Assimilate Popular Workflows (skill research pipeline)

A six-phase research pipeline that mines GitHub and skill registries for public SKILL.md files, classifies repos by archetype, and documents reusable processes and plugin ideas.

AutomationAdvanced★ 1,898⑂ 121AI score 7/10Last updated: Nov 1, 2026

What it does

Combines gh search code, gh search repos, topic queries, and ClawHub registry browsing to surface public SKILL.md files and agent workflows at scale.
Applies explicit filters: permissive licenses only (MIT/BSD/Apache-2.0), prefer 50+ stars, skip archived repos, dedupe by owner/name.
Classifies each repo into exactly one of nine archetypes (mega-skill-pack, methodology-repo, claude-plugin, harness-framework, internal-maintenance, not-a-skill, etc.) and skips the non-transferable ones.
Produces a single templated research.md per repo: summary, assessment, skills inventory table, extractable processes, plugin ideas, harness integration notes.
Maps findings against an existing process library (NEW / UPGRADE / VARIANT / OBSOLETE), then drafts .cjs process candidates and refreshes index files (README, backlog, processed).

Who it's for

Contributors to the a5c-ai/babysitter project, its process library, and its plugin marketplace.
Researchers who periodically survey the open-source agent-skill ecosystem for patterns.
Teams that want a rigorous research template for an internal prompt/workflow catalog (paths must be adapted).

Example uses

Ask "assimilate popular workflows" — the agent gathers candidate repos from GitHub and ClawHub, logs them in backlog.md, then classifies them one by one.
Point it at one large skill pack repo — it shallow-clones, assigns an archetype, and writes a research.md with a skills inventory table and extractable processes.
Re-survey an already tracked repo — it diffs findings against existing library processes and documents an UPGRADE path with concrete enhancements.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/HEAD/.claude/skills/assimilate-popular-workflows/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.

↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)

Download the ZIP with the button below.
In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.

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Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on AI Skill Mart.
Copy the .claude/skills/assimilate-popular-workflows folder from the GitHub repo a5c-ai/babysitter into my ~/.claude/skills/assimilate-popular-workflows/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter.git /tmp/babysitter && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/babysitter/.claude/skills/assimilate-popular-workflows ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

Open a terminal and confirm GitHub CLI is ready: gh auth status (run gh auth login if needed).
Clone the repository into a temp folder: git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter.git /tmp/babysitter
Create your skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
Copy the skill in: cp -r /tmp/babysitter/.claude/skills/assimilate-popular-workflows ~/.claude/skills/
Restart Claude Code and type "assimilate popular workflows" to verify the skill triggers.
Important: the skill assumes library/, docs/reference-repos/, and plugins/a5c/marketplace/ exist. For other projects, edit the paths and output locations inside SKILL.md to match your repo layout.

View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT