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🚀 New Agent: OSS Contributor

Overview

This PR introduces the OSS Contributor agent, a comprehensive assistant designed to help users contribute to open-source projects from start to finish. The agent acts as an experienced collaborator, guiding users through the entire contribution workflow.

🎯 Key Features

End-to-End Workflow:

  • Repository verification and setup
  • Issue discovery and selection (prioritizing 'good first issue' and 'help wanted' labels)
  • Environment preparation (forking, branching, dependency installation)
  • Fix implementation with testing
  • PR creation and submission

Smart Automation:

  • Automatic repository forking and configuration
  • Intelligent retry mechanisms for API failures
  • Fallback strategies (GitHub API → GitHub CLI → Manual guidance)
  • Clean branch management with descriptive naming

Quality Assurance:

  • Ensures unit tests are added/updated
  • Runs test suites and linters before committing
  • Professional PR descriptions with proper attribution
  • Comprehensive error handling and user guidance

🛠️ Tools Used

  • shell - Git operations, installations, command execution
  • file_search - Repository file discovery
  • full_text_search - Code analysis and search
  • webpage_content - Documentation access
  • web_search - Additional research capabilities
  • file_edit - Code modifications and fixes
  • memory - Context retention across sessions
  • requirements - Dependency management
  • Github - GitHub API interactions

🎨 User Experience

  • Conversational: Natural, friendly interaction style
  • Proactive: Takes initiative to solve problems
  • Professional: Clear explanations and status updates
  • Resilient: Intelligent retry logic and fallback options
  • Respectful: Minimizes user interruptions, asks only when necessary

📋 Workflow Steps

  1. Repository Verification - Confirms target repository and remotes
  2. Issue Discovery - Fetches and presents suitable open issues
  3. Issue Selection - User picks issue, agent confirms and prepares
  4. Environment Setup - Forking, branching, dependency installation
  5. Implementation - Code changes, testing, and documentation
  6. PR Submission - Automated PR creation with proper attribution

🔧 Technical Implementation

  • Comprehensive error handling with multiple retry strategies
  • Proper JSON formatting with escaped special characters and emojis
  • Detailed workflow documentation with examples
  • Attribution requirements for Zencoder integration

✅ Testing

  • JSON syntax validation passed
  • All special characters properly escaped
  • Tool configuration verified
  • Workflow logic reviewed

🎉 Benefits

  • For New Contributors: Guided experience reduces barriers to OSS contribution
  • For Maintainers: Higher quality PRs with proper testing and documentation
  • For Projects: Increased community engagement and contribution volume

Solved with Zencoder

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