GitHub Repository to Skills Generator

Generate Claude Code skills from any GitHub repository by extracting public APIs and documentation.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Convert a GitHub repository into skills
• Generate llms.txt documentation from source code
• Create skills from a library or framework
• Parse Rust/TypeScript/Python source code to extract APIs

Workflow

1. Identify the Repository

Extract the GitHub repository from the user's request:

• Full URL: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio
• Short form: tokio-rs/tokio
• Just name: Search first with cowork search tokio

2. Generate Skills

Execute the cowork generate command:

# Basic generation
cowork generate user/repo

# Specify language(s)
cowork generate user/repo --lang rust

# Only generate llms.txt (for review)
cowork generate user/repo --llms-only -o ./output

# From specific branch/tag
cowork generate user/repo --ref v1.0.0

# Install to specific agents
cowork generate user/repo -a claude-code -a cursor

3. Review Output

The command generates:

• llms.txt - Comprehensive API documentation
• skills/ directory - One SKILL.md per module

Example Interactions

User: "帮我把 tokio 转成 skill"

Response:

Let me generate skills from the tokio repository.

First, I'll run the generation command:

cowork generate tokio-rs/tokio --lang rust

User: "Create a skill from this repo: https://github.com/vercel/next.js";

Response:

I'll generate skills from the Next.js repository.

cowork generate vercel/next.js --lang typescript

Command Reference

Requirements

• GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable must be set
• Token needs repo scope for private repositories

Supported Languages

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