Skill Seekers GitHub Action

March 17, 2026 · View on GitHub

Transform documentation, GitHub repos, PDFs, videos, and 13 other source types into AI-ready skills and RAG knowledge — directly in your CI/CD pipeline.

Quick Start

- uses: yusufkaraaslan/skill-seekers-action@v3
  with:
    source: 'https://react.dev'

Inputs

InputRequiredDefaultDescription
sourceYesSource URL, file path, or owner/repo
commandNocreateCommand: create, scrape, github, pdf, video, analyze, unified
targetNoclaudeTarget platform: claude, openai, gemini, langchain, llamaindex, markdown
configNoPath to JSON config file
output-dirNooutputOutput directory
extra-argsNoAdditional CLI arguments

Outputs

OutputDescription
skill-dirPath to the generated skill directory
skill-nameName of the generated skill

Examples

Auto-update documentation skill weekly

name: Update AI Skills
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 6 * * 1'  # Every Monday 6am UTC
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  update-skills:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - uses: yusufkaraaslan/skill-seekers-action@v3
        with:
          source: 'https://react.dev'
          target: 'langchain'

      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: react-skill
          path: output/

Generate skill from GitHub repo

- uses: yusufkaraaslan/skill-seekers-action@v3
  with:
    source: 'pallets/flask'
    command: 'github'
    target: 'claude'

Process PDF documentation

- uses: actions/checkout@v4

- uses: yusufkaraaslan/skill-seekers-action@v3
  with:
    source: 'docs/api-reference.pdf'
    command: 'pdf'

Unified multi-source build with config

- uses: actions/checkout@v4

- uses: yusufkaraaslan/skill-seekers-action@v3
  with:
    config: 'configs/my-project.json'
    command: 'unified'
    target: 'openai'

Commit generated skill back to repo

- uses: actions/checkout@v4

- uses: yusufkaraaslan/skill-seekers-action@v3
  id: generate
  with:
    source: 'https://fastapi.tiangolo.com'

- name: Commit skill
  run: |
    git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
    git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
    git add output/
    git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m "Update AI skill: ${{ steps.generate.outputs.skill-name }}"
    git push

Environment Variables

Pass API keys as environment variables for AI-enhanced skills:

env:
  ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
  OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
  GOOGLE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_API_KEY }}
  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Supported Source Types

TypeExample Source
Documentation (web)https://react.dev
GitHub repopallets/flask or https://github.com/pallets/flask
PDFdocs/manual.pdf
Videohttps://youtube.com/watch?v=...
Local codebase./src
Jupyter Notebookanalysis.ipynb
OpenAPI/Swaggeropenapi.yaml
Word (.docx)docs/guide.docx
EPUBbook.epub
PowerPointslides.pptx
AsciiDocdocs/guide.adoc
HTMLpage.html
RSS/Atomfeed.rss
Man pagestool.1
ConfluenceVia config file
NotionVia config file
Chat (Slack/Discord)Via config file

License

MIT