, workflow, ci-cd, automation
Last push: 2026-08-20T23:36:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 78, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2605, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 145, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2838, forks 548 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:24.641559+00:00)

## What it is
A GitHub Action that automatically creates or updates a pull request for changes made to the repository during a workflow run. It commits workspace changes to a new branch and opens a PR against the checked-out base branch.

## Use cases
- automatically open a pull request with generated file changes in CI
- create a PR from a GitHub Actions workflow after running a formatter or code generator
- keep a dependency update branch up to date via scheduled workflows
- commit and PR documentation or data updates produced during a build
- update an existing pull request branch with new workflow changes

## When to choose
- you need a PR created automatically from changes made in a GitHub Actions workflow
- you want scheduled or event-driven automation that proposes changes via pull requests
- you need to update an existing automation PR instead of creating duplicates

## When to avoid
- you are not using GitHub Actions as your CI platform
- you need to create pull requests outside of a workflow workspace context
- your repository disallows GitHub Actions from creating pull requests and you cannot change permissions

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ci-cd, workflow-automation, version-control, developer-tools
- domain: version-control, developer-tools
- platform: cloud
- tags: github-actions, pull-request, automation, git, devops, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- peter-evans/create-pull-request (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.641559+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:37:29.104223+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.641559+00:00, sha 5a2af3b2ab84)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.