GitHub Dashboard Skill

Create a single-screen GitHub repository analytics dashboard in the FlowAI / Soft Paper Workspace visual style: warm off-white canvas, white rounded panels, a fixed left sidebar, compact KPI cards, pastel pills, dense tables, and low-contrast hairlines.

Resource map

github-dashboard/
├── SKILL.md
├── example.html                         ← rendered reference dashboard
└── references/
    ├── template.html                    ← live-artifact-compatible HTML template
    ├── example-data.json                ← normalized public GitHub data shape
    ├── artifact-example.json            ← minimal live-artifact create input
    └── provenance-example.json          ← safe source/provenance example

When to use this skill

Use this when the user asks for a dashboard or report about a single GitHub repository, for example:

• repository growth dashboard
• open-source project health report
• GitHub stars / forks / contributors analytics
• issue and pull-request activity page
• maintainer / contributor dashboard

If the user asks for refreshability, source auditability, or scheduled updates, produce the live-artifact source set (template.html, data.json, artifact.json, provenance.json) and follow the live-artifact contract. If they only need a visual artifact, produce a self-contained index.html.

Workflow

1. Resolve repository scope

   • Parse owner/repo from the brief.
   • This v1 skill is scoped to one repository. If multiple repositories are requested, ask the user to pick the primary repository or create one dashboard per repository.
   • If the repo is missing, ask one concise question for the GitHub URL or owner/repo.

2. Collect public GitHub data

   • Prefer GitHub CLI/API for public repository data when available.
   • Current stars/forks/watchers/open issue count: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo} (stargazers_count, forks_count, watchers_count, open_issues_count).
   • Contributors: paginate GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors?per_page=100&page=N, sort by contributions descending, and take the top N used by the dashboard. If only page 1 is available, label totals as first-page estimates.
   • Issues: use GitHub Search API (repo:{owner}/{repo} is:issue) for total counts, or paginate GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues?state=all and filter out items with a pull_request field.
   • Pull requests: use GitHub Search API (repo:{owner}/{repo} is:pr) for total counts, or paginate GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls?state=all and count pages via the Link header.
   • Recent activity: combine the newest issues and pull requests, normalize them into display-ready rows, and cap the preview list at 5–10 items.
   • Growth/delta metrics: GitHub REST does not expose complete historical star/fork deltas. Use GraphQL, stargazer event snapshots, the Events API where available, or explicitly mark deltas as estimated/synthetic in provenance.json.
   • Do not store auth tokens, raw HTTP envelopes, cookies, rate-limit headers, or private metadata.

3. Normalize into dashboard data

   • Required repository: name, fullName, url, description, language, license, created, lastUpdated.
   • Required metrics: stars, forks, contributors, issues, pull requests. Store display-ready totals plus small deltas or growth notes.
   • Required contributors: top 5–8 contributors with login, avatar, and contributions.
   • Required recentActivity: display-ready rows with title, typeText, typeClass, label, labelClass, author, authorAvatar, and updated. Do not rely on template conditionals for issue/PR switching.
   • Chart data can be synthetic only when GitHub does not expose the exact history; document the transformation in provenance.

4. Apply the visual system

   • Use the active DESIGN.md tokens when present.
   • If no design system is provided, use the Soft Paper defaults reflected in references/template.html: #F2F2F0 canvas, white cards, #ECECEA borders, #0A0A0A ink, Geist/Inter typography, 256px sidebar, 48px topbar, and 16px card radius.
   • Keep color small and semantic: green for healthy metrics, amber for warning, blue for feature/PR labels, red only for defects or risk.

5. Lay out the page

   • Shell: 256px sidebar + main panel, both white, rounded 16px, 1px hairline border.
   • Topbar: repo context on the left, refresh/export/action affordances on the right.

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