Publish to GitHub Awesome Lists

Get our repo listed in popular GitHub awesome lists to drive organic discovery.

Step 1: Craft the entry message

Before searching for lists, decide what to say. Read our README.md carefully — match its tone exactly (lowercase, direct, Karpathy-style, no marketing language).

Write three versions of the entry description:

• Long (~2 sentences) — for lists that allow detailed entries
• Medium (~1 sentence) — for standard lists
• Short (under 15 words) — for tight table formats

Rules:

• No "your" — it's a marketing trap
• No adjectives like "powerful", "seamless", "cutting-edge", "revolutionary"
• Lead with what it looks like to use (e.g. "WhatsApp-like interface") — concrete references everyone understands
• Highlight the three differentiators: chat-style multi-agent UI, autopilot routing while afk, mobile remote
• State what it does, not what it "enables" or "empowers"

Show the drafts to the user for approval before proceeding.

Step 2: Search for awesome lists

Use the internal search tool to find candidate lists:

(cd /Users/rusty/Projects/temp/gpt-oss-20b-MXFP4-Q8 && npm run search:cli -- '{"queries":[
  "awesome AI coding agents CLI tools github list site:github.com",
  "awesome AI development tools terminal agents github site:github.com",
  "awesome list claude code codex gemini CLI agents site:github.com",
  "awesome open source AI tools agents frameworks github site:github.com",
  "awesome AI code assistants IDE tools github list site:github.com",
  "awesome terminal tools developer productivity AI github site:github.com",
  "awesome AI agents autonomous coding tools curated list site:github.com"
]}')

You can send up to 7 queries at once. Results arrive as JSON with

results[].items[].link

and

.title

.

Extract unique GitHub repo URLs from results.

Step 3: Evaluate candidates

For each repo found, get the star count:

gh api "repos/OWNER/REPO" --jq '.stargazers_count'

Run this in a batch for all candidates. Sort by stars descending.

Drop immediately:

• Archived repos
• Repos requiring paid products only
• Repos that are skill/SKILL.md lists (not tool lists) — unless we have a matching skill to submit
• Repos where we don't meet minimum star/age requirements

Check our repo stats too:

gh api repos/rustykuntz/clideck --jq '{stars: .stargazers_count, created: .created_at}'

Compare against each list's requirements (some need 20+ stars, 90+ days, 100+ stars, etc).

Step 4: Read contributing rules for each target

For every list we plan to submit to, fetch and read:

1. CONTRIBUTING.md

   (try main branch, then master)

2. .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

3. The README itself — check the entry format by looking at 2-3 existing entries near where ours would go

Pay attention to:

• Submission method: PR vs issue form vs Google Form (some ban PRs — e.g. awesome-claude-code uses issue forms only, PRs = ban)
• CLI vs web-only: some repos (e.g. hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code) explicitly ban

  gh

  CLI submissions and require the GitHub web UI form. Check issue templates for "does not allow resource submissions via the

  gh

  CLI" language. These must be submitted by the user manually — prepare the form field values and hand them over.
• Entry format: plain markdown list, table rows, HTML details blocks — match exactly
• Ordering: alphabetical vs bottom-of-section
• Required elements: stars badges, specific badge styles, checklist items
• Star/age minimums
• PR title format (some require exact patterns like "Add APP_NAME")
• Whether they use data files (YAML/JSON) instead of README edits
• Auto-reject rules: some repos auto-close PRs from new repos with low stars/short history (e.g. kyrolabs/awesome-agents). Don't submit if we clearly don't meet the bar — it looks bad.

Build a table for the user summarizing each target: repo, stars, section, format, submission method, blockers.

Step 5: Fork and submit

For each target repo:

# Fork
gh repo fork OWNER/REPO --clone=false

# Sync fork
gh repo sync rustykuntz/FORK

# Create branch
SHA=$(gh api repos/rustykuntz/FORK/git/ref/heads/main --jq '.object.sha')
gh api repos/rustykuntz/FORK/git/refs -f ref=refs/heads/add-clideck -f sha="$SHA"

# Get file content and SHA
gh api -X GET repos/rustykuntz/FORK/contents/README.md --field ref=add-clideck --jq '.sha'

To edit and upload via API (avoids cloning):

1. Download the file content
2. Insert our entry at the correct position (use python3 for multiline insertions — awk/sed break on complex entries)
3. Base64 encode the updated content
4. Push via Contents API:

gh api repos/rustykuntz/FORK/contents/README.md \
  -X PUT \
  -f message="Add clideck to SECTION_NAME" \
  -f content="$ENCODED" \
  -f sha="$FILE_SHA" \
  -f branch=add-clideck

5. Always verify the edit before creating the PR:

gh api -X GET repos/rustykuntz/FORK/contents/README.md --field ref=add-clideck --jq '.content' | base64 -d | grep -B2 -A2 "clideck"

6. Create PR matching the repo's requirements:

gh pr create --repo OWNER/REPO \
  --head rustykuntz:add-clideck \
  --title "TITLE MATCHING THEIR FORMAT" \
  --body "BODY WITH THEIR CHECKLIST/TEMPLATE"

For issue-based submissions (like awesome-claude-code):

gh issue create --repo OWNER/REPO --title "TITLE" --body "BODY"

Step 6: Track results

Print a final summary table with all submissions: repo, stars, type (PR/issue), link, and any blockers.

Note any lists that are parked (we don't meet requirements yet) with the specific threshold we need to hit and when to retry.