Github Growth Tracker
by Rian O'Leary
Track GitHub repository growth trends, star velocity, and commit activity with historical digests and benchmarking.
- Monitor star and fork growth trends over a 90-day window
- Compare repo performance against a curated watchlist of competitors
- Generate automated weekly progress reports for open-source projects
Free
Included in download
- Downloadable skill package
- Works with Fully compatible across all agents
- 5 permissions declared
A young aspiring software dev. I want to build genuinely useful things.
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You say
Generate my GitHub growth digest and compare my api-client repo against the watchlist.
Your agent does
📊 GitHub Growth Digest 99rebels/api-client Stars: 142 ↑ (+12) Forks: 28 → Issues: 5 ↓ (-2) Commits (4w): 18 ↑ (+4) vs watchlist: ✅ Outperforming avg star growth Watchlist: octocat/Spoon-Knife stars: 12.4k (+5)
Github Growth Tracker
by Rian O'Leary
Track GitHub repository growth trends, star velocity, and commit activity with historical digests and benchmarking.
Free
Included in download
- Downloadable skill package
- Works with Fully compatible across all agents
- 5 permissions declared
- Instant install
See it in action
You say
Generate my GitHub growth digest and compare my api-client repo against the watchlist.
Your agent does
📊 GitHub Growth Digest 99rebels/api-client Stars: 142 ↑ (+12) Forks: 28 → Issues: 5 ↓ (-2) Commits (4w): 18 ↑ (+4) vs watchlist: ✅ Outperforming avg star growth Watchlist: octocat/Spoon-Knife stars: 12.4k (+5)
About This Skill
What it does
The GitHub Growth Tracker is a specialized developer tool designed to monitor and analyze the trajectory of GitHub repositories. It goes beyond static numbers by recording historical data to provide real-time trend analysis on stars, forks, issues, and commit velocity.
Why use this skill
While basic GitHub scraping can give you current counts, this skill maintains a 90-day time-series database. It allows developers to understand momentum rather than just snapshots. Instead of manually checking dashboards, you get automated digests that highlight where your projects are gaining traction or losing steam relative to your benchmarks.
- Trend Visualization: Uses intuitive indicators (↑↓→) to show changes over time.
- Watchlist Benchmarking: Compare your growth rates against "aspirational" repos to gauge relative performance.
- Commit Velocity Tracking: Monitor active development windows (4-week rolling average) across multiple repos.
- Automated Reporting: Designed to generate clean, formatted text digests perfect for Slack, Discord, or status updates.
Supported tools
Built as a Python-based utility, it integrates seamlessly with GitHub's REST API using fine-grained Personal Access Tokens. It is compatible with AI agent environments like Claude Code, Cursor, and OpenClaw, utilizing a standardized data directory for persistent historical tracking.
Use Cases
- Monitor star and fork growth trends over a 90-day window
- Compare repo performance against a curated watchlist of competitors
- Generate automated weekly progress reports for open-source projects
- Analyze commit velocity to ensure consistent development activity
Known Limitations
- Rate limited - 5,000 API requests/hour. With many repos + participation lookups, you could hit this on large watchlists.
- Read-only - tracks metrics but can't interact with repos (no starring, forking, issues management).
How to Install
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && curl -sL https://www.agensi.io/api/install/github-growth-tracker -o /tmp/github-growth-tracker.zip && unzip -o /tmp/github-growth-tracker.zip -d ~/.claude/skills && rm /tmp/github-growth-tracker.zipFree skills install directly. Paid skills require purchase - use the download button above after buying.
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Reads/writes credentials for GitHub auth, stores repo history for trend tracking. All data stays local.
Fully compatible across all agents
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