contributor-guide-writer
SkillFiles & storageCreates clear, welcoming CONTRIBUTING.md files, PR templates, and local dev onboarding guides for open source projects.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
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Then ask your AI: use the contributor-guide-writer skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by codebygarv/ai-skills in skills/documentation/contributor-guide-writer/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Purpose
Draft comprehensive, beginner-friendly CONTRIBUTING.md guides, GitHub pull request templates, and issue templates to streamline open-source contributions and maintain repo code quality.
When to Use
- Open-sourcing an internal project or launching a new public repository.
- Improving contributor onboarding when PRs consistently fail CI or lack context.
- Standardizing commit conventions and testing expectations for contributors.
What to Analyze
- Prerequisites & Tooling: Required Node/Go/Rust/Python versions, package managers, and global CLI tools.
- Local Setup Steps: Exact shell commands from
git cloneto running tests locally. - Contribution Workflow: Branch naming, Conventional Commits format, PR checklist.
- Code Quality Standards: Running linters, formatters, typecheckers, and test suites before submitting.
- Community Etiquette & Code of Conduct: Guidelines for respectful interaction.
Output Format
- Complete, markdown-formatted
CONTRIBUTING.md. .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.mdcontent..github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/markdown schemas.
Avoid
- Assuming contributors already know non-standard monorepo commands.
- Overly restrictive walls of text that discourage community participation.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 25
- Forks
- 1
- Last commit
- Aug 2026
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
contributor-guide-writer- Source
- github.com/codebygarv/ai-skills