| # API playbook | |
| Use GitHub API version `2022-11-28` and `GITHUB_TOKEN` when available: | |
| ```text | |
| GET /repos/{owner}/{repo} | |
| GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases?per_page=100 | |
| GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits?per_page=100&page={n} | |
| GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stargazers?per_page=100&page={n} | |
| GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors?per_page=1&anon=true | |
| ``` | |
| For timestamped stargazers send `Accept: application/vnd.github.star+json`. Record rate-limit and pagination limits. Label interpolation and coverage when sampling. | |
| Use exact-name and channel-specific web queries. Search engines are discovery tools, not final evidence. Open canonical result URLs. | |
| ```text | |
| "{project}" "GitHub Trending" | |
| "{project}" stars | |
| site:reddit.com "{project}" | |
| site:news.ycombinator.com "{project}" | |
| site:producthunt.com "{project}" | |
| site:x.com "{project}" | |
| site:instagram.com "{project}" | |
| site:tiktok.com "{project}" | |
| site:youtube.com/watch "{project}" | |
| "{project}" tutorial OR install OR review | |
| "{project}" Japanese OR Chinese OR Spanish | |
| ``` | |