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  • 13 installs
  • 637 repo stars
  • Updated March 7, 2026
  • sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.

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read-github is a Claude Code skill for ai & agent building. It helps solo builders move faster with AI-assisted coding.

  • read-github
  • AI & Agent Building
  • AI-coding skill

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  • 13 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #11,355 of 16,556 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Jul 29, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Last updatedMarch 7, 2026
Repositorysundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

What it does

Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Read GitHub Docs

Access GitHub repository documentation and code via the gitmcp.io MCP service.

URL Conversion

Convert GitHub URLs to gitmcp.io:

  • github.com/owner/repogitmcp.io/owner/repo
  • https://github.com/karpathy/llm-councilhttps://gitmcp.io/karpathy/llm-council

CLI Usage

The scripts/gitmcp.py script provides CLI access to repository docs.

List Available Tools

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py list-tools owner/repo

Fetch Documentation

Retrieves the full documentation file (README, docs, etc.):

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py fetch-docs owner/repo

Search Documentation

Semantic search within repository documentation:

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py search-docs owner/repo "query"

Search Code

Search code using GitHub Search API (exact match):

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py search-code owner/repo "function_name"

Fetch Referenced URL

Fetch content from URLs mentioned in documentation:

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py fetch-url owner/repo "https://example.com/doc"

Direct Tool Call

Call any MCP tool directly:

python3 scripts/gitmcp.py call owner/repo tool_name '{"arg": "value"}'

Tool Names

Tool names are dynamically prefixed with the repo name (underscored):

  • karpathy/llm-councilfetch_llm_council_documentation
  • facebook/reactfetch_react_documentation
  • my-org/my-repofetch_my_repo_documentation

Available MCP Tools

For any repository, these tools are available:

1. fetch_{repo}_documentation - Fetch entire documentation. Call first for general questions. 2. search_{repo}_documentation - Semantic search within docs. Use for specific queries. 3. search_{repo}_code - Search code via GitHub API (exact match). Returns matching files. 4. fetch_generic_url_content - Fetch any URL referenced in docs, respecting robots.txt.

Workflow

1. When given a GitHub repo, first fetch documentation to understand the project 2. Use search-docs for specific questions about usage or features 3. Use search-code to find implementations or specific functions 4. Use fetch-url to retrieve external references mentioned in docs

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Forks & variants (1)

Read Github has 1 known copy in the catalog totaling 8 installs. They canonicalize to this original listing.

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