costajohnt/oss-scout
Find open source issues personalized to your contribution history. Three-strategy search, deep vetting, and viability scoring.
Platform-specific configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"oss-scout": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"oss-scout"
]
}
}
}Add the config above to .claude/settings.json under the mcpServers key.
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<h1 align="center">oss-scout</h1>
<p align="center"> Find open source issues personalized to <em>your</em> contribution history </p>
<p align="center"> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@oss-scout/core"></a> </p>
Most issue finders search GitHub for good first issue labels and hand you a list. You could do that yourself in 30 seconds.
oss-scout is different. It knows which repos you've contributed to, which maintainers have merged your work before, and which projects are actually responsive. It searches strategically, vets every result, and tells you where your next PR has the highest chance of getting merged.
gh auth login (install) or set GITHUB_TOKEN env varnpx @oss-scout/core setup # configure (no install needed)
npx @oss-scout/core search # find issuesOr install globally: npm install -g @oss-scout/core
1. Configure your preferences:
$ oss-scout setup
š§ oss-scout setup
Detecting GitHub username...
GitHub username [yourname]:
Preferred languages (or "any" for all) [any]: typescript, rust
Issue labels to search for [good first issue, help wanted]:
Difficulty scope (beginner, intermediate, advanced) [all]: beginner, intermediate
Minimum repo stars [50]: 100
Project categories (nonprofit, devtools, infrastructLoading reviews...