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[External Plugin]: helpingio

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
json

Research direction

Start by reviewing the helpingio/skills repository at tag v0.1.26 and commit 7b467a05e7b36c775867f25bea42d110f9626051, including .claude-plugin/plugin.json and the skill documentation for API routes, errors, streaming, and tools. Compare the submission with existing external plugin entries to locate the marketplace listing format. Done means the repository is listed with the required metadata and the plugin can be loaded by Copilot CLI.

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Description

external-plugin requires-submitter-fixes third party
Plugin name

helpingio

Short description

Call the helping.io API (Open Responses compatible): create responses, stream, handle tools and errors. Submitted by helping.io, the API's maker.

GitHub repository

helpingio/skills

Plugin path inside the repository

No response

Ref to review

v0.1.26

Commit SHA to review

7b467a05e7b36c775867f25bea42d110f9626051

Version

0.1.26

License identifier

MIT

Author name

helping.io

Author URL

https://helping.io

Homepage URL

https://docs.helping.io

Keywords

api, openai-compatible, responses, streaming, llm-gateway

Additional notes for reviewers

Submitted by the helping.io team. The skill documents our API's routes, error codes and stream events, generated from docs.helping.io. Copilot CLI loads it from .claude-plugin/plugin.json.

Submission checklist
  • The plugin lives in a public GitHub repository.
  • The ref and/or sha I provided is immutable (release tag and/or full 40-character commit SHA), not a branch.
  • This submission follows this repository's contribution, security, and responsible AI policies.
  • This plugin is not already listed in the Awesome Copilot marketplace.
Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
5.2k
Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
133

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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