GitHub Topics Trending

Fetch GitHub topic trending repositories and README summaries.

Quick Start

# View rankings
今天 claude-code 话题排行榜
Top 10 GitHub 项目
热门仓库

# View repository details
anthropics/claude-code 介绍
这个仓库是做什么的

Query Types

| Type | Examples | Description | |------|----------|-------------| | Rankings | 热门仓库 Top 10 | Current rankings by stars | | Detail | xxx/xxx 介绍 | Repository README summary | | Topic | python 话题排行榜 | Custom topic search |

Workflow

- [ ] Step 1: Parse query type
- [ ] Step 2: Fetch data from GitHub
- [ ] Step 3: Format and display results

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Step 1: Parse Query Type

| User Input | Query Type | Action | |------------|------------|--------| | 热门仓库 | rankings | Show top N repos | | Top 10 项目 | rankings | Show top N repos | | xxx/xxx 介绍 | detail | Get README summary | | python 话题 | rankings | Search python topic |

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Step 2: Fetch Data

Fetch Rankings

cd skills/github-topics
python src/github_fetcher.py

Requirements:

pip install requests

Fetch README (Optional)

python src/readme_fetcher.py

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Step 3: Format Results

Rankings Output

# GitHub Trending - python

| # | Repository | Stars | Language |
|---|------------|-------|----------|
| 1 | donnemartin/system-design-primer | 334K | Python |
| 2 | vinta/awesome-python | 281K | Python |
| 3 | project-based-learning | 257K | - |

Detail Output

# anthropics/claude-code

**Stars**: 15.2K
**Language**: TypeScript
**URL**: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code

## README Summary
Official Claude Code CLI for AI-powered software development. Claude Code is Anthropic's official CLI tool...

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Configuration

| Variable | Description | Default | |----------|-------------|---------| | GH_TOKEN | GitHub Personal Access Token (optional, for higher rate limits) | - | | TOPIC | GitHub topic to track | claude-code |

Note: GH_TOKEN is optional but recommended:

• With token: 5,000 requests/hour
• Without token: 60 requests/hour

Create token at: https://github.com/settings/tokens

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GitHub API Notes

| Limit Type | Rate | |------------|------| | Authenticated | 5,000 requests/hour | | Unauthenticated | 60 requests/hour |

Recommendation: Use GH_TOKEN for higher rate limits.

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Troubleshooting

| Issue | Solution | |-------|----------| | Rate limit | Set GH_TOKEN env var | | Network timeout | Check internet connection | | Empty results | Check topic name exists |

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CLI Reference

# Fetch rankings (default topic: claude-code)
python skills/github-topics/src/github_fetcher.py

# Fetch README
python skills/github-topics/src/readme_fetcher.py