Document and validate draft: true default for create-pull-request#11337
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Document and validate draft: true default for create-pull-request#11337
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[WIP] Update agentic workflows for draft pull requests
Document and validate draft: true default for create-pull-request
Jan 22, 2026
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Agentic workflows should create draft PRs by default as a security best practice, preventing accidental auto-merge of AI-generated code. The default was already
draft: true, but this was implicit and undocumented.Changes
draft: trueis the default and explain security rationaledraft: falseis explicitly set (informational only, non-blocking)create_pull_request.cjshandler to document the default behaviorExample
When compiling workflows with
draft: false, debug output now includes:No breaking changes - workflows with explicit
draft: falsecontinue to work for intentional auto-merge scenarios.Original prompt
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