github-project-contributor-finder-api-skill

What this skill does

# GitHub Project & Contributor Finder API Skill

## 📖 Brief
This skill utilizes BrowserAct's GitHub Project & Contributor Finder API to extract project details and contributor contact information from GitHub. Simply provide keywords, minimum stars, and an update date filter — BrowserAct traverses the search results, extracts repository metrics, and fetches detailed contributor profiles, returning it all directly via API without building crawler scripts or dealing with rate limits.

## ✨ Features
1. **No Hallucinations**: Pre-set workflows avoid AI generative hallucinations, ensuring stable and precise data extraction.
2. **No Captcha Issues**: No need to handle reCAPTCHA or other verification challenges.
3. **No IP Restrictions**: No need to handle regional IP restrictions or geofencing.
4. **Faster Execution**: Tasks execute faster compared to pure AI-driven browser automation solutions.
5. **Cost-Effective**: Significantly lowers data acquisition costs compared to high-token-consuming AI solutions.

## 🔑 API Key Setup
Before running, check the `BROWSERACT_API_KEY` environment variable. If not set, do not take other measures; ask and wait for the user to provide it.
**Agent must inform the user**:
> "Since you haven't configured the BrowserAct API Key yet, please visit the [BrowserAct Console](https://www.browseract.com/reception/integrations) to get your Key."

## 🛠️ Input Parameters
The agent should flexibly configure the following parameters based on user requirements:

1. **KeyWords**
   - **Type**: `string`
   - **Description**: Keywords for searching repositories.
   - **Example**: `browser automation`, `react framework`, `machine learning`
   - **Default**: `browser automation`

2. **stars**
   - **Type**: `number`
   - **Description**: Minimum number of stars the repository should have.
   - **Example**: `100`, `1000`
   - **Default**: `100`

3. **updated**
   - **Type**: `string`
   - **Description**: Filter repositories by the date they were last updated (format: `YYYY-MM-DD`).
   - **Example**: `2026-01-01`, `2025-06-01`
   - **Default**: `2026-01-01`

4. **Page_Turns**
   - **Type**: `number`
   - **Description**: Number of search result pages to paginate through. For example, if there are 39 pages and you want the first 2, input `2`.
   - **Example**: `1`, `2`
   - **Default**: `1`

5. **date_limit_per_page**
   - **Type**: `number`
   - **Description**: Number of data items to extract per page in the search results list.
   - **Example**: `5`, `10`
   - **Default**: `5`

## 🚀 Invocation Method
Agent should execute the following command to invoke the skill:

```bash
# Example invocation (all parameters)
python -u ./scripts/github_project_contributor_finder_api.py "browser automation" 100 "2026-01-01" 1 5

# Minimal invocation (only keywords, others use defaults)
python -u ./scripts/github_project_contributor_finder_api.py "react framework"
```

### ⏳ Execution Monitoring
Since this task involves automated browser operations, it may take several minutes. The script outputs **timestamped status logs** continuously (e.g., `[14:30:05] Task Status: running`).
**Agent guidelines**:
- Monitor the terminal output while waiting.
- As long as new status logs appear, the task is running normally; do not misjudge it as frozen.
- Only consider triggering retry if the status remains unchanged for a long time or output stops without a final result.

## 📊 Data Output
Upon successful execution, the script parses and prints the structured results from the API response.

**Project Fields**:
- `repository_name`: The name of the GitHub repository.
- `repository_url`: The URL link to the repository.
- `repository_owner_name`: The owner/creator of the repository.
- `repository_description`: A brief description of the repository.
- `star_count`: The number of stars the repository has received.

**Contributor Fields**:
- `user_name`: The GitHub username of the contributor.
- `profile_url`: The URL link to the contributor's profile.
- `bio`: The bio or short description of the contributor.
- `repositories_summary`: A summary of other repositories owned by the contributor.
- `personal_website`: The contributor's personal website link.
- `twitter`: The contributor's Twitter handle.

## ⚠️ Error Handling & Retry
If an error occurs during script execution (e.g., network fluctuations or task failure), the Agent should follow this logic:

1. **Check Output Content**:
   - If the output **contains** `"Invalid authorization"`, it means the API Key is invalid or expired. **Do not retry**; guide the user to re-check and provide the correct API Key.
   - If the output **contains** `"concurrent"` or `"too many running tasks"`, it means the concurrent task limit has been reached. **Do not retry**; guide the user to upgrade their plan.
     **Agent must inform the user**:
     > "The current task cannot be executed because your BrowserAct account has reached the concurrent task limit. Please visit the [BrowserAct Plan Upgrade Page](https://www.browseract.com/reception/recharge) to upgrade your plan."
   - If the output **does not contain the above error keywords** but the task failed (e.g., output starts with `Error:` or returns empty results), the Agent should **automatically re-execute the script once**.

2. **Retry Limit**:
   - Automatic retry is limited to **one time**. If the second attempt fails, stop retrying and report the specific error to the user.

## 🌟 Typical Use Cases
1. **Tech Recruiting**: Gather contributor profiles and social links from popular repositories to build candidate pipelines.
2. **Open-Source Discovery**: Search for trending repositories by keywords and star count to find valuable projects.
3. **Developer Outreach**: Collect personal websites and Twitter handles of active contributors for developer tool marketing.
4. **Community Building**: Identify and connect with active open-source contributors in specific domains.
5. **Competitor Analysis**: Monitor which developers contribute to competing projects.
6. **Partnership Scouting**: Find repository owners for potential collaboration or sponsorship.
7. **Market Research**: Analyze repository metrics and descriptions to understand technology trends.
8. **Lead Generation**: Generate targeted leads for developer tools by finding projects with relevant tech stacks.
9. **Academic Research**: Discover recently updated repositories in specific research areas.
10. **Talent Mapping**: Build a database of skilled developers based on their GitHub contributions and profiles.