From d0364abbd038518d67eaa8afd30c58e85658472d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "promptless[bot]" <179508745+promptless[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:15:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document automatic skipping of dot-file-only PRs --- fern/docs/configuration/triggers/github-prs.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/fern/docs/configuration/triggers/github-prs.md b/fern/docs/configuration/triggers/github-prs.md index 16acc408..2de7416c 100644 --- a/fern/docs/configuration/triggers/github-prs.md +++ b/fern/docs/configuration/triggers/github-prs.md @@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ When auto-publish is enabled for your project: Promptless automatically skips draft pull requests. Documentation updates are only triggered when the pull request is marked as ready for review. +## Configuration Files and dot-Directories + +Promptless automatically skips pull requests that only contain changes to dot-directories (like `.github/`, `.circleci/`, `.beads/`) or root-level dot-files (like `.gitignore`, `.editorconfig`). These are typically CI and tooling configuration rather than product changes that need documentation updates. + +If a PR contains both dot-files and regular source files, Promptless processes it normally—it only skips when the entire PR is dot-file changes. + ## Setup Instructions To connect GitHub to Promptless, see the [GitHub Integration](/docs/integrations/github-integration) setup guide.