# Attribution > Use this skill when the user wants to add author attribution to a project, for example to a README.md or as a footer on a website. Handles bare invocation (falls back to git config), explicit name/email/website arguments, and free-form placement instructions. - Skill: `y-a-v-a/attribution` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add y-a-v-a/attribution` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/y-a-v-a/attribution/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Productivity - License: MIT - Author: y-a-v-a (https://skillmd.com/u/y-a-v-a) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/y-a-v-a/attribution --- # Attribution Add an author attribution to the project. ## Arguments Arguments provided: $ARGUMENTS Parse the arguments as follows: - **No arguments**: use the local git configuration for identity. Run `git config user.name` to get the author's name. Do NOT include the email address from `git config user.email` — emails in public files attract spam scrapers and must only appear when the user explicitly provides one. - **Identity arguments**: arguments may contain any combination of a name (e.g. `Vincent Bruijn`), an email address, and/or a website URL. Recognize email addresses by the `@`/domain shape and websites by `http(s)://` or a bare domain. Anything explicitly provided this way IS meant to be published, including an email address. - **Instructive arguments**: arguments may also (or instead) contain a free-form instruction, e.g. `add name to html page footer` or `put it in CONTRIBUTORS.md`. Identity and instruction can be combined, typically separated by a comma: `/attribution Vincent Bruijn, add name to html page footer`. Use judgement to split identity from instruction. - Any identity field not given as an argument and not needed can simply be omitted; only fall back to git config for the name when no name was given at all. ## Where to add the attribution 1. If the arguments contain a placement instruction, follow it. Use the project context to resolve vague targets: "the html page footer" means locate the site's main page/template (e.g. `index.html`, a layout or footer partial) and add the attribution inside its `