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OSS Hunter 🎯

Name: oss-hunter
Rating: 4.9 (128 reviews)

A precision skill for agents to find, analyze, and strategize for high-impact Open Source contributions. This skill helps you become a top-tier contributor by identifying the most "mergeable" and influential issues in trending repositories.

When to Use

Use when the user asks to find open source issues to work on.
Use when searching for "help wanted" or "good first issue" tasks in specific domains like AI or Web3.
Use to generate a "Contribution Dossier" with ready-to-execute strategies for trending projects.

Quick Start

Ask your agent:

"Find me some help-wanted issues in trending AI repositories."
"Hunt for bug fixes in langchain-ai/langchain that are suitable for a quick PR."
"Generate a contribution dossier for the most recent trending projects on GitHub."

Workflow

When hunting for contributions, the agent follows this multi-stage protocol:

Phase 1: Repository Discovery

Use web_search or gh api to find trending repositories. Focus on:

Stars > 1000
Recent activity (pushed within 24 hours)
Relevant topics (AI, Agentic, Web3, Tooling)

Phase 2: Issue Extraction

Search for specific labels:

help-wanted
good-first-issue
bug
v1 / roadmap

gh issue list --repo owner/repo --label "help wanted" --limit 10

Phase 3: Feasibility Analysis

Analyze the issue:

Reproducibility: Is there a code snippet to reproduce the bug?
Impact: How many users does this affect?
Mergeability: Check recent PR history. Does the maintainer merge community PRs quickly?
Complexity: Can this be solved by an agent with the current tools?

Phase 4: The Dossier

Generate a structured report for the human:

Project Name & Stars
Issue Link & Description
Root Cause Analysis (based on code inspection)
Proposed Fix Strategy
Confidence Score (1-10)

Limitations

Accuracy depends on the availability of gh CLI or web_search tools.
Analysis is limited by context window when reading very large repositories.
Cannot guarantee PR acceptance (maintainer discretion).

Contributing to the Matrix

Build a better hunter by adding new heuristics to Phase 3. Submit your improvements to the ClawForge.

Powered by OpenClaw & ClawForge.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is oss-hunter?

oss-hunter is an expert AI persona designed to improve your coding workflow. Automatically hunt for high-impact OSS contribution opportunities in trending repositories. It provides senior-level context directly within your IDE.

How do I install the oss-hunter skill in Cursor or Windsurf?

To install the oss-hunter skill, download the package, extract the files to your project's .cursor/skills directory, and type @oss-hunter in your editor chat to activate the expert instructions.

Is oss-hunter free to download?

Yes, the oss-hunter AI persona is completely free to download and integrate into compatible Agentic IDEs like Cursor, Windsurf, Github Copilot, and Anthropic MCP servers.

oss-hunter

Automatically hunt for high-impact OSS contribution opportunities in trending repositories.

Download Skill Package

IDE Invocation

@oss-hunter

COPY

Platform

IDE Native

Price

Free Download

Setup Instructions

Cursor & Windsurf

Download the zip file above.
Extract to .cursor/skills
Type @oss-hunter in editor chat.

Copilot & ChatGPT

Copy the instructions from the panel on the left and paste them into your custom instructions setting.

"Adding this oss-hunter persona to my Cursor workspace completely changed the quality of code my AI generates. Saves me hours every week."

Alex Dev

Senior Engineer, TechCorp

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Workflow

When hunting for contributions, the agent follows this multi-stage protocol:

Phase 1: Repository Discovery

Use web_search or gh api to find trending repositories. Focus on:

Stars > 1000

Recent activity (pushed within 24 hours)

Relevant topics (AI, Agentic, Web3, Tooling)

Phase 2: Issue Extraction

Search for specific labels:

help-wanted

good-first-issue

bug

v1 / roadmap

gh issue list --repo owner/repo --label "help wanted" --limit 10

Phase 3: Feasibility Analysis

Analyze the issue:

Reproducibility: Is there a code snippet to reproduce the bug?

Impact: How many users does this affect?

Mergeability: Check recent PR history. Does the maintainer merge community PRs quickly?

Complexity: Can this be solved by an agent with the current tools?

Phase 4: The Dossier

Generate a structured report for the human:

Project Name & Stars

Issue Link & Description

Root Cause Analysis (based on code inspection)

Proposed Fix Strategy

Confidence Score (1-10)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is oss-hunter?

How do I install the oss-hunter skill in Cursor or Windsurf?

To install the oss-hunter skill, download the package, extract the files to your project's .cursor/skills directory, and type @oss-hunter in your editor chat to activate the expert instructions.

Is oss-hunter free to download?

Yes, the oss-hunter AI persona is completely free to download and integrate into compatible Agentic IDEs like Cursor, Windsurf, Github Copilot, and Anthropic MCP servers.