What do I need to use Contributor Guide?

Project & stack; Dev setup; Workflow; Standards; Norms (optional).

Is Contributor Guide free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Contributor Guide

Q: How do I know the Contributor Guide output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Setup commands actually get the project running and tests passing; The contribution workflow is numbered and unambiguous (branch → change → test → PR); Standards (lint, tests, commit/PR conventions, CoC) are stated and linked; It points to good-first-issues and welcomes non-code contributions.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-06-30 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-devrel

Write a CONTRIBUTING guide that helps people contribute to an open-source project without friction. Use when asked to write a CONTRIBUTING.md, set up contribution guidelines, or make a repo welcoming to contributors. Produces a clear guide: how to set up, the contribution workflow, standards, PR expectations, and how to get help — lowering the barrier to a first PR.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

What to give it

▸Project & stack — what it is, language/framework, repo layout basics.

▸Dev setup — how to clone, install, run locally, and run tests.

▸Workflow — branch model, commit/PR conventions, where issues live, who reviews.

▸Standards — linting/formatting, test requirements, the Code of Conduct (link).

▸Norms (optional) — (optional) — how decisions are made, response times, good-first-issue process.

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Setup commands actually get the project running and tests passing

✓The contribution workflow is numbered and unambiguous (branch → change → test → PR)

✓Standards (lint, tests, commit/PR conventions, CoC) are stated and linked

✓It points to good-first-issues and welcomes non-code contributions

✓It's encouraging in tone and tells people exactly where to get help

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not assume the contributor knows the setup — spell out the exact commands

Do not leave PR expectations implicit — say what a mergeable PR includes

Do not be gatekeep-y or cold — friction and tone both lose contributors

Do not omit how to get help or who reviews — uncertainty stalls first PRs

Do not forget the Code of Conduct link — it sets the community standard

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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