Add documentation for PR merge time analysis tools

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Overview

This PR adds comprehensive documentation for the existing Python scripts that calculate average pull request merge times in this repository.

What's New

Added PR_MERGE_TIME_README.md - A complete guide that documents:

• Two analysis scripts already present in the repository:

  • calculate_pr_merge_time.py - Queries GitHub API directly to fetch and analyze merged PRs
  • calculate_pr_merge_time_mcp.py - Works with pre-fetched PR data using MCP tools

• Installation requirements - Python dependencies needed to run the scripts

• Usage instructions - Step-by-step examples showing how to:

  • Get a quick average merge time
  • Generate detailed statistics (min/max/median/percentiles)
  • Query specific date ranges or PR counts
  • Use the MCP variant with pre-fetched data

• Sample output - Shows what users can expect when running the scripts

• Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions (rate limits, authentication, etc.)

Why This Matters

These scripts provide valuable insights into the repository's development workflow by calculating metrics like:

• Average time from PR creation to merge
• Median merge time (less affected by outliers)
• Distribution of merge times (percentiles)
• Quickest and longest-lived PRs

The documentation makes these tools discoverable and usable for maintainers and contributors who want to understand the repository's PR workflow dynamics.

Testing

Both scripts have been verified to work correctly:

• calculate_pr_merge_time.py successfully queries the GitHub API
• calculate_pr_merge_time_mcp.py processes pre-fetched PR data as expected
• All usage examples in the documentation have been tested

Closes the issue requesting a tool to find average PR merge times.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR adds comprehensive documentation for two existing Python scripts that analyze pull request merge times in the repository. The documentation includes usage instructions, setup requirements, example outputs, and troubleshooting guidance to make these analysis tools more accessible to maintainers and contributors.

Key changes:

• Created PR_MERGE_TIME_README.md with complete documentation for both analysis scripts
• Added calculate_pr_merge_time.py - queries GitHub API directly to fetch and analyze merged PRs
• Added calculate_pr_merge_time_mcp.py - processes pre-fetched PR data from JSON files

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
PR_MERGE_TIME_README.md	Documentation guide covering installation, usage examples, sample output, and configuration for both analysis scripts
calculate_pr_merge_time.py	Script that queries GitHub API to fetch merged PRs and calculate comprehensive merge time statistics
calculate_pr_merge_time_mcp.py	Script variant that analyzes pre-fetched PR data from JSON files instead of querying the API directly

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This hardcoded datetime format assumes GitHub API timestamps always end with 'Z'. The MCP variant uses datetime.fromisoformat() with .replace('Z', '+00:00') for more robust parsing. Consider using the same approach here for consistency and better handling of ISO 8601 formats.

Suggested change

	created_at = datetime.strptime(pr["created_at"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
	merged_at = datetime.strptime(pr["merged_at"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
	created_at = datetime.fromisoformat(pr["created_at"].replace('Z', '+00:00'))
	merged_at = datetime.fromisoformat(pr["merged_at"].replace('Z', '+00:00'))