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Maintainer workload plan v1.0.0

Use this resource to size an open source maintainer's load and set limits

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install maintainer-workload-plan

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent compares real incoming requests with available hours, ranks possible moves (narrow scope, recruit a co-maintainer, move to maintenance mode, seek funding, step down with a handover) and drafts a status block for the README. You get a dated sustainability plan.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Details

Works in
Install guides
Generates with
Your agent's model
Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: load measurement method and choice of moves
  • references/co-maintainer-recruitment.md: recruiting a co-maintainer
  • references/stepping-down.md: handover and end-of-life steps

Good fit for

  • Unanswered requests on your project have exhausted you
  • You want to hand over a library without leaving it abandoned

Not for

    Tags

    • maintainer
    • burnout
    • workload
    • handover

    About

    You say

    “I maintain a library used by thousands of projects alone, and I now have only eight hours a week.”

    Card for the “Maintainer workload plan” skill

    Skill published by samber under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to size an open source maintainer's load and set limits
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • evals/evals.json34.9 KB
    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • references/boundary-kit.md4.9 KB
    • references/co-maintainer-recruitment.md3.1 KB
    • references/published-findings.md6.7 KB
    • references/stepping-down.md6.5 KB
    • SKILL.md17.1 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    samber
    Source
    github.com/samber/developer-relations-skills/tree/a12240a5a8a15a460ab17aa870df37f14814bf7d/skills/oss-maintainer-sustainability
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « oss-maintainer-sustainability » (samber, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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