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K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills

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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

Outside pull requests to K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills got a first human reply in a median of 10.5 days (76 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 20% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,412 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,046 of 1,525 (the bottom 32%).

Key facts
Rank1,412 of 3,219
Score51.95
TierC
Median first reply10.5 days (252.1 hours)
14-day no-reply share20%
First-timer rank1,046 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,412 of 3,219
Score
51.95
Tier
C
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 53.2 (coverage 68%), friction 48.4 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness47.4100%
Criticality46.535%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor60.3100%
Accessibility50.5100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.97.0%100.03317 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.19.6%60.99220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.40.9%51.144—primaryraw/author_history/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.252.1 hours (10.5 days)0.07617 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.543.4 hours (22.6 days)30.84117 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.464546.5——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0723—primaryraw/commits_365d/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.52.357752.441—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.29.1%36.38617 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.010—primaryraw/actions_runs/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.61.1%100.018—primaryraw/author_history/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.9.1%18.211—primaryraw/author_history/K-Dense-AI__scientific-agent-skills.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,412 of 3,21951.95CRated
First-timer1,046 of 1,52551.31CRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,334 of 3,69653.83CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
4f78adff478b5d345b3ec6001b32eac349d83628861267d761205d7b2f307443

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b1.json, under the key K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills/. CC BY 4.0.

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