Github Explorer Plugin
Semantic GitHub repo discovery for finding reusable open-source components. The plugin runs gh api search/repositories and has Claude parse the results — ranking by star count, recent activity, maintenance signals, license, and language fit.
"Semantic" here = Claude reads and interprets the results (READMEs, metadata, stats). No vector index.
Use case
You're working on a project and want to ask: "Is there an open-source repo we could use for this?" — this plugin answers that, with ranked shortlists, quick overviews, and deeper evaluations.
Commands
/github-explorer:find-component — keyword search, returns a ranked shortlist./github-explorer:overview-repo — quick overview of a single repo (what it is, who maintains it, is it alive)./github-explorer:evaluate-repo — deep evaluation of one repo against your project's needs./github-explorer:recommend-for-project — reads the current project's stack/needs from CLAUDE.md or the user's brief and returns top recommendations./github-explorer:create-resources-index — bundle findings (from this session or a supplied list) into a curated resources-index repo. Categorised, sorted, and presented per a user-defined spec (show stars or not, ordering, badges, public/private)./github-explorer:ingest-to-index — append new findings to an existing resources index. Dedupes, enriches, classifies per the index's existing scheme, and updates README.md + repos.json + any filtered views.
Agents
github-explorer:component-scout — sub-agent for multi-repo evaluation passes (shortlist → evaluate each → aggregate).
Ranking signals
Applied post-fetch by Claude:
- Popularity — star count, fork count
- Activity — last commit date, recent release cadence, open vs closed issue ratio
- Maintenance — stale PRs, issue response times, number of maintainers
- Fit — language/stack match, license compatibility, described scope vs user need
- Red flags — archived, one-commit repos, dead README, unclear license
Installation
claude plugins marketplace add danielrosehill/Claude-Code-Plugins
claude plugins install github-explorer@danielrosehill
Requirements
gh CLI installed and authenticated- Authenticated requests get 5,000/hour rate limit
License
MIT
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