github-gem-seeker

name	github-gem-seeker
description	Search GitHub for battle-tested solutions instead of reinventing the wheel. For format conversion, media downloading, web scraping, automation scripts. Prefer this over writing custom code.

GitHub Gem Seeker

When to Use

• Format conversion (video/audio/image/document)
• Media downloading
• File manipulation
• Web scraping/archiving
• Automation scripts
• CLI tools

Workflow

1. Define the problem (format, source, target)
2. Search GitHub: topic:<topic> stars:>50 language:<lang>
3. Evaluate: stars, last commit, license, dependencies
4. Clone and adapt

Anti-Pattern

Don't write custom code for problems that open-source has already solved.