Top Repos + Fame, Traffic & Agents

Resources: https://thenextnewthing.ai/l/github-repos-sep25
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Andrew Warner and Adam break down the top GitHub repos of the week, including AI-powered PR teams, open-source alternatives to expensive SaaS, multi-agent orchestration, financial AI skills, code review, Claude Code workflows, agent skill packs, and tools for running multiple coding agents side by side.

They start with three repos getting extra attention this week: NewsJack, OpenSEO, and Paperclip. NewsJack turns an LLM into a PR manager that can research stories and reporters, while Jev makes the decision-making process dramatically faster and cheaper. OpenSEO is an open-source Semrush alternative that gives users access to SEO data without the traditional SaaS pricing model. Paperclip takes a different approach by organizing multiple AI agents into a company-like structure, giving teams a central place to manage agents and assign work.

The top 10 then cover Anthropic’s Financial Services skills, Alibaba’s Open Code Review, Claude Code’s support for `agents.md`, ECC’s extensive engineering skill pack, Tencent’s WeKnora knowledge system, Addy Osmani’s Agent Skills, Anthropic’s Knowledge Work Plugins, Orca for running multiple coding agents, Tencent Cloud’s Octop, and Claude Code Templates. Andrew and Adam also discuss Zapier MCP and the Zapier SDK, how shared agent instructions can simplify working across different coding agents, and why specialized skills can give agents years of accumulated expertise.

They wrap up with a look at how AI is being used in their own workflows, including Andrew’s system for identifying moments of passion from calls and Slack, and Adam’s project to build a custom call recorder combining the best parts of Granola and Fireflies.

Repos Featured:

- anthropics/financial-services — https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services
- alibaba/open-code-review — https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review
- anthropics/claude-code — https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
- affaan-m/ECC — https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC
- Tencent/WeKnora — https://github.com/Tencent/WeKnora
- addyosmani/agent-skills — https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills
- anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins — https://github.com/anthropics/....knowledge-work-plugi
- stablyai/orca — https://github.com/stablyai/orca
- TencentCloud/Octop — https://github.com/TencentCloud/Octop
- davila7/claude-code-templates — https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates

Additional Repos:

- elvisun/newsjack — https://github.com/elvisun/newsjack
- every-app/open-seo — https://github.com/every-app/open-seo
- paperclipai/paperclip — https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip

00:00 Top 10 GitHub Repos This Week
00:15 NewsJack + Jev
01:33 Jev for Fast, Cheap Decisions
02:50 OpenSEO: Open-Source Semrush Alternative
04:04 Why OpenSEO Is Getting Attention
05:32 Paperclip: Manage Multiple AI Agents
07:26 Anthropic Financial Services
09:52 Alibaba Open Code Review
12:14 Claude Code + agents.md
14:10 Agent Skills & MCPs
15:06 Zapier MCP + Zapier SDK
16:26 ECC Engineering Skills
18:37 WeKnora: AI Knowledge Management
20:10 Agent Skills vs. ECC
22:32 Monid AI
23:37 Anthropic Knowledge Work Plugins
24:52 Using Skills Across the Team
25:03 Orca: Run Multiple Coding Agents
27:02 The New Era of AI Coding Interfaces
28:08 Tencent Cloud Octop
29:45 Claude Code Templates
32:20 Andrew’s AI-Powered Content Workflow
33:20 Building a Custom Call Recorder
34:49 More GitHub Repos

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