# Assimilate Popular Workflows

Should be used when the user asks to "find skills in the wild", "assimilate popular...

- Repository: https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter (1887 stars)
- Category: Git and review
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill assimilate-popular-workflows -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill assimilate-popular-workflows -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill assimilate-popular-workflows -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill assimilate-popular-workflows -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add a5c-ai/babysitter`

## Description

This skill should be used when the user asks to "find skills in the wild", "assimilate popular workflows", "discover SKILL.md files in repos", "research external skills", "find workflow patterns", "survey the skill landscape", "what skills exist out there", or wants to investigate public repositories for extractable processes, babysitter plugins, and reusable procedural insights. Searches GitHub for SKILL.md files, classifies repos by archetype, and maintains structured research under docs/reference-repos/.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Assimilate Popular Workflows

Search public GitHub repositories for SKILL.md files, classify each repo by archetype, and maintain structured research documents under `docs/reference-repos/[org]/[repo-name]/`. The goal is not to copy skills verbatim but to extract transferable value: processes for the babysitter process library, babysitter marketplace plugin ideas, and implicit procedural knowledge that can be codified into babysitter JS processes.

### Process Library Placement Rules

Extracted processes go into the babysitter process library (`library/`). Placement depends on scope:

| What it is | Where it goes | Examples |
|------------|---------------|---------|
| Full generic dev methodology (entire workflow paradigm) | `methodologies/<name>/` | agile, gsd, tdd, scrum, kanban, waterfall |
| Common cross-domain pattern (reusable across many specializations) | `specializations/shared/` | audit-pipeline, expert-advisory, progressive-disclosure |
| Domain-specific process | `specializations/<domain>/` | security-compliance, devops-sre-platform, data-science-ml |

**Important**: Do NOT place domain-specific processes in `methodologies/`. Only full, generic development methodologies belong there. A "k8s security audit" is `specializations/security-compliance/`, not a methodology. A "deep research pipeline" is `specializations/shared/` (cross-domain). A "TDD agent workflow" is `methodologies/atdd-tdd/` (full dev methodology).

### Plugin Ideas = Babysitter Marketplace Plugins

A babysitter plugin is a set of natural language instructions (markdown) or deterministic coded processes (JS) that an AI agent reads and executes to install a modular set of capabilities. A plugin contains at minimum `install.md` with instructions the AI agent follows to modify the user's project. See `docs/plugins.md` for the full specification.

The rest: https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/assimilate-popular-workflows/SKILL.md