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readme-generator

Skill110 starsChanged 12 days agoNo licenceView on GitHub

Creates or updates the GitHub README for a textbook project with badges, project overview, site metrics, and getting-started instructions.

  • Installs packages
  • Commits and pushes

37 other projects use a version of this, 1 of them edited.

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Projects with it also use changelog-keeper, error-message-explainer and 1 more.

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  • JayRHaSkill

    changelog-keeper

    Maintains a CHANGELOG.md in the Keep a Changelog format with Semantic Versioning, grouping user-facing entries under Added/Changed/Deprecated/Removed/Fixed/Security and cutting dated releases from an Unreleased section. Use this skill when the user asks to "update the changelog", "add a changelog entry", "cut a release", "bump the version", "what changed since the last release", or to create/clean up a CHANGELOG.md or release notes.

    Also in 3 projects that use this

  • ATOM00blueSkill

    error-message-explainer

    Explains errors, stack traces, exceptions, and cryptic build/runtime messages in plain language, identifies the root cause, and gives a concrete fix. Use when the user pastes an error, stack trace, traceback, panic, compiler error, or failing log and asks what it means, why it happens, or how to fix it.

    Also in 3 projects that use this

  • peopleforresterSkill

    refactoring-guide

    Safe refactoring patterns and techniques. Use when the user wants to improve code structure, reduce duplication, or make code more maintainable without changing behavior. Emphasizes incremental changes with test coverage.

    Also in 3 projects that use this

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39 rules. 0 are common, 34 are distinctive, and 5 are very specific to this project.

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