Contribute Prepare

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user has selected an issue and asks to set up
• Draft the contribution
• With /contribute-prepare
• Prepare this contribution locally

Example prompts

• “/contribute-prepare”
• “prepare this contribution locally”
• “/contribute-prepare”

Requirements

• A Bash shell
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Model-agnostic; requires explicit state/workspace paths, git, jq, Bash, and an authenticated GitHub CLI
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash(gh:*), Bash(git:*), Bash(bash:*), Bash(jq:*), Bash(node:*), Bash(npm:*), Bash(pnpm:*), Bash(yarn:*), Bash(pytest:*), Bash(python:*), Bash(python3:*), Bash(cargo:*)

Workflow steps

9 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Require a ready-to-prepare audit result or repeat the read-only checks.
2. 2Run scripts/check.sh with both configured paths.
3. 3Create or update one markdown candidate below
4. 4Build or refresh the repository dossier below
5. 5Clone or select the target only below $CONTRIBUTE_WORKSPACE_DIR.
6. 6Read repository instructions, implement the bounded change, and run its native
7. 7Store test logs below $CONTRIBUTE_STATE_DIR/test-logs/ and drafts in the
8. 8Run scripts/transition.sh ... --dry-run before declaring the work ready.
9. 9Return a publication review packet; do not publish it.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Bash(gh:*)
  • Bash(git:*)
  • Bash(bash:*)
  • Bash(jq:*)
  • Bash(node:*)
  • Bash(npm:*)
  • Bash(pnpm:*)

  …and 5 more on the same allowed-tools line.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 5 files in scripts/ (Shell, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • bash

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  Model-agnostic; requires explicit state/workspace paths, git, jq, Bash, and an authenticated GitHub CLI

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Contribute Prepare loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 106 tokens; SKILL.md has 500 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~106

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~4.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 500 words, ~1,305 tokens.

name

contribute-prepare

description

Prepare an OSS contribution locally after a read-only contribution audit. Creates explicitly scoped candidate records, repository dossiers, worktrees, test evidence, and gate results, but never publishes to GitHub. Use when the user has selected an issue and asks to set up, research, implement, test, or draft the contribution. Trigger with "/contribute-prepare" or "prepare this contribution locally".

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Edit, Bash(gh:*), Bash(git:*), Bash(bash:*), Bash(jq:*), Bash(node:*), Bash(npm:*), Bash(pnpm:*), Bash(yarn:*), Bash(pytest:*), Bash(python:*), Bash(python3:*), Bash(cargo:*)

compatibility

Model-agnostic; requires explicit state/workspace paths, git, jq, Bash, and an authenticated GitHub CLI

version

0.9.0

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

license

MIT

tags

oss, contributions, github, preparation, local-first

argument-hint

[owner/repository#issue]

model

inherit

effort

high

test -n "$CONTRIBUTE_STATE_DIR"
test -n "$CONTRIBUTE_WORKSPACE_DIR"

bash <contribute-prepare-skill-dir>/scripts/setup.sh \
  --state-dir "$CONTRIBUTE_STATE_DIR" \
  --workspace-dir "$CONTRIBUTE_WORKSPACE_DIR"

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 66 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/.curated/contribute-prepare of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• agents/draft-writer.md
• agents/repo-analyzer.md
• agents/researcher.md
• agents/scout.md
• agents/test-runner.md
• assets/claim-template.md
• assets/evidence-template.md
• assets/pr-template.md
• references/candidate-file-format.md
• references/workflow-guide.md
• scripts/audit-overrides.sh
• scripts/catalog-coverage.sh
• scripts/check.sh
• scripts/gate-runner.sh
• scripts/gates/a01-already-assigned.sh
• … and 51 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287