GitHub to Skills Factory
This skill automates the conversion of GitHub repositories into fully functional AI skills.
Core Functionality
- •Analysis: Fetches repository metadata (Description, README, Latest Commit Hash).
- •Scaffolding: Creates a standardized skill directory structure.
- •Metadata Injection: Generates
SKILL.mdwith extended frontmatter (tracking source, version, hash) for future automated management. - •Wrapper Generation: Creates a
scripts/wrapper.py(or similar) to interface with the tool.
Usage
Trigger: /GitHub-to-skills <github_url> or "Package this repo into a skill: <url>"
Required Metadata Schema
Every skill created by this factory MUST include the following extended YAML frontmatter in its SKILL.md. This is critical for the skill-manager to function later.
yaml
--- name: <kebab-case-repo-name> description: <concise-description-for-agent-triggering> # EXTENDED METADATA (MANDATORY) github_url: <original-repo-url> github_hash: <latest-commit-hash-at-time-of-creation> version: <tag-or-0.1.0> created_at: <ISO-8601-date> entry_point: scripts/wrapper.py # or main script dependencies: # List main dependencies if known, e.g., ["yt-dlp", "ffmpeg"] ---
Workflow
- •Fetch Info: The agent first runs
scripts/fetch_github_info.pyto get the raw data from the repo. - •Plan: The agent analyzes the README to understand how to invoke the tool (CLI args, Python API, etc.).
- •Generate: The agent uses the
skill-creatorpatterns to write theSKILL.mdand wrapper scripts, ensuring the extended metadata is present. - •Verify: Checks if the commit hash was correctly captured.
Resources
- •
scripts/fetch_github_info.py: Utility to scrape/API fetch repo details (README, Hash, Tags). - •
scripts/create_github_skill.py: Orchestrator to scaffold the folder and write the initial files.
Best Practices for Generated Skills
- •Isolation: The generated skill should install its own dependencies (e.g., in a venv or via
uv/pip) if possible, or clearly state them. - •Progressive Disclosure: Do not dump the entire repo into the skill. Only include the necessary wrapper code and reference the original repo for deep dives.
- •Idempotency: The
github_hashfield allows the futureskill-managerto checkif remote_hash != local_hashto trigger updates.