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Adds a new "Configuration Files and Dot-Directories" section to the GitHub PRs trigger page explaining that Promptless automatically skips PRs that only contain changes to dot-directories (.github/, .circleci/, .beads/) or root-level dot-files (.gitignore, .editorconfig). Clarifies that PRs with a mix of dot-files and regular files are still processed normally.

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Promptless/promptless PR #1991: feat: skip triggers when PR only touches dot-files

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I've completed the documentation updates for PR #1991. Here's a summary:

Documentation Updates

1. New Suggestion: Document automatic skipping of dot-file-only PRs

URL: https://app.gopromptless.ai/change-history/99fd2ca6-7085-469a-af4d-7a985aaf8c49

Added a new "Configuration Files and Dot-Directories" section to the GitHub PRs trigger page explaining that:

  • Promptless automatically skips PRs that only contain changes to dot-directories (.github/, .circleci/, .beads/) or root-level dot-files (.gitignore, .editorconfig)
  • PRs with a mix of dot-files and regular source files are still processed normally

2. Updated Existing Suggestion: February 2026 Changelog

URL: https://app.gopromptless.ai/change-history/33a1d63b-e3e7-4254-be95-d47f164a766a

Added a new improvement entry under the Improvements section:

Automatic Dot-File Skipping: Promptless now skips PRs that only contain changes to dot-directories (.github/, .circleci/, .beads/) or root-level dot-files (.gitignore, .editorconfig)—tooling and CI configuration changes that don't typically need documentation.


Both changes include citations to PR #1991. The feature documentation and changelog update are in separate suggestions per client guidelines.


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Promptless automatically skips draft pull requests. Documentation updates are only triggered when the pull request is marked as ready for review.
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Citation: Based on PR #1991 which adds _is_dot_path() helper and dot-file check in GithubTrigger.should_skip_agent_run(). Context: a customer's repo had 28 PRs containing only .beads/issues.jsonl files that were being incorrectly processed.
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