From ff7c52e6494c7ffec8b116ef958c58e9687b97af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brace Sproul <braceasproul@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:56:31 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Open PRs as draft by default (#975)

---
 apps/agent/agent/utils/github.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/agent/agent/utils/github.py b/apps/agent/agent/utils/github.py
index b09c6325..3fe2dd37 100644
--- a/apps/agent/agent/utils/github.py
+++ b/apps/agent/agent/utils/github.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ async def create_github_pr(
     base_branch: str,
     body: str,
 ) -> tuple[str | None, int | None, bool]:
-    """Create a GitHub pull request via the API.
+    """Create a draft GitHub pull request via the API.
 
     Args:
         repo_owner: Repository owner (e.g., "langchain-ai")
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ async def create_github_pr(
         "head": head_branch,
         "base": base_branch,
         "body": body,
+        "draft": True,
     }
 
     logger.info(