github-contributor

github-contributor is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from seaworld008/Commonly-used-high-value-skills. It costs 25 tokens per session (1,418 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to contributing effectively to projects on GitHub, especially open-source projects. Open source is software whose code is publicly available for others to inspect and improve.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps choose projects and issues, improve documentation, make focused changes, write pull requests, and respond to review.
Why use it?
It helps turn vague interest in contributing into a practical path from finding a project to submitting and maintaining a good pull request.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit It helps choose projects and issues, improve documentation, make focused changes, write pull requests, and respond to review.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/seaworld008/commonly-used-high-value-skills/github-contributor
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add seaworld008/Commonly-used-high-value-skills --skill github-contributor
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/seaworld008/Commonly-used-high-value-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Per session 25 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,418 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00025 $0.01418
Opus 5 $0.00013 $0.00709
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00284
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00142

Measured 2d ago against content hash 6aee04e08ce4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

github-contributor scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

openclaw-skills/github-contributor/SKILL.md · 293 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 293 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

GitHub Contributor

Strategic guide for becoming an effective GitHub contributor and building your open-source reputation.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

  • start contributing to open source
  • choose a good project for first contributions
  • write stronger pull requests for public repositories
  • build a visible GitHub contribution track record

Usage

Recommended flow:

choose project carefully
-> start with a focused issue
-> follow repo conventions
-> write a high-quality PR
-> respond well to review
-> contribute consistently over time

The Strategy

Core insight: Many open-source projects have room for improvement. By contributing high-quality PRs, you:

  • Build contributor reputation
  • Learn from top codebases
  • Expand professional network
  • Create public proof of skills

Contribution Types

1. Documentation Improvements

Lowest barrier, high impact.

  • Fix typos, grammar, unclear explanations
  • Add missing examples
  • Improve README structure
  • Translate documentation
Opportunity signals:
- "docs", "documentation" labels
- Issues asking "how do I..."
- Outdated screenshots or examples

2. Code Quality Enhancements

Medium effort, demonstrates technical skill.

  • Fix linter warnings
  • Add type annotations
  • Improve error messages
  • Refactor for readability
Opportunity signals:
- "good first issue" label
- "tech debt" or "refactor" labels
- Code without tests

3. Bug Fixes

High impact, builds trust.

  • Reproduce and fix reported bugs
  • Add regression tests
  • Document root cause
Opportunity signals:
- "bug" label with reproduction steps
- Issues with many thumbs up
- Stale bugs (maintainers busy)

4. Feature Additions

Highest effort, highest visibility.

  • Implement requested features
  • Add integrations
  • Performance improvements
Opportunity signals:
- "help wanted" label
- Features with clear specs
- Issues linked to roadmap

Project Selection

Read the full file on GitHub · 293 lines

Files

What ships with it

4 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago Changed · -27 tokens per session 6aee04e08ce4
  2. 6d ago First seen · 293 lines · 52 tokens per session scan A d252816add85

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github-contributor is a skill published in the GitHub repository seaworld008/Commonly-used-high-value-skills (70 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 25 tokens to every session and 1,418 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.