How does it help keep pull requests small?

The skill provides guidelines and warnings for keeping PRs under 200-400 lines, encouraging developers to break large features into logical layers like schema, API, and frontend.

What common mistakes does this skill prevent?

It specifically prevents 16 errors including submitting massive PRs, including personal artifacts like SESSION.md, committing secrets, and failing to read contributing guidelines.

Is this skill limited to GitHub?

While it includes GitHub-specific CLI commands and conventions, the cleanup scripts, PR structure, and communication best practices apply to GitLab, Bitbucket, and any Git-based workflow.

Can it scan for sensitive information?

Yes, the included pre-PR check scripts scan for potential secrets, environment variables (.env), and credentials before they are committed to a public repository.

Open Source PR Mastery

Name: Open Source PR Mastery
Author: jezweb

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Collaboration Tools

Automates the creation of maintainer-friendly pull requests while preventing 16 common mistakes that lead to rejection.

This skill guides developers through the process of making professional open-source contributions by enforcing high standards for pull requests. It provides rigorous pre-PR cleanup protocols to remove personal artifacts like debug logs and notes, ensures PRs remain small and reviewable, and standardizes communication through structured templates and Conventional Commits. By automating the validation of contribution workflows, it helps developers align with maintainer expectations and significantly increases the likelihood of successful merges.

Key Features

0191 GitHub stars

02Integration with GitHub CLI and Conventional Commits for professional version control

03Standardized PR documentation templates using What/Why/How structures

04Enforcement of PR sizing best practices with a 400-line review threshold warning

05Automated cleanup of 20+ types of personal development artifacts and debug files

06Pre-PR checklist preventing 16 common rejection errors including branch misuse and secret leaks

Use Cases

01Fixing recurring PR rejections and troubleshooting failed CI checks

02Migrating from personal developer workflows to professional maintainer standards

03Submitting high-quality pull requests to public community repositories

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add jezweb/claude-skills open-source-contributions

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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