delegate

Ask Claude to triage each pending review — AI-powered PR analysis.

Let Claude Code analyze your PRs, summarize changes, identify risks, and recommend actions.

When to Use

Morning triage: “Which PRs should I prioritize?”
Before deep work: “Quick summary of what’s waiting”
Risk assessment: “Does this security-related PR need extra scrutiny?”

Synopsis

prctrl delegate [OPTIONS]
prctrl del [OPTIONS]       # shorthand alias

Options

Flag	Description	Default
`--pr`, `-p`	Target specific PR by number (global flag)	All pending
`--all`, `-a`	Delegate all matching PRs without prompting	`false`
`--json`	Output results as JSON (useful for scripting)	`false`
`--dry-run`, `-n`	Preview delegation without executing	`false`
`--priority`, `-P`	Show priority scores (1-5 stars) in dry-run output	`false`
`--since-days`, `-s`	Only delegate PRs created since N days ago	All
`--quiet`, `-q`	Suppress per-PR progress messages	`false`
`--pr-numbers`	PR number(s) to delegate (comma-separated)	-
`--repo <NAME>`	Filter by repository (partial match, case-insensitive)	-
`--author <NAME>`	Filter by author (partial match, case-insensitive)	-

Examples

# Interactive: select PR(s) to delegate
prctrl delegate

# Target a specific PR (global --pr flag)
prctrl delegate --pr 4821

# Preview what would be delegated (no actual delegation)
prctrl delegate --dry-run

# Preview specific PR without delegating
prctrl delegate --pr 4821 --dry-run

# Preview delegation with priority scores to identify urgent PRs first
prctrl delegate --dry-run --priority

# Only delegate recent PRs (last 7 days)
prctrl delegate --since-days 7

# Only delegate PRs from a specific repo
prctrl delegate --repo frontend

# Only delegate PRs from a specific author
prctrl delegate --author alice

# Combine filters for targeted delegation
prctrl delegate --repo api --author bob --dry-run

# JSON output for scripting
prctrl delegate --json

# Delegate all matching PRs without prompting (useful for scripts)
prctrl delegate --all

# Delegate all PRs from a specific repo without prompting
prctrl delegate --all --repo frontend

# Delegate specific PR and get JSON result
prctrl delegate --pr 4821 --json

# Quiet mode - suppresses per-PR output for cleaner batch processing
prctrl delegate --all --quiet

# Delegate multiple PRs at once with --pr-numbers
prctrl delegate --pr-numbers 4821,4822,4823 --all

Output

Interactive Mode (default)

Each delegation shows:

Delegation progress indicator
Summary from Claude
Review file saved to output directory

JSON Mode

Returns an array of results with:

[
  {
    "pr_number": 4821,
    "pr_title": "feat: add dark mode",
    "repo": "frontend",
    "url": "https://github.com/org/frontend/pull/4821",
    "success": true,
    "summary": "Summary text from Claude",
    "error": null
  }
]

Tips

Create instruction.md for project-specific review criteria
Use --dry-run to verify targeting before committing to delegation
Use --json for automation scripts or piping to other tools
All PRs are delegated in parallel for speed (both modes)
Progress feedback shows completion status for each PR as it finishes
Combine filters (--since-days, --repo, --author) with --dry-run to preview targeted delegation
Snoozed PRs are automatically excluded (consistent with list command)
When --pr is combined with --repo, --author, or --since-days, the PR must match all filters to be selected (filters take precedence over direct fetch)

Keyboard shortcuts

PRCtrl