Agent skill · magnus919
opensource-contributions
Make good open source contributions — check CONTRIBUTING.md first, follow
What it needs
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What this skill does
Open Source Contributions The Golden Rule Make it easy for maintainers to absorb your contribution. Maintainers are often under-resourced volunteers or small teams. Every friction point you remove — unclear reproduction steps, missing tests, bad commit messages, force-pushed history — is time they don't have to spend figuring out what you did and why. The whole point is to help them, not create more work. When to Use This Skill Filing a bug report or feature request on a public repository Preparing a pull request for any open source project Working on a project without documented contributing guidelines (default posture) Reviewing your own PR before submission Setting up open source conventions for your own project Load the relevant phase reference for detailed instructions. --- Quick Phase Overview Phase What It Covers Reference ------- ---------------- ----------- 0a — Maintainer Conventions README discipline, LICENSE, CONTRIBUTING.md, issue/PR templates, commit conventions, DCO, release workflow hygiene references/phase-0a-maintainer-conventions.md 0 — Before You Start Reading CONTRIBUTING.md, checking existing issues/PRs, triaging bugfix candidates, large-change discussion etiquette references/phase-0-before-you-start.md 1 — Filing Issues Bug report and feature request templates, agent disclosure, maintainer workflow ("issue first"), coordinated multi-issue roadmaps, multi-PR plan execution references/phase-1-filing-issues.md 2 — Pull Requests Branching conventions, scope assessment, studying existing implementations, cross-repo comparison, commit messages, PR templates, documentation audits, CI setup references/phase-2-pull-requests.md 3 — After Submitting CI monitoring, responding to review feedback, what to do if your PR goes stale or gets closed references/phase-3-after-submitting.md 3.5 — Follow-up After Scope Feedback Systematic call-site audits, filing comprehensive issues, complementary PRs when maintainer scope notes identify gaps references/phase-35-fo …
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