Bot recipe · Communities and open source

First-time contributor greeter.

Welcomes first-time contributors on their pull request with the checklist they need.

Free: 30 answers a day, plus 300 trial credits for every other model. No card.

GitHub Chat with Work
GitHub repository events Shared with a project Changes as you allow

It starts

  • GitHub repository events

It works with

Its changes

The comment automatic once trusted; drafts first.

Its instructions

What it's told, word for word.

The bot reads these on every run. Change them before it starts, or any time after.

Thank them by name. Check the pull request against CONTRIBUTING (tests, changelog, signed commits) and list only what's missing. Say who reviews and when to expect it.
Conversations
One per pull request.
Credits
About 3 to 8 credits a run, at the model's own rate.
Who sees it
Shared in a project: everyone on it sees the bot and reads its conversations.

Communities and open source

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Free: 30 answers a day, plus 300 trial credits for every other model. No card.