github-contributor

Strategic guide for becoming an effective GitHub contributor. Covers opportunity discovery, project selection, high-quality PR creation, and reputation building. Use when looking to contribute to open-source projects, building GitHub presence, or learning contribution best practices.

1.22x

Quality

83%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

97%

1.22x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

Evaluation results

92%

37%

Open-Source Project Shortlist Report

Project health evaluation

Criteria

Without context

With context

4-category scoring

20%

100%

1-5 scale per category

100%

Total out of 20

100%

Scoring interpretation

100%

gh health check commands

40%

100%

gh search commands

Red flag identification

50%

100%

Green flag identification

75%

100%

Activity level signal

100%

Structured output

100%

Final recommendation

100%

First Contribution to an Open-Source CLI Tool

PR format and contribution workflow

Criteria

Without context

With context

Conventional commit type

100%

Commit message format

100%

Branch naming convention

100%

Pre-PR checklist steps

100%

PR Summary section

100%

PR Motivation section

100%

PR Changes section

100%

PR Testing section

100%

Issue link

100%

gh CLI fork command

100%

gh pr create command

100%

Focused PR scope

100%

Open-Source Reputation Building Plan

Contribution ladder and communication

Criteria

Without context

With context

Ladder starts at docs

70%

100%

Ladder progression

80%

100%

Consistency over volume

90%

100%

Beyond-PR engagement

100%

Issue claiming message

100%

Diplomatic language - avoid 'you should'

100%

Diplomatic language - avoid 'this is wrong'

100%

Post-merge message

100%

Small focused PRs

100%

No ghosting or arguing

100%

Community signals

90%

100%

Repository: fernandezbaptiste/claude-code-skills
Commit: 4f0eae8

Evaluated: about 1 month ago
Agent: Claude Code
Model: Claude Sonnet 4.6

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Open-Source Project Shortlist Report First Contribution to an Open-Source CLI Tool Open-Source Reputation Building Plan

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