GitHub & Engineering
Track engineering activity, open source engagement, and repository health across millions of companies with public GitHub presence.
GitHub insights surface engineering activity patterns that indicate technical growth, open source strategy, and development team health. These insights help identify companies actively investing in technology or facing engineering challenges.
Why This Insight Matters
- Identify technical growth — Companies with high engineering velocity are scaling and may need supporting tools
- Spot open source strategy — New releases indicate product innovation and developer relations investment
- Detect infrastructure investment — Cloud, DevOps, and platform investments signal enterprise maturity
- Track community health — Star growth and fork activity indicate market interest and adoption
Available Subtypes
| Signal | Subtype Enum | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid Growth | githubRapidGrowth | Repository experiencing fast star/fork growth (>20% in 90 days) |
| High Adoption | githubHighAdoption | High fork ratio indicates developers actively building on this project |
| New Project Traction | githubNewProjectTraction | New repository gaining significant early traction |
| Portfolio Momentum | githubPortfolioMomentum | Company's GitHub portfolio shows strong overall engineering velocity |
| Major OSS Player | githubMajorOSSPlayer | Company maintains flagship repositories (10k+ stars) |
| Enterprise Signal | githubEnterpriseSignal | Signals of enterprise-grade development (security, compliance, scale) |
| Platform Ecosystem | githubPlatformEcosystem | Company building a developer platform/ecosystem |
| AI/ML Investment | githubAIMLInvestment | Active investment in AI/ML repositories and tooling |
| Infrastructure Investment | githubInfraInvestment | Investment in infrastructure, DevOps, and cloud tooling |
Response Fields
Core Signal Fields
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
signal_id | string (UUID) | "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890" | Unique identifier for this signal |
signal_type | string | "github-initiative" | Signal category |
signal_subtype | string | "githubAIMLInvestment" | Specific subtype enum |
detected_at | string (ISO 8601) | "2026-01-06T14:22:31.123456Z" | Timestamp when signal was detected |
batch_id | string | "gh-20260106-abc123" | Batch identifier for this signal run |
association | string | "company" | Association level (always "company" for this signal) |
Company Fields
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
company.name | string | "Stripe" | Company name |
company.domain | string | "stripe.com" | Company domain |
company.linkedin_url | string / null | null | LinkedIn company URL |
company.industries | array[string] | ["Financial Services", "Technology"] | Industry classifications |
company.description | string | "Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform..." | Company description |
Data Fields
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
data.summary | string | "Stripe launches AI agent toolkit for payments" | Short signal headline |
data.detail | string | "The stripe-agent-toolkit repository has grown 42%..." | Supporting detail with context |
data.relevance | float (0.0-1.0) | 0.83 | Business relevance score |
data.confidence | string | "high" | Confidence level: high, medium, low |
data.sentiment | string | "positive" | Sentiment: positive, neutral, negative |
data.referenced_repos | array[string] | ["stripe-agent-toolkit"] | Repositories referenced in the signal |
data.technologies_mentioned | array[string] | ["Python", "LLM", "AI Agents"] | Technologies mentioned in analysis |
Portfolio Metrics
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
data.portfolio_metrics.repository_count | integer | 40 | Total repositories in portfolio |
data.portfolio_metrics.growth.stars_pct.30d | float | 0.08 | Star growth percentage over 30 days |
data.portfolio_metrics.growth.stars_pct.60d | float | 0.13 | Star growth percentage over 60 days |
data.portfolio_metrics.growth.stars_pct.180d | float | 0.31 | Star growth percentage over 180 days |
data.portfolio_metrics.growth.forks_pct.30d | float | 0.06 | Fork growth percentage over 30 days |
data.portfolio_metrics.growth.forks_pct.60d | float | 0.11 | Fork growth percentage over 60 days |
data.portfolio_metrics.growth.forks_pct.180d | float | 0.29 | Fork growth percentage over 180 days |
data.portfolio_metrics.velocity.avg_stars_per_repo_30d | float | 34.2 | Average stars gained per repo in 30 days |
data.portfolio_metrics.concentration.top_3_star_share | float | 0.47 | Share of total stars held by top 3 repos |
Top Repositories
Each entry in data.top_repositories[] contains:
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | "stripe-agent-toolkit" | Repository name |
full_name | string | "stripe/stripe-agent-toolkit" | Full repository path |
url | string | "https://github.com/stripe/stripe-agent-toolkit" | GitHub URL |
description | string | "Python toolkit for building Stripe AI agents" | Repository description |
first_seen_at | string (ISO 8601) | "2024-11-11T17:13:41Z" | When repository was first detected |
current.stars | integer | 1184 | Current star count |
current.forks | integer | 181 | Current fork count |
current.watchers | integer | 1184 | Current watcher count |
growth_pct.stars.30d | float | 0.42 | Star growth percentage over 30 days |
growth_pct.stars.60d | float | 0.67 | Star growth percentage over 60 days |
growth_pct.stars.180d | float / null | null | Star growth percentage over 180 days (null if repo too new) |
growth_pct.forks.30d | float | 0.31 | Fork growth percentage over 30 days |
growth_pct.forks.60d | float | 0.52 | Fork growth percentage over 60 days |
growth_pct.forks.180d | float / null | null | Fork growth percentage over 180 days (null if repo too new) |
readme.text | string | "Build AI-powered payment experiences..." | README content (truncated) |
readme.source_url | string | "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stripe/..." | README source URL |
Full JSON Response Example
{
"signal_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
"signal_type": "github-initiative",
"signal_subtype": "githubAIMLInvestment",
"detected_at": "2026-01-06T14:22:31.123456Z",
"batch_id": "gh-20260106-abc123",
"association": "company",
"company": {
"name": "Stripe",
"domain": "stripe.com",
"linkedin_url": null,
"industries": ["Financial Services", "Technology"],
"description": "Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for the internet. Millions of businesses use Stripe to accept payments, send payouts, and manage their businesses online."
},
"data": {
"summary": "Stripe launches AI agent toolkit for payments",
"detail": "The stripe-agent-toolkit repository has grown 42% in 30 days with 1,184 stars, enabling developers to build AI agents that interact with Stripe APIs. This signals Stripe is betting heavily on AI-assisted payment experiences.",
"relevance": 0.83,
"confidence": "high",
"sentiment": "positive",
"referenced_repos": ["stripe-agent-toolkit"],
"technologies_mentioned": ["Python", "LLM", "AI Agents", "Payments API"],
"portfolio_metrics": {
"repository_count": 40,
"growth": {
"stars_pct": {
"30d": 0.08,
"60d": 0.13,
"180d": 0.31
},
"forks_pct": {
"30d": 0.06,
"60d": 0.11,
"180d": 0.29
}
},
"velocity": {
"avg_stars_per_repo_30d": 34.2
},
"concentration": {
"top_3_star_share": 0.47
}
},
"top_repositories": [
{
"name": "stripe-agent-toolkit",
"full_name": "stripe/stripe-agent-toolkit",
"url": "https://github.com/stripe/stripe-agent-toolkit",
"description": "Python toolkit for building Stripe AI agents",
"first_seen_at": "2024-11-11T17:13:41Z",
"current": {
"stars": 1184,
"forks": 181,
"watchers": 1184
},
"growth_pct": {
"stars": { "30d": 0.42, "60d": 0.67, "180d": null },
"forks": { "30d": 0.31, "60d": 0.52, "180d": null }
},
"readme": {
"text": "Build AI-powered payment experiences with LLM agents. The Stripe Agent Toolkit enables you to integrate Stripe APIs into your AI applications...",
"source_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stripe/stripe-agent-toolkit/main/README.md"
}
},
{
"name": "stripe-python",
"full_name": "stripe/stripe-python",
"url": "https://github.com/stripe/stripe-python",
"description": "Python library for the Stripe API",
"first_seen_at": "2011-06-25T19:53:04Z",
"current": {
"stars": 1931,
"forks": 478,
"watchers": 1931
},
"growth_pct": {
"stars": { "30d": 0.04, "60d": 0.07, "180d": 0.12 },
"forks": { "30d": 0.02, "60d": 0.05, "180d": 0.09 }
},
"readme": {
"text": "The Stripe Python library provides convenient access to the Stripe API from applications written in the Python language...",
"source_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stripe/stripe-python/master/README.md"
}
},
{
"name": "stripe-node",
"full_name": "stripe/stripe-node",
"url": "https://github.com/stripe/stripe-node",
"description": "Node.js library for the Stripe API",
"first_seen_at": "2011-08-03T14:22:11Z",
"current": {
"stars": 3842,
"forks": 721,
"watchers": 3842
},
"growth_pct": {
"stars": { "30d": 0.03, "60d": 0.05, "180d": 0.11 },
"forks": { "30d": 0.02, "60d": 0.04, "180d": 0.08 }
},
"readme": {
"text": "The Stripe Node library provides convenient access to the Stripe API from applications written in server-side JavaScript...",
"source_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stripe/stripe-node/master/README.md"
}
}
]
}
}API Usage
Generate Content API
{
"enabledInsights": ["githubRapidGrowth", "githubHighAdoption", "githubInfraInvestment"],
"disabledInsights": []
}Generate Insights API
{
"contactCompanyUrl": "stripe.com",
"insightSubtype": "githubAIMLInvestment"
}Example Output
"Noticed Stripe's engineering team just launched an AI agent toolkit—their stripe-agent-toolkit repo has grown 42% in the last month with over 1,100 stars. With that level of investment in AI-powered payment experiences, ensuring your AI integrations are reliable and well-monitored becomes critical. Would love to share how we help teams building AI-first products."
Coverage
- Refresh: Weekly
- Coverage: 1-25% of companies (requires public GitHub presence)
- Best for: Developer tools, DevOps, technical recruiting, infrastructure sales
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