building-github-index SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
building-github-index from oaustegard/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add oaustegard/claude-skills/building-github-index@v2.0.1Pins v2.0.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- oaustegard/claude-skills
- Path
plugins/github-and-git/skills/building-github-index/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v2.0.1, committed Jul 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 7, 2026
- Size
- 3,978 bytes
- Repository stars
- 158
- License
- MIT
Generate progressive disclosure indexes for GitHub repositories to use as Claude project knowledge. Use when setting up projects referencing external documentation, creating searchable indexes of technical blogs or knowledge bases, combining multiple repos into one index, or when user mentions "index", "github repo", "project knowledge", or "documentation reference".
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Building GitHub Index Create markdown indexes of GitHub repositories optimized for Claude project knowledge. Indexes enable retrieval via GitHub API with semantic descriptions for effective matching. ## Quick Start ```bash # Documentation repos (markdown/notebooks) python scripts/github_index.py owner/repo -o index.md # Code repos (extract symbols via tree-sitter) python scripts/github_index.py owner/repo --code-symbols -o index.md # Multiple repos combined python scripts/github_index.py owner/repo1 owner/repo2 -o combined.md ``` ## Script Options | Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | `-o, --output` | Output file (default: `github_index.md`) | | `--token` | GitHub PAT; also reads `GITHUB_TOKEN` env | | `--include-patterns` | Only index matching globs: `"docs/**" "src/**"` | | `--exclude-patterns` | Skip matching globs: `"test/**"` | | `--max-files` | Cap files per repo (default: 200) | | `--skip-fetch` | Tree only, no content fetch (fast, filename-only descriptions) | | `--code-symbols` | Include code files, extract function/class names via tree-sitter | ## Description Extraction Priority 1. **YAML frontmatter** - `title:` and `description:` fields …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add oaustegard/claude-skills/building-github-index@sha256:f01983c2948bfd7fThe line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0.1, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 7, 2026 and Jul 29, 2026, about one every 21 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.0.1 latest | 2026-07-29 | 9141df6 | 3,978 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-07-07 | 6154d36 | 3,983 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3978 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
oaustegard/claude-skills · 158 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nn47wm4vkgzzt56b GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=oaustegard/claude-skills/building-github-index GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f01983c2948bfd7f4fc88282c61471cb25a1a2d1f4edebec15dd79c8af15501f
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