About ContribAI
ContribAI is an MCP server in the Agents category: autonomous AI agent that contributes to open source — discovers repos, analyzes code, generates fixes, and submits PRs.
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ContribAI
Autonomous AI agent that discovers, analyzes, and submitsPull Requests to open source projects on GitHub.
Getting Started · Features · Commands · Architecture · Hall of Fame
Set it up once. Wake up to merged PRs.
🏆 Track Record
| Metric | |
|---|---|
| PRs Submitted | 44+ |
| PRs Merged | 10 |
| Repos Contributed | 21+ |
| Languages Analyzed | 13 |
Notable Contributions:
🌍 Worldmonitor — 45k ⭐ · 3 merged
🕵️ Maigret — 19k ⭐ · 3 merged
🤖 AI-Research-SKILLs — 6k ⭐ · 1 merged
📊 s-tui — 5k ⭐ · 1 merged
🔍 HolmesGPT — 2k ⭐ · 1 merged
See the full Hall of Fame → for every PR with links.
⚡ How It Works
┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ Discovery │────▶│ Analysis │────▶│ Generator │────▶│ PR + CI │────▶│ Patrol │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ Search repos│ │ 13-lang AST │ │ LLM-powered │ │ Fork, commit│ │ Auto-fix │
│ by language │ │ 27 skills │ │ code gen + │ │ create PR │ │ review │
│ and stars │ │ security, │ │ self-review │ │ sign CLA │ │ feedback │
│ │ │ quality, │ │ + scoring │ │ monitor CI │ │ & reply │
│ │ │ performance │ │ │ │ │ │ │
└─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘
🚀 Getting Started
Install
# Build from source (recommended)
git clone https://github.com/tang-vu/ContribAI.git && cd ContribAI
cargo install --path crates/contribai-rs
# Or one-line install
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tang-vu/ContribAI/main/install.sh | bash
# Windows:
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tang-vu/ContribAI/main/install.ps1 | iex
Configure
contribai init # Interactive setup wizard
contribai login # Verify auth + switch LLM providers
Run
contribai hunt # Autonomous: discover → analyze → PR
contribai target <repo_url> # Target a specific repo
contribai analyze <repo_url> # Dry-run analysis (no PRs)
contribai interactive # Browse in ratatui TUI
github:
token: "ghp_your_token" # or set GITHUB_TOKEN env var
llm:
provider: "gemini" # gemini | openai | anthropic | ollama | vertex
model: "gemini-3-flash-preview"
api_key: "your_api_key" # or set GEMINI_API_KEY env var
# base_url: "https://api.openai.com/v1" # Optional: override default endpoint for OpenAI-compatible providers
discovery:
languages: # default: all 15 languages
- python
- javascript
- typescript
- go
- rust
stars_range: [100, 5000]
See config.yaml.template for all options.
✨ Features
🔍 Code Analysis
- 13-language AST via tree-sitter
- Security: SQLi, XSS, resource leaks
- Code quality, complexity, dead code
- Performance bottlenecks
- Documentation gaps
- 27 progressive skills loaded on-demand
🤖 Multi-LLM Support
- Gemini 3.x (default) — Flash, Pro, Lite tiers
- OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, Vertex AI
- Smart task routing across model tiers
- 5 specialized sub-agents
🎯 Hunt Mode
- Multi-round autonomous hunting
- Issue-first strategy
- Cross-file fixes
- Outcome learning per repo
👁 PR Patrol
- Monitors PRs for review feedback
- LLM-classifies maintainer comments
- Auto-pushes code fixes
- Auto-replies to questions
- Auto-cleans stale PRs from memory
🔌 Integrations
- MCP Server — 21 tools for Claude Desktop
- Web Dashboard — axum REST API at
:8787 - Cron Scheduler — automated runs
- Docker — compose-ready deployment
- Webhooks — Slack, Discord, Telegram
🛡 Safety
- AI policy detection
- CLA auto-signing
- Quality gate scoring
- Duplicate PR prevention
- Protected file guardrails
Supported Languages
| Deep AST (tree-sitter) | Fallback Parser |
|---|---|
| Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · Go · Rust · Java | Kotlin → Java |
| C · C++ · Ruby · PHP · C# · HTML · CSS | Swift → Java · Vue/Svelte → HTML |
📖 Commands
ContribAI ships with 40+ commands accessible via CLI or interactive menu.
contribai hunt # Autonomous discovery + PRs
contribai hunt --dry-run # Analyze only, no PRs
contribai run # Single pipeline run
contribai target <url> # Target specific repo
contribai analyze <url> # Dry-run analysis
contribai solve <url> # Solve open issues
contribai patrol # Respond to PR reviews
contribai status # PR status table
contribai stats # Contribution statistics
contribai leaderboard # Merge rate by repo
contribai system-status # DB, rate limits, scheduler
contribai # Interactive menu (22 items)
contribai interactive # ratatui TUI browser
contribai init # Setup wizard
contribai login # Interactive auth + provider config
contribai config-list # Show all config
contribai config-get llm.provider # Get config value
contribai config-set llm.provider openai # Set config value
contribai profile security-focused # Named profile
contribai web-server # Dashboard at :8787
contribai schedule # Cron scheduler
contribai mcp-server # MCP stdio server
contribai cleanup # Remove stale forks
contribai notify-test # Test Slack/Discord/Telegram
🏗 Architecture
ContribAI/
├── crates/contribai-rs/src/ ← Rust v6.8.0 (primary)
│ ├── cli/ 40+ commands + ratatui TUI
│ ├── core/ Config, events, error types
│ ├── github/ REST v3 + GraphQL client
│ ├── analysis/ 13-lang AST + 27 skills
│ ├── generator/ LLM code generation + scoring
│ ├── orchestrator/ Pipeline + SQLite memory (72h TTL)
│ ├── llm/ Multi-provider + 5 sub-agents
│ ├── pr/ PR lifecycle + patrol + CI
│ ├── mcp/ 21-tool MCP server (stdio)
│ ├── web/ axum dashboard + webhooks
│ ├── sandbox/ Docker + local fallback
│ └── tools/ Tool protocol interface
│
└── python/ Legacy v4.1.0 (reference only)
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Language | Rust 2021 (primary), Python 3.11+ (legacy) |
| Async | Tokio (full), async/await throughout |
| HTTP | reqwest 0.12 (async, rustls-tls) |
| Database | SQLite (rusqlite, bundled) |
| LLM | Gemini 3.x, OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, Vertex AI |
| GitHub | REST API v3 + GraphQL |
| AST | tree-sitter (13 languages) |
| Web | axum 0.7 + tower-http |
| TUI | ratatui + crossterm |
| CLI | clap v4 + dialoguer + colored |
| Tests | 602 tests (mockall, wiremock, tokio-test, criterion) |
See docs/system-architecture.md for the full design.
🧪 Testing
cargo test # Run all 602 tests
cargo test -- --nocapture # With stdout output
cargo test ast_intel # AST module tests only
cargo clippy # Lint check
🔌 MCP Server
Use ContribAI as a tool provider for Claude Desktop or Antigravity IDE:
{
"mcpServers": {
"contribai": {
"command": "contribai",
"args": ["mcp-server"]
}
}
}
21 tools available: repo analysis, PR management, GitHub search, issue solving, memory queries, and more.
🐳 Docker
docker compose up -d dashboard # Dashboard at :8787
docker compose run --rm runner run # One-shot pipeline run
docker compose up -d dashboard scheduler # Dashboard + cron scheduler
📚 Documentation
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| Hall of Fame | 10 merged · 14 closed across 21+ repos |
| AGENTS.md | AI agent guide — architecture, patterns, CLI reference |
| Deployment Guide | Install, Docker, config, all 22 CLI commands |
| System Architecture | Pipeline, middleware, events, LLM routing |
| Codebase Summary | Module map, tech stack, data structures |
| Project Roadmap | Version history and future plans |
📄 License
AGPL-3.0 + Commons Clause — see LICENSE for details.
Built with Rust 🦀 and LLMs 🤖
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