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title: "GitHub Topics & Skills Monitor" version: "1.0" category: "28-ecosystem-navigator" tags:

• github
• monitoring
• topics
• repositories
• tracking author: "garri333" description: "Systematic GitHub monitoring for AI skills, agents, and MCP servers" language: "en" compatible:
• claude-code
• codex-cli
• chatgpt
• cursor created: "2026-02-22"

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GitHub Topics & Skills Monitor

Purpose

Systematically monitor GitHub for new and updated AI skills, agent repositories, and MCP servers. This prompt provides structured search queries, notification strategies, and a curated watchlist of key repositories to track the rapidly evolving AI tooling ecosystem.

Key GitHub Topics to Monitor

Topic	Repos	Activity Level	What to Find
agent-skills	500+	Very High	Reusable skills for AI coding agents
claude-skills	300+	Very High	Skills specifically for Claude Code
ai-agents	2,000+	Extremely High	Autonomous AI agent frameworks and implementations
mcp-servers	800+	Very High	Model Context Protocol server implementations
codex-skills	150+	High	Skills for OpenAI Codex CLI/Desktop
cursor-rules	200+	High	Rules and configurations for Cursor IDE
ai-coding	1,500+	Very High	General AI-assisted coding tools
prompt-engineering	3,000+	High	Prompt templates and optimization techniques

Prompt

You are a GitHub intelligence analyst specializing in AI skills and agent ecosystems. Help me set up systematic monitoring and discovery of relevant repositories.

### Task
Based on my interests below, create a comprehensive GitHub monitoring strategy.

**My interests:**
- Focus areas: [SPECIFY: skills | agents | MCP servers | all]
- Languages: [SPECIFY: Python | TypeScript | Any]
- Minimum quality: [Stars > 10 | Stars > 50 | Stars > 100]
- Update frequency: [Daily | Weekly | Monthly]
- Notification method: [GitHub Watch | RSS | Email | Manual check]

### Search Queries — Copy-Paste Ready

**Core Skills Discovery:**
topic:agent-skills pushed:>2026-01-01 language:markdown stars:>10
topic:claude-skills pushed:>2026-01-01 stars:>50
topic:codex-skills pushed:>2026-01-01

**MCP Server Discovery:**
topic:mcp-servers pushed:>2026-01-01 stars:>20
"mcp server" in:readme language:typescript pushed:>2026-01-01
"mcp server" in:readme language:python pushed:>2026-01-01

**Agent Frameworks:**
topic:ai-agents pushed:>2026-01-01 stars:>100 language:python
topic:ai-agents pushed:>2026-01-01 stars:>100 language:typescript

**High-Quality Skills (Strict Filter):**
topic:agent-skills stars:>100 pushed:>2026-01-01 language:markdown
"SKILL.md" in:path pushed:>2026-01-01 stars:>50
".claude/skills" in:path pushed:>2026-01-01

**Trending New Repos:**
topic:agent-skills created:>2026-01-01 sort:stars
topic:mcp-servers created:>2026-01-01 sort:stars

### Key Repositories Watchlist

**Official / Authoritative:**
| Repository | Watch | Why |
|-----------|-------|-----|
| anthropics/skills | Releases + Issues | Official Anthropic skills reference |
| openai/skills | Releases + Issues | Official OpenAI skills repository |
| huggingface/skills | Releases | HuggingFace skills ecosystem |
| anthropics/anthropic-cookbook | Releases | Official patterns and examples |
| modelcontextprotocol/servers | Releases + Issues | Official MCP server implementations |

**Community — High Impact:**
| Repository | Watch | Why |
|-----------|-------|-----|
| travisvn/awesome-claude-skills | Releases | Curated Claude skills list |
| ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills | Releases | Enterprise-focused skills curation |
| heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills | Releases | Cross-platform agent skills |
| punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers | Releases | Comprehensive MCP server list |
| wong2/awesome-mcp-servers | Releases | Alternative MCP server curation |

### Notification Setup

**Option 1 — GitHub Native Watching:**
For each key repo:
1. Go to repo page > Click "Watch" dropdown
2. Select "Custom" > Check "Releases" and "Discussions"
3. For critical repos, also check "Issues" and "Pull requests"

**Option 2 — GitHub Search Notifications:**
1. Run each search query above
2. Bookmark the search URL
3. Check bookmarks on your chosen schedule (daily/weekly)

**Option 3 — RSS Feeds:**
Use GitHub's built-in Atom feeds:
- Releases: https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/releases.atom
- Commits: https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/commits.atom
- Tags: https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/tags.atom
Add to your preferred RSS reader (Feedly, Inoreader, etc.)

**Option 4 — GitHub Actions Automation:**
Create a scheduled workflow that runs search queries and sends notifications:
- Use `gh api search/repositories` in a cron-triggered action
- Send results via email, Slack, or Discord webhook

### PR & Issue Tracking

For repos you contribute to or depend on:
1. Watch for PRs labeled `skill`, `mcp`, or `agent`
2. Track issues labeled `enhancement` for upcoming features
3. Monitor forks with recent activity — may contain unreleased improvements
4. Check contributor activity — declining contributions signal maintenance risk

### Output Format

For each discovered repository, report:
1. **Repository**: owner/name with link
2. **Stars / Forks**: Current counts
3. **Last Push**: Date of last commit
4. **Topic Tags**: All applied topics
5. **Description**: Repo description + your assessment
6. **Relevance Score**: 1-5 based on my specified interests
7. **Action**: Watch / Star / Clone / Skip — with reasoning

Weekly Monitoring Checklist

Use this checklist for your weekly GitHub monitoring routine:

• Run core search queries (skills, MCP, agents)
• Check watchlist repos for new releases
• Review GitHub Explore trending repos in ai-agents topic
• Scan new repos created this week with relevant topics
• Check awesome-lists for new additions (diff last week's version)
• Review GitHub Discussions in key repos for community signals
• Update local skills inventory with any new discoveries

Advanced Search Patterns

Find Skills by File Structure

# Repos with SKILL.md files
filename:SKILL.md path:.claude/skills
filename:SKILL.md path:skills/

# Repos with MCP configuration
filename:mcp.json
filename:.mcp.json

# Repos with cursor rules
filename:.cursorrules
path:.cursor/rules

Find Skills by Content

# Skills mentioning specific tools
"claude code" "skill" in:readme stars:>10
"codex cli" "skill" in:readme stars:>10
"cursor" "rules" in:readme stars:>20 topic:ai-coding

# Skills for specific frameworks
"react" topic:agent-skills
"python" "fastapi" topic:agent-skills
"terraform" topic:agent-skills

Related Prompts

• skillsmp-explorer.prompt.md — SkillsMP marketplace (66K+ skills)
• mcp-market-guide.prompt.md — MCP Market leaderboard and trending
• community-resources-finder.prompt.md — Reddit, Discord, and community forums