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chore: open every pr-description output with a basic explanation section - #5031

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Basic explanation

What this does: We have an instruction file that tells Claude how to write pull request descriptions for this repository. This change adds one rule to it: every description starts with a short "Basic explanation" section that says, in plain words, what the PR does, what it is good for, and what could go wrong.

Value: Anyone opening a PR (reviewers, maintainers, people outside the area) can see the point, the payoff and the danger of a change in a few seconds, before reading the technical sections.

Risks: Very low. Only the instruction file changes; no code, build or CI is touched. Descriptions get one extra section, which is slightly longer to read.

Issue being fixed or feature implemented

PR descriptions written with the pr-description skill go straight into the technical template sections. A reader who does not know the area has to work out the purpose and the risk of a change from the diff-level detail.

What was done?

.claude/skills/pr-description/SKILL.md:

  • The template now opens with ## Basic explanation, holding three bold-led paragraphs: What this does, Value, Risks. The sections after it still follow .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md.
  • The analysis step also asks for the value the change adds and what could go wrong (consensus impact, behaviour users could notice, slow or flaky tests).
  • A new guideline says to always open with the section, written so someone outside the code can follow it. For a security fix it stays neutral: it describes what the fix does, not how the bug could be exploited.

Example, the start of a description the skill produces:

Before:
<!--- Provide a general summary of your changes in the Title above -->
<!--- Pull request titles must use the [conventional commits](...) format -->

## Issue being fixed or feature implemented
...
After:
<!--- Provide a general summary of your changes in the Title above -->
<!--- Pull request titles must use the [conventional commits](...) format -->

## Basic explanation

**What this does:** ...

**Value:** ...

**Risks:** ...

## Issue being fixed or feature implemented
...

dashpay/platform#5030 shows the section in use.

How Has This Been Tested?

Documentation-only change to a skill file. I read the rendered template to check that the new section sits between the leading HTML comments and "Issue being fixed or feature implemented", and that the remaining sections are unchanged.

Breaking Changes

None.

Checklist:

  • I have performed a self-review of my own code
  • I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
  • I have added or updated relevant unit/integration/functional/e2e tests
  • I have added "!" to the title and described breaking changes in the corresponding section if my code contains any
  • I have made corresponding changes to the documentation if needed
  • If I added or changed GroveDB structure, I described it in the area's structure.rs, regenerated grovedb-structure.json, and checked the structure viewer link posted on this pull request

For repository code-owners and collaborators only

  • I have assigned this pull request to a milestone

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When every box is checked the PR Hygiene check passes and this can merge.

The pr-description skill now puts a "## Basic explanation" section before
the template sections. It holds three short plain-language paragraphs:
what the PR does, the value it adds, and its potential risks, so a
reader can judge a PR at a glance before the technical detail.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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