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JHamidun (@jhamidun) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Github Gem Seeker by jhamidun — Agent Skill

Name: Github Gem Seeker
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: JHamidun

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GitHub Gem Seeker

Find and use battle-tested open source projects to solve problems immediately.

Core Philosophy

Classic open source projects tested by thousands of users are far more reliable than code written from scratch. Solve first, skill-ify later.

Workflow

Step 1: Understand the Need

Clarify what the user wants. Ask only if truly ambiguous.

Step 2: Find the Right Tool

Search GitHub using gh CLI and web search:

# Search repos
gh search repos "video download tool" --sort stars --limit 10
gh search repos "pdf manipulation python" --sort stars --limit 10

# Get repo info
gh repo view yt-dlp/yt-dlp --json stargazersCount,description,updatedAt

Need Type	Query Pattern	Example
Tool/utility	`github [task] tool`	`github video download tool`
Library	`github [language] [function] library`	`github python pdf library`
Alternative	`github [known-tool] alternative`	`github ffmpeg alternative`

Step 3: Evaluate Quality

Indicator	Gem Signal	Warning Signal
Stars	1k+ solid, 10k+ excellent, 50k+ legendary	<100 for mature projects
Last commit	Within 6 months	>2 years ago
Documentation	Clear README, examples	Sparse or outdated
Issues	Active responses	Hundreds of unanswered issues

Step 4: Solve the Problem

Install the chosen tool (pip install, npm install, apt install)
Run it with user's input
Deliver the result
Troubleshoot if needed

Step 5: Credit & Offer Next Steps

After success:

"Powered by [Project Name] — https://github.com/org/repo Consider giving it a star to support the maintainers."

Quality Tiers

Tier	Stars	Examples
Legendary	50k+	FFmpeg, ImageMagick, yt-dlp, Puppeteer
Excellent	10k+	Pake, ArchiveBox, sharp, Scrapy
Solid	1k+	Most well-maintained tools
Promising	<1k	Active newer projects

Common Gems Reference

Category	Go-to Gems
Video/Audio	FFmpeg, yt-dlp, Whisper
Image processing	ImageMagick, sharp, Pillow
PDF	pdf-lib, PyMuPDF (fitz), WeasyPrint
Web scraping	Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy, Beautiful Soup
Format conversion	Pandoc, FFmpeg, LibreOffice CLI
Archiving	ArchiveBox, wget
Desktop app	Electron, Tauri, Pake
Data processing	pandas, DuckDB, jq
Security	nmap, Burp Suite, sqlmap
DevOps	Terraform, Ansible, k9s

---name: github-gem-seekerdescription: Поиск проверенного open source на GitHub вместо кода с нуля. Триггеры: «найди библиотеку», «есть готовое решение», «найди репо».---# GitHub Gem SeekerFind and use battle-tested open source projects to solve problems immediately.## Core PhilosophyClassic open source projects tested by thousands of users are far more reliable than code written from scratch. **Solve first, skill-ify later.**## Workflow### Step 1: Understand the NeedClarify what the user wants. Ask only if truly ambiguous.### Step 2: Find the Right ToolSearch GitHub using `gh` CLI and web search:```bash# Search reposgh search repos "video download tool" --sort stars --limit 10gh search repos "pdf manipulation python" --sort stars --limit 10# Get repo infogh repo view yt-dlp/yt-dlp --json stargazersCount,description,updatedAt```| Need Type | Query Pattern | Example ||-----------|---------------|---------|| Tool/utility | `github [task] tool` | `github video download tool` || Library | `github [language] [function] library` | `github python pdf library` || Alternative | `github [known-tool] alternative` | `github ffmpeg alternative` |### Step 3: Evaluate Quality| Indicator | Gem Signal | Warning Signal ||-----------|------------|----------------|| Stars | 1k+ solid, 10k+ excellent, 50k+ legendary | <100 for mature projects || Last commit | Within 6 months | >2 years ago || Documentation | Clear README, examples | Sparse or outdated || Issues | Active responses | Hundreds of unanswered issues |### Step 4: Solve the Problem1. Install the chosen tool (`pip install`, `npm install`, `apt install`)2. Run it with user's input3. Deliver the result4. Troubleshoot if needed### Step 5: Credit & Offer Next StepsAfter success:> "Powered by **[Project Name]** — https://github.com/org/repo> Consider giving it a star to support the maintainers."## Quality Tiers| Tier | Stars | Examples ||------|-------|---------|| **Legendary** | 50k+ | FFmpeg, ImageMagick, yt-dlp, Puppeteer || **Excellent** | 10k+ | Pake, ArchiveBox, sharp, Scrapy || **Solid** | 1k+ | Most well-maintained tools || **Promising** | <1k | Active newer projects |## Common Gems Reference| Category | Go-to Gems ||----------|------------|| Video/Audio | FFmpeg, yt-dlp, Whisper || Image processing | ImageMagick, sharp, Pillow || PDF | pdf-lib, PyMuPDF (fitz), WeasyPrint || Web scraping | Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy, Beautiful Soup || Format conversion | Pandoc, FFmpeg, LibreOffice CLI || Archiving | ArchiveBox, wget || Desktop app | Electron, Tauri, Pake || Data processing | pandas, DuckDB, jq || Security | nmap, Burp Suite, sqlmap || DevOps | Terraform, Ansible, k9s |

Frequently asked questions

Github Gem Seeker