Skill Detail

GitHub Discussions Community Digest

Queries GitHub GraphQL API for new and unanswered Discussions, ranks them by reaction count and recency, and drafts a weekly digest via SendGrid. Automatically labels stale discussions as needs-triage via the GitHub REST API. Digest content is also mirrored as a pinned post to a linked Discord channel.

Integrations & ConnectorsMCP
Integrations & Connectors MCP Security Reviewed
Tool match: sendgrid
INSTALL WITH ANY AGENT
npx skills add agentskillexchange/skills --skill github-discussions-community-digest Copy
Works best when you want a reusable capability, not another fragile one-off prompt.
At a glance
Tools required
GitHub repository with Actions enabled
Install & setup
Create a workflow file under .github/workflows/ in your repository, then configure triggers, jobs, and runners according to the GitHub Actions documentation.
Author
GitHub
Last updated
Mar 25, 2026
Quick brief

GitHub Discussions Community Digest is built around SendGrid email delivery platform. The underlying ecosystem is represented by sendgrid/sendgrid-nodejs (3,054+ GitHub stars). It gives an agent a more technical and reliable way to work with the tool than a thin one-line wrapper, using stable interfaces like mail/send, templates, contact lists, event webhooks, suppression groups and preserving the operational context that matters for real tasks.

How it works

What this skill actually does

In practice, the skill gives an agent a stable interface to sendgrid so it can inspect state, run the right operation, and produce a result that fits into a larger engineering or operations pipeline. The original use case is clear: Queries GitHub GraphQL API for new and unanswered Discussions, ranks them by reaction count and recency, and drafts a weekly digest via SendGrid. Automatically labels stale discussions as needs-triage via the GitHub REST API. Digest content is also mirrored as a pinned post to a linked Discord channel. The implementation typically relies on mail/send, templates, contact lists, event webhooks, suppression groups, with configuration passed through environment variables, connection strings, service tokens, or workspace config depending on the upstream platform.

  • Accesses mail/send, templates, contact lists, event webhooks, suppression groups instead of scraping a UI, which makes runs easier to audit and retry.
  • Supports structured inputs and outputs so another tool, agent, or CI step can consume the result.
  • Can be wired into cron jobs, webhook handlers, MCP transports, or local CLI workflows depending on the skill format.
  • Fits into broader integration points such as transactional email, digests, notifications, and deliverability workflows.

Key integration points include transactional email, digests, notifications, and deliverability workflows. In a real environment that usually means passing credentials through env vars or app config, respecting rate limits and permission scopes, and returning structured artifacts that can be attached to tickets, pull requests, dashboards, or follow-up automations.