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Agent skill

GitHub Author Context

by steipete in steipete/agent-scripts

GitHub contributor context: identity, activity, trust, company/team signal.

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Install GitHub Author Context

skills CLI
$ npx skills add steipete/agent-scripts --skill github-author-context -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install steipete/agent-scripts github-author-context --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/steipete/agent-scripts.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/github-author-context .claude/skills/github-author-context && 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-author-context
GitHub stars
7.3k
Token cost
~950 tokens
SKILL.md length
232 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
45
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

GitHub contributor context: identity, activity, trust, company/team signal.

  • Works in 2 steps: Live GitHub public profile → Target-repo activity
  • SKILL.md covers Inputs, Source Order, Output and Contributor Notes
  • Calls gh, rg and git

What it does

GitHub Author Context is an agent skill from steipete/agent-scripts. GitHub contributor context: identity, activity, trust, company/team signal.

Its SKILL.md is about 950 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: Scripts for agents, shared between my repositories. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/github-author-context”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Live GitHub public profile
  2. Target-repo activity

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 79150cf. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • gh
    • rg
    • git

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh and git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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 Author Context loads about 950 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 232 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~950

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 steipete/agent-scripts at commit 79150cf, republished under its MIT licence (© steipete). 232 words, ~950 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/github-author-context/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
github-author-context
description
GitHub contributor context: identity, activity, trust, company/team signal.

GitHub Author Context

Build a compact maintainer-facing profile for a PR author or GitHub user. Use this by default during PR review unless the author is Peter (steipete, Peter Steinberger, or an obvious Peter-owned bot/account).

Inputs

Prefer a GitHub login. From a PR:

bash
gh pr view <n> --json author,url,headRepository,baseRepository -q '{author:.author.login,url:.url,repo:.baseRepository.nameWithOwner}'

Skip the profile pass for steipete unless the user explicitly asks.

Source Order

  1. OpenClaw contributor notes:
bash
~/Projects/maintainers/scripts/clawtributors find github <login>

If a contributor file matches in ~/Projects/maintainers/contributors/people, read only:

  • Identity
  • Signals
  • Context
  • Evidence
  • Notes

Fallback only when the new contributor file is missing and old maintainer context might help:

bash
rg -n -i "<login>|<name>|<discord>" ~/Projects/openclaw-maintainers/people ~/Projects/openclaw-maintainers/data

If an old person file matches, read only the relevant sections:

  • Verdict
  • Identity
  • Company Affiliation
  • Metrics
  • Discord Communication
  • Evidence
  • Risks / Concerns / Recommendation when present
  1. Live GitHub public profile:
bash
gh api "users/<login>" --jq '{login,name,company,location,bio,blog,twitter_username,created_at,followers,following,public_repos}'
  1. Target-repo activity:
bash
gh search prs --repo <owner/repo> --author <login> --state merged --limit 20 --json number,title,mergedAt,url
gh search prs --repo <owner/repo> --author <login> --state open --limit 20 --json number,title,updatedAt,url
gh search issues --repo <owner/repo> --author <login> --state open --limit 20 --json number,title,updatedAt,url
gh api "repos/<owner>/<repo>/collaborators/<login>/permission" --jq '{permission,user:.user.login}' 2>/dev/null || true

For OpenClaw, prefer the new openclaw/maintainers contributor file over recomputing activity unless freshness clearly matters.

  1. Local git evidence when useful:
bash
git log --all --author="<login>" --since="90 days ago" --oneline --decorate --no-merges | head -40
git shortlog -sne --all | rg -i "<login>|<name>|<email>"

Output

Keep it short. Add this block near the top of a PR review:

text
Author context: @login
- Who: <name/company/location/role, confidence>
- Activity: <merged/open PRs, issues, reviews/commits if known>
- OpenClaw signal: <maintainer/candidate/drive-by/vendor/security/unknown>
- Risk: <review-load, broad PRs, low history, company-governance, none obvious>

Do not quote private phone/email/contact details unless Peter asks. Separate employer from company-directed OpenClaw work; almost everyone has an employer.

Contributor Notes

After a merge/rejection/close/review, add a note only if it creates future review value: first good merge, unusually strong work, repeated quality problems, slop, no-repro churn, exceptional responsiveness, lack of follow-through, or identity confirmation.

Use the maintainer repo helper so Markdown stays consistent:

bash
~/Projects/maintainers/scripts/clawtributors note github <login> --kind merged --pr <n> --summary "Focused bug fix. Tests credible. Smooth review."
~/Projects/maintainers/scripts/clawtributors note github <login> --kind rejected --pr <n> --summary "Broad generated refactor; no reproducible bug; asked to split."
~/Projects/maintainers/scripts/clawtributors link github <login> discord <id> --username <discord> --confidence high --evidence "Self-linked authored PRs in #clawtributors."

Keep notes terse, factual, dated, and linked. Do not record ordinary noise.

© steipete, 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 1 other file in skills/github-author-context of steipete/agent-scripts.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 79150cf

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Questions about GitHub Author Context

What does GitHub Author Context do?

GitHub contributor context: identity, activity, trust, company/team signal. GitHub Author Context is an agent skill from steipete/agent-scripts. GitHub contributor context: identity, activity, trust, company/team signal.

How do I install GitHub Author Context in Claude Code?

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

How do I install GitHub Author Context in Codex?

Run `npx skills add steipete/agent-scripts --skill github-author-context -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github-author-context in steipete/agent-scripts) into .agents/skills/github-author-context in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use GitHub Author Context 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 steipete/agent-scripts --skill github-author-context -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-author-context, .gemini/skills/github-author-context, .github/skills/github-author-context and .opencode/skills/github-author-context in your project.

What does GitHub Author Context need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, GitHub Author Context needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh, rg and git).

Does GitHub Author Context access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh and git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is GitHub Author Context 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 Author Context use?

GitHub Author Context 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 Author Context use?

About 950 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.8k 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 Author Context?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with GitHub Author Context: 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 Author Context?

steipete (a GitHub user) maintains it in steipete/agent-scripts, which has 7,259 GitHub stars. The repository holds 45 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

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