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Github Release Downloader

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qiuzhanghua·vlatest·backend·MIT

Downloads specified GitHub release assets directly to your workspace, automating deployment material retrieval.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add qiuzhanghua/skills --skill github-release-downloader -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

qiuzhanghua

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned qiuzhanghua/skills at 88322fdc79.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
88322fdc79
Manifest
skills/github-release-downloader/SKILL.md
Scanned
2 files, 520 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The github-release-downloader skill allows AI agents to download specific releases from GitHub repositories. It can fetch release assets like binaries, installers, or source code archives based on user requests. This simplifies retrieving desired versions of software directly within an automated workflow.

When to use it

  • Automated Software Deployment: Download the latest version of a tool for deployment in a testing or production environment.
  • Version-Specific Testing: Retrieve a particular release for regression or compatibility testing.
  • Software Distribution: Provide users with direct access to specific software releases.
  • Asset Retrieval: Obtain assets (e.g., documentation, images) included within a GitHub release.

Key capabilities

  • Downloads release assets from specified GitHub repositories.
  • Supports specifying the desired release version or tag.
  • Retrieves files based on user-defined filters.

Example prompts

  • "Download the latest installer for 'my-app' from GitHub."
  • "Get the source code archive for release 1.2.3 of 'project-x'."
  • "Retrieve all binary assets from the 'release-candidate' tag in the 'tool-y' repository."

Tips & gotchas

The skill requires a valid GitHub repository name and version/tag information to function correctly. Ensure the agent has appropriate permissions to access the specified repository.