Michael Fairchild
Community@fairchild · California
Michael Fairchild publishes 18 Apache-2.0 skills spanning developer productivity, media generation, web data extraction, and agent orchestration for coding assistants.
Agent Skills by Michael Fairchild
Showing 18 vetted skills indexed across 1 GitHub repositories.
fairchildyoutube-content
Extract transcripts and metadata from YouTube videos for structured analysis.
fairchildimage-gen
Generate raster images from prompts using OpenAI, Gemini, Imagen, and fal.ai provider scripts.
fairchildagent-inbox
Implements file-based messaging between AI coding agents using markdown files and atomic filesystem operations.
fairchildbrainstorm-to-brief
Guides UI/UX design exploration from wide brainstorming to a polished HTML design brief.
fairchildclaude-code-cli
Invokes the Claude Code CLI as a controlled non-interactive subprocess from other shell agents.
fairchildgh-apps
Create, authenticate, and manage GitHub Apps via the GitHub Apps REST API.
fairchildbacklog
Manage markdown task backlogs through a maildir-style directory pipeline with git-based claiming.
fairchildfirecrawl-agent
Extract structured JSON data from multi-page websites using autonomous Firecrawl agent runs.
fairchildtart-gui-automation
Automates GUI workflows in ephemeral Tart macOS VMs via VNC and tart exec.
fairchildexcalidraw-diagrams
Create Excalidraw diagrams via HTTP API and verify output with Playwright screenshots.
fairchildrelease
Creates semantic versioned releases with generated changelogs, Git tags, and GitHub releases.
fairchildorca-finish
Certify whether an Orca-managed Git worktree is ready for manual closeout.
fairchildvocal
Speak text aloud and transcribe speech using local macOS tools or ElevenLabs APIs.
fairchildupdate-dependencies
Automates dependency updates across npm, Python, and Rust ecosystems with security audits and risk scoring.
fairchildx-ai-feed
Generate a self-contained HTML feed of recent posts from curated X accounts via Firecrawl scraping.
fairchildfrontend-design
Generate production-grade frontend interfaces with distinctive typography, color, motion, and layout design.
fairchildskill-building
Create, validate, package, and evaluate Claude skills with scripts and reference guides.
fairchildanalyze-usage
Loads Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor logs into DuckDB for SQL-based usage analysis.
Frequently Asked Questions About Michael Fairchild
FAQPage SchemaWhat tasks can I accomplish with Michael Fairchild's skill collection?▼
The 18 skills cover YouTube transcript analysis, image generation, Excalidraw diagrams, frontend UI builds, GitHub App management, semantic releases, dependency upgrades across npm/uv/cargo, Firecrawl structured web extraction, Tart macOS VM GUI runs, TTS/STT voice, agent inbox messaging, backlogs, and usage analytics.
Who is the target audience for these skills?▼
Software engineers, release managers, and designers working with coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. The skills suit developers automating releases, dependency maintenance, GitHub App administration, design briefs, and structured data collection from the terminal.
How do the skills run in practice?▼
Each skill ships as a folder with native frontmatter defining name, description, and triggers. Several set disable-model-invocation for explicit invocation only; firecrawl-agent restricts execution to Bash firecrawl commands, and tart-gui-automation drives headless macOS VMs via tart exec and VNC.
What license and cost apply to these skills?▼
All skills are released under the Apache-2.0 open-source license, permitting free use, modification, and redistribution. Some capabilities require third-party services with their own costs, such as ElevenLabs for cloud speech, Firecrawl for extraction, and OpenAI, Gemini, Imagen, or fal.ai for image generation.
What prerequisites or dependencies do the skills need?▼
Dependencies vary per skill: Tart and macOS for GUI VM runs, Firecrawl CLI for web extraction, ElevenLabs credentials or local mlx-whisper for voice, package managers like npm, bun, uv, or cargo for dependency updates, and GitHub App credentials for JWT and installation token operations.