Github Generate

GitHub Repository to Skills Generator

Generate Claude Code skills from any GitHub repository by extracting public APIs and documentation.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Convert a GitHub repository into skills
• Generate llms.txt documentation from source code
• Create skills from a library or framework
• Parse Rust/TypeScript/Python source code to extract APIs

Workflow

1. Identify the Repository

Extract the GitHub repository from the user's request:

• Full URL: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio
• Short form: tokio-rs/tokio
• Just name: Search first with cowork search tokio

2. Generate Skills

Execute the cowork generate command:

# Basic generation
cowork generate user/repo

# Specify language(s)
cowork generate user/repo --lang rust

# Only generate llms.txt (for review)
cowork generate user/repo --llms-only -o ./output

# From specific branch/tag
cowork generate user/repo --ref v1.0.0

# Install to specific agents
cowork generate user/repo -a claude-code -a cursor

3. Review Output

The command generates:

• llms.txt - Comprehensive API documentation
• skills/ directory - One SKILL.md per module

Example Interactions

User: "帮我把 tokio 转成 skill"

Response:

Let me generate skills from the tokio repository.

First, I'll run the generation command:

cowork generate tokio-rs/tokio --lang rust

User: "Create a skill from this repo: https://github.com/vercel/next.js"

Response:

I'll generate skills from the Next.js repository.

cowork generate vercel/next.js --lang typescript

Command Reference

Requirements

• GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable must be set
• Token needs repo scope for private repositories

Supported Languages

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