Random Contributor Skill

Purpose

• Select a uniformly random contributor from a public GitHub repository. Useful for sampling, shoutouts, delegation, or fair assignment among contributors.

What it does

• Uses GitHub REST API (public endpoints) to list contributors for a repo (handles pagination).
• Falls back to scraping the repository's contributors page if API rate limits or CORS prevent API use.
• Returns contributor info: login, name (if available), avatar URL, profile URL, contributions count.

When to use

• Pick a random maintainer or contributor for tasks like "who should review" or "who to credit".
• Should be used only on public repositories.

Prerequisites

• curl and jq for Bash examples, or Node.js 18+ for JS examples.
• Optional GitHub token (GH_TOKEN) increases rate limits; skill works without it for small repos.