Agent skill

GitHub Stars

by OpenClaudia in OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills

Show a GitHub repo's star growth as CLI charts — by day and by hour, in any timezone.

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Install GitHub Stars

skills CLI
$ npx skills add OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill github-stars -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills github-stars --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/github-stars .claude/skills/github-stars && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
github-stars
GitHub stars
711
Token cost
~825 tokens
SKILL.md length
309 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
74
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Show a GitHub repo's star growth as CLI charts — by day and by hour, in any timezone.

  • The user asks to check GitHub stars
  • SKILL.md covers Requirements, How it works, Usage and Examples, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder; calls bash and gh
  • Stars by hour/day for <repo

What it does

GitHub Stars is an agent skill from OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills. Show a GitHub repo's star growth as CLI charts — by day and by hour, in any timezone. Use when the user asks to "check GitHub stars", "stars by hour/day for <repo", "star growth", "how many stars did <repo get today", or shares a repo name and wants its starring activity over time.

Its SKILL.md is about 830 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `github-stars.sh`).

It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: 77 open-source marketing skills for Claude Code, Codex, and other AI coding agents. SEO, content, email, ads, analytics, and growth. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to check GitHub stars
  • Stars by hour/day for <repo
  • How many stars did <repo get today
  • Shares a repo name and wants its starring activity over time

Example prompts

  • “check GitHub stars”
  • “stars by hour/day for <repo”
  • “star growth”
  • “/github-stars”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A Bash shell

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 28bf209. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships script files (Shell), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • bash
    • gh

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • cli.github.com

    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.

Context cost

GitHub Stars loads about 825 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 309 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~825

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills at commit 28bf209, republished under its MIT licence (© OpenClaudia). 309 words, ~825 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/github-stars/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
github-stars
description
Show a GitHub repo's star growth as CLI charts — by day and by hour, in any timezone. Use when the user asks to "check GitHub stars", "stars by hour/day for <repo>", "star growth", "how many stars did <repo> get today", or shares a repo name and wants its starring activity over time.

github-stars

Fetch a repo's per-star timestamps from the GitHub API and render two ASCII charts in the terminal: stars by day and stars by hour (for the most recent day(s)). Useful for tracking a launch, a Show HN / Product Hunt spike, or DevRel growth.

Requirements

  • The gh CLI installed and authenticated (gh auth status). Unauthenticated calls hit a low rate limit and large repos fail mid-pagination.
  • Python 3.9+ (uses the stdlib zoneinfo for correct DST handling).

How it works

The script calls gh api with the application/vnd.github.star+json Accept header, which adds a starred_at timestamp to each stargazer. It paginates through all stargazers, converts each timestamp to the target timezone, and buckets them by day and by hour.

Usage

The script lives next to this file. From the skill directory:

bash
bash github-stars.sh <owner/repo | search-term> [--tz <IANA tz>] [--days N] [--hours-days N]
  • <owner/repo> — exact repo (e.g. facebook/react). Skips the search.
  • <search-term> — a bare word (no /) is resolved to the top repo by stars.
  • --tz — IANA timezone for all buckets. Default America/Los_Angeles. Use e.g. UTC, America/New_York, Asia/Shanghai, Europe/Berlin.
  • --days N — how many recent days to show in the daily chart (default 14).
  • --hours-days N — how many recent days to break out hourly (default 2).

Examples

bash
# default: last 14 days daily + last 2 days hourly
bash github-stars.sh vercel/next.js

# resolve a search term, show UTC
bash github-stars.sh next.js --tz UTC

# zoom in: only today hourly, 7-day daily window
bash github-stars.sh facebook/react --days 7 --hours-days 1

Sample output

owner/repo — 284 stars (with timestamps)
newest: 2026-06-15 02:03 PM PDT   |   now: 2026-06-15 02:11 PM PDT

STARS BY DAY (PDT)
  2026-06-13    16  █████████
  2026-06-14    69  ████████████████████████████████████████  ← peak
  2026-06-15    22  █████████████

STARS BY HOUR — 2026-06-15 (PDT)   total 22
  06:00     5  ██████████████████████████████
  07:00     2  ████████████
  14:00     2  ████████████

Caveats — surface these to the user when relevant

  • 40,000-star cap: GitHub only returns starred_at for the first 40k stargazers. Past that, the hourly/daily breakdown is incomplete (the script warns). The plain total stays accurate.
  • Net, not gross: the stargazer list reflects stars currently in place. Un-stars don't appear, so a flat total between two checks can hide +1/−1 churn. If the live stargazers_count disagrees with the timestamp count, an un-star happened.
  • DST is handled automatically via zoneinfo — don't hardcode UTC offsets.

Re-checking / live polling

Just run the script again — it re-fetches live each time. To watch a launch, re-run on an interval and report the delta; don't poll faster than every ~15 minutes (rate limits + politeness).

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/github-stars of OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • github-stars.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 28bf209

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Works with

Questions about GitHub Stars

What does GitHub Stars do?

Show a GitHub repo's star growth as CLI charts — by day and by hour, in any timezone. GitHub Stars is an agent skill from OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills. Show a GitHub repo's star growth as CLI charts — by day and by hour, in any timezone.

When should I use GitHub Stars?

GitHub Stars fits situations like: the user asks to check GitHub stars; stars by hour/day for <repo; how many stars did <repo get today; shares a repo name and wants its starring activity over time.

How do I install GitHub Stars in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill github-stars -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github-stars in OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills) into .claude/skills/github-stars in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install GitHub Stars in Codex?

Run `npx skills add OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill github-stars -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github-stars in OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills) into .agents/skills/github-stars in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use GitHub Stars in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill github-stars -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/github-stars, .gemini/skills/github-stars, .github/skills/github-stars and .opencode/skills/github-stars in your project.

What does GitHub Stars need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, GitHub Stars needs a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (bash and gh). Our summary lists: Python 3; A Bash shell.

Does GitHub Stars access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: cli.github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is GitHub Stars safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does GitHub Stars use?

GitHub Stars is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does GitHub Stars use?

About 825 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to GitHub Stars?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with GitHub Stars: PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Diagnosing Superpowers Sessions (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars) and Greploop (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains GitHub Stars?

OpenClaudia (a GitHub organization) maintains it in OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills, which has 711 GitHub stars. The repository holds 74 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 18, 2026.

Source: OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.