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Assimilate Popular Workflows

A research skill that hunts public GitHub repos and skill marketplaces for SKILL.md files, classifies each repo by archetype, and distills reusable processes and plugin ideas.

AutomationAdvanced★ 1,661⑂ 97AI score 7/10Last updated: Aug 9, 2026

What it does

Searches public GitHub repositories and registries like ClawHub for SKILL.md files and agent workflows, then classifies each repo into one of nine archetypes (mega-skill-pack, methodology-repo, claude-plugin, domain-skill-pack, harness-framework, and more).

  • Phase 1 – Discovery: gh search code / gh search repos queries, topic-tag sweeps (claude-code, agent-skills…), 50+ star preference, and permissive-license-only filtering (MIT/BSD/Apache-2.0)
  • Phase 2 – Classification: shallow clone, read README, plugin.json and directory layout, then assign exactly one archetype; skip non-transferable types
  • Phase 3 – Deep research: one docs/reference-repos/[org]/[repo]/research.md per repo with summary, assessment, skills inventory, extractable processes and plugin ideas
  • Phases 4–6: map findings against the existing process library (NEW/UPGRADE/VARIANT/OBSOLETE), stage .cjs process candidates, and maintain README, backlog and processed indexes

Who it's for

  • Teams curating an internal agent process library who want systematic external intake
  • Developers tracking the Claude Code skill/plugin ecosystem on a recurring basis
  • Researchers who need a repeatable pipeline with license checks and duplicate prevention

Examples

  1. Ask "find skills in the wild" → get a deduped list of 50+ star repos containing SKILL.md, appended to backlog.md
  2. Point it at a specific repo → receive a research.md with a skills inventory table and extractable debugging/audit processes
  3. Run a quarterly refresh → cross-check processed.md, skip previously evaluated repos, and classify only the new arrivals

· · · Install guide · · ·

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. 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 Claude 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.

  1. Open a terminal and confirm GitHub CLI is ready: gh auth status (run gh auth login if not).
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter.git /tmp/babysitter
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill in: cp -r /tmp/babysitter/.claude/skills/assimilate-popular-workflows ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Restart Claude Code and type "assimilate popular workflows" or "discover SKILL.md files in repos".
  6. Optionally pre-create a docs/reference-repos/ directory in your project so generated research files land in a tidy place.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT