GitHub Wayback Recovery

Purpose: Recover deleted GitHub content (README files, issues, PRs, wiki pages, repository metadata) from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine when content is no longer available on GitHub.

When to Use This Skill

• Repository has been deleted and you need README, wiki, or metadata
• Issues or PRs were deleted by author, maintainer, or moderation
• Need to recover file contents that may have been archived
• Investigating historical state of a repository
• Finding forks of deleted repositories via archived network pages
• Recovering release notes or documentation from deleted projects

Complementary Skills:

• github-archive: For structured event data (who did what, when) - always check first
• github-commit-recovery: For accessing commits when you have SHAs
• github-wayback-recovery (this skill): For web page snapshots when content is fully deleted

Core Principles