Overview
ai-ready is an open-source integrations skill for GitHub Copilot, published by github. Its author describes it as: “Make any repo AI-ready — analyzes your codebase and generates AGENTS.md, copilot-instructions.md, CI workflows, issue templates, and more. Mines your PR review patterns and creates files customized to your stack. USE…”. The project has 38k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/ai-ready`.
What ai-ready does
This skill helps the user install the latest ai-ready skill by John Papa.
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What’s inside
The SKILL.md for ai-ready is organised into these sections:
- Steps
Installation
Add ai-ready to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/ai-readyReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- GitHub Copilot — named in the skill.md
License
ai-ready is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in github/awesome-copilot, an established project with 37,982 GitHub stars
- Works with GitHub Copilot
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does ai-ready do?
- Make any repo AI-ready — analyzes your codebase and generates AGENTS.md, copilot-instructions.md, CI workflows, issue templates, and more. Mines your PR review patterns and creates files customized to your stack. USE THIS SKILL when the user asks to "make this repo ai-ready", "set up AI config", or "prepare this repo for AI contributions".
- How do I install ai-ready?
- Run git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/ai-ready in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot before installing.
- Is ai-ready free to use?
- Yes. ai-ready is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does ai-ready work with?
- ai-ready lists GitHub Copilot — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does ai-ready come from?
- ai-ready ships inside github/awesome-copilot, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 37,982 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.