12 Factor Agents
What are the principles we can use to build LLM-powered software that is actually good enough to put in the hands of production customers?
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GitHub automation
Browse skills for pull requests, issues, repository triage, changelog generation, release notes, and developer workflow automation.
Choose it when
- You want a GitHub-backed skill with 21.8K stars.
- You need a reusable install command for agents.
- You want to compare it with related marketplace skills.
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- Pushed 8mo ago
- License: Unknown
- Review the repository README and examples.
Quality profile
Excellent candidate for agent workflows
High-confidence pick with strong adoption and healthy maintenance signals.
Workflow fit
Use this skill in these scenarios
Manage repositories
GitHub automation
I need my agent to triage GitHub issues, review pull requests, and summarize repository changes.
Build and ship code
Coding agents
I need a coding agent that can understand a repository, edit code, and review pull requests.
Search private knowledge
RAG and knowledge
I need my agent to build a RAG workflow over documents and retrieve reliable context.
Stack fit
Add it to a complete workflow
Inspect, patch, and verify code
Coding review agent
A stack for software agents that inspect repositories, review pull requests, generate tests, and turn findings into shippable patches.
Ingest, retrieve, and cite
RAG knowledge base
A stack for document-heavy agents that ingest files, create searchable knowledge, retrieve relevant context, and answer with grounded sources.
Operate and verify web apps
Browser QA agent
A stack for agents that navigate products, fill forms, take screenshots, and verify real user flows across web applications.
Overview
What are the principles we can use to build LLM-powered software that is actually good enough to put in the hands of production customers?
Imported by the skill-only GitHub discovery pipeline because it matches agent skill, automation, RAG, or developer-tool signals. Protocol-server projects are excluded from automated imports.
Platform Compatibility
Technical Details
- Version
- 1.0.0
- License
- Unknown
- Last Updated
- 5/23/2026
- Published
- 5/23/2026
Frameworks & Tools
Author
humanlayer✓
@humanlayer
Platform Fit
Health Signals
- GitHub stars
- 21.8K
- Quality score
- 63/100
- Last GitHub push
- Sep 21, 2025
- Framework hints
- 2
Community Signal
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Trust & Safety
- —Open source (public GitHub repo)
- —AI static analysis passed
- —License: Unknown
- —Manually verified by team
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