# Github Research

> Research GitHub repositories, code, issues, and releases. Use when the question is about software projects, source code, maintainers, bugs, or version history.

- Skill: `samraddhashrivastavatech/github-research` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add samraddhashrivastavatech/github-research`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/samraddhashrivastavatech/github-research/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: SAMRADDHASHRIVASTAVATECH (https://skillmd.com/u/samraddhashrivastavatech)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/samraddhashrivastavatech/github-research

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# GitHub research

Investigate the GitHub surface of software: finding projects, reading a repo's
profile, searching code, and scanning issues/releases.

## When to use

- "Find a library for X" / "is repo Y maintained?" / "what changed in vN?".
- Debugging: an error is tied to a known issue or a recent release.
- Understanding how a project is built and used.

## Tools used

- `search_github` — repos/issues/code/`repository` profile search (`scope`).
- `github_repository` — one repository's profile (`owner/name`).
- `github_code_search` — source-code-level search across repos.
- `github_issues` — issues/PRs/discussions search.
- `github_releases` — release list of a repository.

## Workflow

1. Classify the question (find project? read repo? find code? find issue?).
2. Pick the matching tool; `search_github` with `scope`, or a direct
   `github_repository`/`github_releases`/`github_issues` call.
3. `github_repository` to ground claims about stars, license, activity, default
   branch, and last release.
4. Cross-check code hits with their owning repo before citing.

## Input schema

```json
{ "query": "str", "scope": "str", "limit": "int" }
{ "repo": "str" }
```

## Output schema

```json
{ "results": "list[{title,url,repo,description}]" }
```

## Security

Repo metadata is self-reported; verify license/security claims on the actual
repository before relying on them.

## Related skills

`code-search`, `web-search`, `error-investigation`, `source-analysis`