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Open Source Best Practices

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andreagriffiths11·vlatest·other

Analyzes codebases & workflows to identify and implement open-source best practices for security, licensing, and collaboration.

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    terminal
    $ npx skills add andreagriffiths11/open-source-best-practices --skill open-source-best-practices -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.

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andreagriffiths11

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Automated safety checks

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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

    Only contacts known or declared hosts: github.com.

    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.

    Hosts contacted

    github.comsource host

  • 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 andreagriffiths11/open-source-best-practices at bcaae24fbf.

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

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bcaae24fbf
Manifest
SKILL.md
Scanned
15 files, 4,601 lines
Copies in repo
2 — all of them scanned
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About this skill

What it does

This skill provides guidance and recommendations for adhering to best practices within the open-source software development ecosystem. It can help ensure code quality, maintainability, and community engagement when contributing to or managing open-source projects. The skill offers advice on licensing, contribution guidelines, and project governance.

When to use it

  • You're preparing a new repository for public release as an open-source project.
  • You want to review existing codebases for adherence to common open-source practices.
  • You are contributing to an open-source project and need guidance on proper contribution workflows.
  • You're creating documentation for your open-source project and want to ensure it aligns with community expectations.

Key capabilities

  • Licensing advice
  • Contribution guidelines generation
  • Project governance recommendations
  • Code quality best practices

Example prompts

  • "What license should I use for my new Python library?"
  • "Generate a CONTRIBUTING.md file for my project."
  • "Suggest some best practices for managing an open-source community."

Tips & gotchas

This skill assumes basic familiarity with software development concepts. The advice provided is general and may need to be adapted based on the specific project's context and goals.