Strategic guide for becoming an effective GitHub contributor. Covers opportunity discovery, project selection, high-quality PR creation, and reputation building. Use when looking to contribute to open-source projects, building GitHub presence, or learning contribution best practices.
Install
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill github-contributornpx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill github-contributor -a claude-code -gnpx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill github-contributor -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git --path github-contributorgh skill install daymade/claude-code-skills github-contributorgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills /tmp/daymade__claude-code-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/daymade__claude-code-skills/github-contributor ~/.claude/skills/github-contributor # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/daymade__claude-code-skills/github-contributor ~/.agents/skills/github-contributor # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode