Agent skill · software engineering · github
ai-ready
Make any repo AI-ready — analyzes your codebase and generates AGENTS.md, copilot-instructions.md, CI workflows, issue templates, and more. Mines your PR review patterns and creates files customized to your stack. USE THIS SKILL when the user asks to "make this repo ai-ready", "set up AI config", or "prepare this repo for AI contributions".
Why this skill is useful
Generates customized CI workflows and templates based on the user's codebase, which the AI wouldn't reliably create on its own.
What it needs
Requires copilot installed locally. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 37,534 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
AI Ready This skill helps the user install the latest ai-ready skill by John Papa. Why?: The full ai-ready skill is ~600 lines of detailed instructions that evolve frequently. This wrapper keeps it discoverable here while the source of truth stays in johnpapa/ai-ready — always up to date. Steps 1. Tell the user to add the skill by running this command inside Copilot CLI: This downloads the latest version of the skill to their personal skills directory. Re-running the command updates to the latest version. 2. Remind the user to review the skill before loading it. They can inspect it with: 3. After the user confirms they've reviewed and installed it, tell them to reload skills with /skills reload and then say make this repo ai-ready. 4. Do not run the command on the user's behalf. The user must run it themselves.
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills github/ai-ready