# github-trending

Surfaces a curated set of 5–8 trending GitHub repositories or Hugging Face assets, filtering out link aggregators and basic tutorials.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/github-trending/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/github-trending

## What it does

The skill scrapes daily GitHub trending pages or Hugging Face hub feeds using WebFetch. Instead of copying the top rankings verbatim, it discards noise such as `awesome-` lists, config dumps, and beginner tutorial projects. Every surviving pick requires a single-line explanation of why developers should care rather than a restated repository summary.

Items are clustered into categories covering AI/ML, developer tools, infrastructure, and web apps. The skill assigns momentum labels like `DEBUT`, `ACCELERATING`, or `RETURNING` to reflect release traction. When the `gh` CLI is present, it computes daily star velocity via the GitHub API. In strict read-only environments without `gh`, it relies directly on the daily star badge.

Deduplication checks previous runs in `memory/logs/` across recent days, preventing recently featured tools from recurring in new summaries.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill github-trending -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/github-trending/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/github-trending/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill github-trending -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/github-trending/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill github-trending -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/github-trending/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon github-trending
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/github-trending/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill github-trending -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/github-trending
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/github-trending/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill github-trending -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/github-trending/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- track trending GitHub repositories filtered by language without aggregator noise
- discover trending models, datasets, and spaces on Hugging Face
- filter out awesome-lists, cheatsheets, and introductory tutorials from daily trends
- classify trending repositories into functional categories with momentum tags

## Example prompts
- Show trending GitHub repositories in TypeScript
- Pull trending models and datasets from Hugging Face today
- Give me a curated list of trending devtools from GitHub

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: github-trending
description: Curated trending across GitHub repos and the Hugging Face Hub (models, datasets, spaces) - filtered, clustered, and labeled by momentum with a one-line why-notable per pick.
metadata:
  title: GitHub Trending
  mode: read-only
  category: basics
  var: ""
  tags:
    - dev
    - research
---
<!-- autoresearch: variation B — sharper output via curation, clustering, "why notable" gate, momentum tags -->

> **${var}** — Source selector plus optional sub-scope:
> - empty or `github` → **GitHub trending**, all languages (default)
> - `github:<lang>` — or a bare language token like `python`, `typescript`, `rust` (backward-compatible with the old GitHub var) → GitHub trending filtered to that language
> - `hf` or `huggingface` → **Hugging Face trending** across models + datasets + spaces
> - `hf:models` / `hf:datasets` / `hf:spaces` (also `huggingface:models`, etc.) → Hugging Face trending scoped to a single resource type

This skill covers two neighbouring layers of where developer/AI attention is moving today: the **repo layer** (GitHub trending) and the **artifact layer** (Hugging Face Hub — the models, datasets, and spaces that ship alongside, and frequently before, the paper). Both branches share the same contract: don't dump the top 10 (the source's own front page already does that) — deliver a **curated** slate of 5–8 picks a busy reader would actually want to click, grouped by category, with a one-line "why notable" and a momentum tag per pick.

## Shared preamble (run for every invocation)

Read `memory/MEMORY.md` for context.
Read the last 3 days of `memory/logs/` to dedupe items you've already featured (the GitHub branch dedupes against the last **2** days, the Hugging Face branch against the last **3** — see each branch's filter step).
Read `soul/SOUL.md` + `soul/STYLE.md` if populated to match voice.

**Parse `${var}` into a source + optional sub-scope** (deterministic):

1. If `${var}` is empty → **GitHub branch**, no language filter.
2. Otherwise trim + lowercase and split on the first `:` into `head` and optional `tail`.
3. `head` ∈ {`hf`, `huggingface`} → **Hugging Face branch**. If `tail` is present it must be one of `models` / `datasets` / `spaces` (that becomes the resource sub-scope); any other `tail` → exit `HF_TRENDING_BAD_VAR` (no notify). No `tail` → pull all three resource types.
4. `head` == `github` → **GitHub branch**. If `tail` is present, it's the language filter.
5. Any other value (no colon, `head` not `hf`/`huggingface`/`github`) → **GitHub branch**, treating the whole `${var}` as the language filter (e.g. `rust`).

Then jump to the matching branch below and run it end to end.

---

## Branch A — GitHub trending (source = `github`)
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