GitHub Trending Skill

Description

Enables the agent to fetch trending repositories from GitHub Trending page. Provides information about the hottest repositories gaining stars, filtered by language and time period.

Trigger

Activate this skill when the user:

•Asks about trending repositories on GitHub
•Wants to know what's popular/hot in open source
•Asks for top repos in a specific language
•Uses phrases like "what's trending on GitHub", "popular repos", "hot projects"
•Requests trending repos for daily/weekly analysis

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default	Values
count	Number of repos to fetch	5	1-25
language	Programming language filter	all	python, rust, go, javascript, typescript, etc.
period	Time range for trending	daily	daily, weekly, monthly

Workflow

Step 1: Determine Parameters

Extract from user request:

•Count: How many repos? (default: 5)
•Language: Specific language or all?
•Period: Today (daily), this week (weekly), or this month (monthly)?

Step 2: Execute Script

Run the script with appropriate parameters:

bash

cd /home/admin/.openclaw/workspace/continuo/skills_scripts/github-trending
./github-trending.sh -n COUNT -l LANGUAGE -p PERIOD

Examples:

bash

# Top 5 trending repos today (all languages)
./github-trending.sh

# Top 10 Python repos this week
./github-trending.sh -n 10 -l python -p weekly

# Top 3 Rust repos this month
./github-trending.sh -n 3 -l rust -p monthly

# Top 5 JavaScript repos today
./github-trending.sh -l javascript

Step 3: Present Results

The script outputs formatted results:

code

🔥 GitHub Trending (python) - this week

#1 owner/repo ⭐ +1,234 stars
   📝 Brief description of the repository
   💻 Python

#2 another/repo ⭐ +987 stars
   📝 Another description
   💻 Python

Output Format

Each repository includes:

•Rank: Position in trending (#1, #2, etc.)
•Name: Full repo name (owner/repo)
•Stars gained: Stars earned in the period
•Description: One-line summary (truncated to 100 chars)
•Language: Primary programming language

Example Interactions

User: "What's trending on GitHub?"

bash

./github-trending.sh -n 5

User: "Show me top 10 Python repos this week"

bash

./github-trending.sh -n 10 -l python -p weekly

User: "Any hot Rust projects?"

bash

./github-trending.sh -l rust -n 5

User: "Give me the top 3 JavaScript repos of the month"

bash

./github-trending.sh -n 3 -l javascript -p monthly

Cron Use Case

For daily trending digest at 9:00 AM:

Schedule: 0 9 * * * Model: Default (claude-sonnet) Prompt:

code

Check GitHub Trending and report the top 5 repositories (all languages) from yesterday.
Use the github-trending skill and summarize any interesting patterns or noteworthy projects.

Notes

•Data is scraped from github.com/trending (no API key needed)
•Results refresh roughly every hour on GitHub's side
•Some repos may show "?" for stars if the format changes
•Language names should be lowercase (python, rust, go, etc.)
•The script requires: curl, python3

Error Handling

If the script fails:

•Check network connectivity
•Verify GitHub Trending page is accessible
•Try without language filter first
•Report any parsing errors to maintain the skill