# ai-ready

This plugin inspects a repository and prepares configuration for AI agents. Use it when project rules should come from the codebase, CI, and review history.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · GitHub Copilot · ★ 234
- Author: John Papa
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/johnpapa/ai-ready/tree/HEAD/.github/plugin
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/ai-ready

## What it does

ai-ready examines the repository structure, source code, CI, tests, documentation, and pull request review patterns. It then proposes project-specific assets such as `AGENTS.md`, `copilot-instructions.md`, CI workflows, issue templates, and other agent configuration. The result includes a readiness report with current findings and suggested changes.

Run it with `/ai-ready`, ask for a report only, or exclude areas such as CI and issue templates. A later run audits the existing files against the current repository, catching drift in build commands, structure, and review conventions. It never overwrites those files; proposed updates stay under your control. Install it in GitHub Copilot with `copilot plugin install ai-ready@awesome-copilot`.

## Install

### GitHub Copilot (native platform)

**Command from the source**
```bash
copilot plugin install ai-ready@awesome-copilot
```

## When to use it
- derive agent instructions from a repository
- generate `AGENTS.md` and `copilot-instructions.md`
- spot stale build commands and project rules
- turn recurring review feedback into conventions
- measure a repository’s AI readiness

## Example prompts
- Run `/ai-ready` on this repository and propose the configuration files it needs.
- Make this repository AI-ready, but skip CI and issue templates.
- Score this repository and show the report without creating files.

## Source text · plugin · MIT

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# AI Ready

[![AI Ready](https://img.shields.io/badge/AI--Ready-yes-brightgreen?style=flat)](https://github.com/johnpapa/ai-ready) [![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/johnpapa/ai-ready?label=version)](https://github.com/johnpapa/ai-ready/releases/latest)

An [Agent Skill](https://agentskills.io) that analyzes your repository and generates the configuration files AI agents need to contribute correctly. **GitHub-native** — it auto-discovers your repo's context, community health, and PR review patterns without you explaining anything.

Works in **GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor**, and any other tool that supports the Agent Skills
standard.

## Quick Start

### Any agent, one command

The open [skills CLI](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills) installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot,
and 70+ other agents:

```bash
npx skills add johnpapa/ai-ready
```

That's it — no per-tool setup. Restart your agent afterward.

### Native plugin installs

Prefer your tool's own plugin system? Each of these installs the same skill.

| Tool | Install |
|---|---|
| **GitHub Copilot CLI** | `copilot plugin install ai-ready@awesome-copilot` |
| **Claude Code** | `/plugin marketplace add johnpapa/ai-ready`<br>`/plugin install ai-ready@johnpapa-ai-ready` |
| **OpenAI Codex** | `codex plugin marketplace add johnpapa/ai-ready`<br>`codex plugin add ai-ready@johnpapa-ai-ready` |
| **Cursor** | Copy `skills/ai-ready/` into `~/.cursor/skills/ai-ready/` |
| **Anything else** | Copy `skills/ai-ready/` into `~/.agents/skills/ai-ready/` |

Claude and Codex each need **two** commands — the first registers the marketplace, the second installs the
plugin from it.

Copilot CLI installs from the built-in `awesome-copilot` marketplace. Installing straight from a repo
(`copilot plugin install johnpapa/ai-ready`) still works but is deprecated, so prefer the marketplace form.

`~/.agents/skills/` is the vendor-neutral [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io) directory that Codex and Cursor
both read, so the last row works for most tools.

If a marketplace mirrors this skill, it should point to a release tag such as `v1.4.0`, not a raw commit SHA.

### Then type

```
make this repo ai-ready
```

Or invoke it explicitly:

| Tool | Invoke |
|---|---|
| Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot CLI | `/ai-ready` |
| OpenAI Codex | `$ai-ready` |

When installed as a plugin from a marketplace, Claude namespaces it as `/ai-ready:ai-ready`.

The skill analyzes your code, CI, tests, docs, and structure, then generates assets customized to your project — not generic templates.

### Run it again anytime

The skill is safe to re-run. On the first run, it creates missing assets. On subsequent runs, it **audits** your existing AI-ready files against the current state of your codebase — flagging drift like outdated build commands, stale repo structure, or new PR review patterns that should become conventions. It never overwrites your files — it suggests updates and lets you decide.

### Keeping updated

| Tool | Update |
|---|---|
| skills CLI | `npx skills update` |
| GitHub Copilot CLI | `copilot plugin update ai-ready` |
| Claude Code | `/plugin marketplace update johnpapa-ai-ready` |
| Codex | `codex plugin marketplace upgrade` |

### Troubleshooting

<details>
<summary><b>The agent doesn't use the skill</b></summary>

1. **Restart your agent.** Most tools only scan for skills at startup.
2. **Confirm it's installed.** Run `npx skills list`, `copilot plugin list`, `claude plugin list`, or
   `codex plugin list` depending on how you installed it.
3. **Check you finished both steps.** Claude and Codex need a marketplace command *and* an install command.
4. **Ask for it by name** — `/ai-ready` (or `$ai-ready` in Codex) — to rule out matching problems.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Install fails with a "reference is not a tree" or SHA error</b></summary>

The marketplace entry is pointing at a commit SHA. Plugin installs clone with `git clone --branch <ref>`, which
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