A CLI tool that analyzes any public GitHub repository and surfaces quick-win contribution opportunities — tasks that can be completed quickly.
After setting up your .env, run:
npm run start https://github.com/expressjs/express$ npm run start https://github.com/expressjs/express
🔍 OSS Quick Wins Finder
✔ Repo found: expressjs/express (64,929 ⭐)
✔ Fetched 48 open issues, 5 languages, README: found
✔ Analysis complete — 8 opportunities identified.
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📦 expressjs/express
Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.
⭐ 64,929 stars 🍴 13,401 forks 💬 48 open issues fetched
📊 REPO ASSESSMENT
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Express has solid core documentation but thin inline code
comments and sparse JSDoc coverage across utility files...
🎯 QUICK WIN OPPORTUNITIES
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#1 📝 Expand middleware usage examples DOCUMENTATION [XS (< 1hr)]
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- Node.js 18+
- A DeepSeek API key — get one free at platform.deepseek.com
- A GitHub personal access token (optional, but recommended) — create one at github.com/settings/tokens with no special scopes needed for public repos. Without it, GitHub limits you to 60 API requests/hour per IP.
# Clone or download the project, then install dependencies
npm installcp .env.example .envOpen .env and fill in your keys:
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=sk-your_key_here # required
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here # optional but recommendednpx find-quick-wins <github-url>All of these input formats are accepted:
npx find-quick-wins https://github.com/expressjs/express
npx find-quick-wins http://github.com/facebook/react
npx find-quick-wins github.com/vercel/next.js
npx find-quick-wins vercel/next.js # shorthand
npx find-quick-wins https://github.com/owner/repo.git # .git suffix OKA 2–3 sentence AI-generated summary of the repository's current documentation quality and how welcoming it is to new contributors.
Between 5 and 10 ranked opportunities, each showing:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Short, action-oriented name for the task |
| Type badge | Category of work (see table below) |
| Effort | Estimated time to complete |
| Description | What needs doing and why |
| Why quick win | Why this task is a good quick win |
| Issue link | Link to a related GitHub issue, if one exists |
| Icon | Type | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 📝 | documentation |
Improve README, add API docs |
| 🧪 | tests |
Unit tests for utility functions |
| 💬 | code-comments |
JSDoc, inline comments, docstrings |
| ✏️ | typo-fix |
Spelling, grammar, copy corrections |
| 📖 | examples |
Usage examples, code snippets |
| 🔧 | linting |
Formatting, style, lint rule fixes |
| 📦 | dependency-update |
Safe, well-documented version bumps |
| ⚙️ | ci-cd |
GitHub Actions, badges, workflows |
| 🔍 | other |
Anything that doesn't fit above |
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
XS (< 1hr) |
A focused PR you can open in under an hour |
S (1-3hrs) |
A small but complete piece of work |
M (3-8hrs) |
About half a day's effort |
GitHub URL
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Parse owner/repo
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GitHub API ──► Repo metadata (stars, language, license, topics)
──► Open issues (up to 50, excluding PRs)
──► Language breakdown
──► README content (first 2,000 chars)
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DeepSeek API
Prompt includes all of the above context and asks for
a JSON list of quick-win opportunities ranked by priority
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Formatted CLI output
| Error | Fix |
|---|---|
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY is not set |
Add your key to .env |
Repository not found |
Check the URL; make sure the repo is public |
GitHub API rate limit exceeded |
Add GITHUB_TOKEN to .env |
DeepSeek authentication failed |
Verify your key at platform.deepseek.com |
Could not parse JSON |
Transient model output issue — just re-run the command |
| Timeout on DeepSeek call | Network issue or high load — retry after a moment |
find-quick-wins/
├── index.js # Main CLI script (single-file MVP)
├── package.json
├── .env.example # Environment variable template
└── README.md
MIT