Add & Discover

Goal

Research GitHub repositories and publish structured guides to the shared Radar catalog using fuzzy search (add) or topic browsing (discover).

Use Cases

—Research a specific GitHub repository you know by name
—Browse repositories by topic or keyword and select multiple to research
—Add popular or trending repositories to your catalog
—Re-research an existing catalog entry with updated information

Prerequisites

•Authenticated CLI (radar login)
•At least one research engine configured (see Research Engines)
•Write access via your Radar token (automatically granted to authenticated users)

Commands

radar add <repo name>

Fuzzy-find a GitHub repository by name, confirm selection, research it through your configured engine, and publish the guide to the shared catalog.

radar discover <topic>

Search GitHub by topic or keyword, browse up to 12 results, and select multiple repositories (comma-separated) to research in one batch.

radar trending

Shows GitHub's daily Trending list, then prompts to select repositories to research and add.

radar top-stars

Shows the 10 most-starred GitHub repositories, then prompts for selection.

radar content update <slug>

Re-research an existing catalog entry. Fetches the current guide, runs fresh research through your engine, and merges the updated content while preserving slug and provenance.

Example Session

$ radar add "mcp filesystem"

Fuzzy-searching GitHub for "mcp filesystem"…

1. modelcontextprotocol/servers ★ 2.1k
   Collection of reference MCP servers including filesystem
   https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers

2. another/mcp-fs ★ 234
   Filesystem server for Model Context Protocol
   ...

Choose 1–5, or q to cancel: 1

Adding modelcontextprotocol/servers

Research engine: Codex CLI
  ⚙ Research repository (Codex CLI)
  ⚙ Judge/editor review (Codex CLI)
  ⚙ Validate guide
  ⚙ Publish to shared catalog

✓ Added to the shared catalog.

SUMMARY
  MCP Reference Servers  9.2/10  Development Tools
  Official Model Context Protocol reference implementations...
  radar show mcp-reference-servers