community: 20 contributor sprint kickoff

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This is the public coordination issue for the 20-contributor sprint.

Goal: make it easy for real external contributors to open useful, reviewable
PRs. This is not a metric-inflation thread. Maintainer-authored PRs, bots,
duplicate identities, and trivial PR splits do not count toward Claude for OSS
evidence.

Start here:

• Sprint lanes: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/blob/main/docs/community/CONTRIBUTOR_SPRINT.md
• Good first issues: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22
• First PR walkthrough: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/blob/main/docs/community/FIRST_PR_WALKTHROUGH.md
• Counting policy: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/blob/main/docs/community/PR_REVIEW_AND_COUNTING_POLICY.md

Useful contribution lanes:

• Korean docs and learner notes
• Japanese naturalness and beginner-safety review
• Dialogue source content review
• Expo / React Native accessibility
• FastAPI and OpenAPI examples
• Focused tests and repo checks
• Release and maintainer process docs

Maintainer promise:

• First response target: within 24 hours when possible
• No private context required for good first issue tasks
• Docs and content-review PRs are welcome when they improve real learner or
  contributor experience
• Every counted PR needs a human maintainer review comment before merge

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Maintainer update: the repo now has a lane-by-lane starter issue index for first PRs:

https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/blob/main/docs/community/STARTER_ISSUE_INDEX.md

Current snapshot:

• 51 open starter/community issues indexed
• 18 good first issue tasks
• 15 help wanted tasks
• lanes for mobile/accessibility, backend/API docs, tests/tooling, dialogue/content review, release/community, and Korean/Japanese docs

If you want a suggested first task, comment here with the lane you prefer or open the contributor interest form:

https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues/new?template=contributor_interest.yml

Only useful, reviewable PRs count toward the Claude for OSS community-builder evidence; maintainer PRs, bots, duplicate identities, and metric-only changes remain excluded.

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Maintainer update: there is now a shareable public contributor page for first PRs:

https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/

It links the starter issue index, first PR walkthrough, help desk discussion, contributor interest form, and Claude for OSS counting policy. The page is generated from docs/ and GitHub Pages deployment is green.

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Discovery update for the 20-contributor sprint:

• up-for-grabs: 18 open starter issues
• first-timers-only: 16 lowest-context starter issues
• Up For Grabs listing PR: Add AI Language Partner project up-for-grabs/up-for-grabs.net#5916
• Awesome for Beginners listing PR: Add AI Language Partner MunGell/awesome-for-beginners#2072
• Tracker: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/blob/main/docs/community/DISCOVERY_LISTINGS.md

These listings are only discovery channels. Claude for OSS evidence will still count only useful merged PRs from unique external contributors.

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Contributor Discovery Listing Status

These channels help external contributors find starter issues. They do not
count as Claude for OSS contributor evidence until real external PRs are
merged in this repository.

• Repository: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner
• GitHub topics: accessibility, beginner-friendly, contributions-welcome, education, edulinkup, elusoc, expo, fastapi, first-contributions, first-timers-only, good-first-issue, good-first-pr, help-wanted, japanese-language, korean-language, language-learning, learn-japanese, local-first, react-native, up-for-grabs
• Open up-for-grabs issues: 34
• Open first-timers-only issues: 25
• Hosted web demo: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/demo/
• Web demo prerelease: active - https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/releases/tag/demo-web-2026-07-09
• Web demo asset: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/releases/download/demo-web-2026-07-09/ai-language-partner-web-demo-2026-07-09.zip

Listing	Kind	State	Merged	Mergeable	Listing item	Contributor link	Follow-up	Checks
First Contributions Project Discovery	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	update	none reported
For Good First Issue	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
Up For Grabs	PR	closed	True	None	link	entry	-	content: completed success; upload: completed success; javascript: completed success; docker: completed success; site: completed success; Redirect rules - up-for-grabs-test-bench: completed neutral; Header rules - up-for-grabs-test-bench: completed neutral; Pages changed - up-for-grabs-test-bench: completed neutral; Project Changes: completed success
Awesome for Beginners	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	update	none reported
Awesome for Non-Programmers	PR	closed	True	None	link	entry	update	none reported
Awesome Language Learning	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	update	none reported
Awesome Japanese Learning Resources	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
Awesome Japanese Study Materials	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
Awesome Japanese Resources	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
Awesome Local-First	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
Awesome Language Learning Japanese Page	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
Awesome Open Source School	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
Awesomo	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
React Native Apps	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
Awesome Open Source AI	PR	open	False	True	link	entry	-	none reported
Meaningful Code	Issue	open	n/a	awaiting impactful-project review	link	entry	-	official project-submission issue template used; education criteria documented
Awesome Japanese	Issue	closed	n/a	closed (completed); follow up only after maturity changes	link	entry	-	issue submitted before PR per contribution guidelines
Good First Issue	Directory	locked	n/a	requires 10 contributors; current 2/10	link	entry	form	README criteria
CodeTriage	Directory	active	n/a	invite contributors to subscribe for issue triage	link	entry	subscribe	public profile and issue sync active
Good First Issue.org	Directory request	awaiting response	n/a	GitHub OAuth authorization is disabled; public Q&A submitted	link	entry	request	public request submitted 2026-07-10
24 Pull Requests	Directory	active	n/a	public project #3564	link	entry	manage	TypeScript; tests; good first issue; contribulator score 39
Help Wanted	Directory	active	n/a	37 indexed help-wanted issues	link	entry	browse	public project page and sitemap confirmed 2026-07-10
LibHunt	Directory	active	n/a	public project page available	link	entry	-	project submitted and public page verified 2026-07-11; no contributor-count claim
Ovio	Directory submission	blocked	n/a	submission backend unavailable (api: null); awaiting fallback email response	link	entry	-	fallback email sent 2026-07-10; do not resubmit while API is unavailable

Public Status Links

• Public sprint update:
  https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues/52#issuecomment-4914030370
• Automated discovery status comment:
  https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues/52#issuecomment-4914054370
• Public contributor call:
  https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/discussions/55
• Canonical auto-updated contributor call comment:
  https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/discussions/55#discussioncomment-17582486

Maintainer Follow-Up

• Check open listing PRs daily until merged or reviewed.
• If a maintainer requests changes, fix them in the listing fork and record the
  resolution here.
• After a listing merges, update docs/CLAUDE_FOR_OSS_APPLICATION.md with the
  merged listing URL and keep the contributor count separate from listing
  evidence.
• For Awesome Japanese, wait for a stronger app-store or release-build story
  before reopening.
• Track that maturity work in
  docs/community/INSTALLABLE_DEMO_RELEASE_PLAN.md.
• Monitor the CodeTriage profile for new subscribers and confirm its issue
  feed remains synchronized.
• Monitor Good First Issue.org Discussion docs: add Korean quick-start for backend mock mode #1. If its GitHub OAuth flow is
  restored, complete the supported submission once instead of duplicating
  the public request.
• Keep the 24 Pull Requests project active while reviewable starter issues
  remain open; update its labels if the public taxonomy changes.
• Monitor the Help Wanted project page and keep its indexed issue set current.
• Monitor the LibHunt project page and keep its repository description and
  contributor link current; do not resubmit a duplicate project.
• Monitor Ovio for a fallback-email response or a non-null submission API;
  do not duplicate the existing email or submit through the broken form.
• Track Meaningful Code issue #147 until the project is reviewed or listed;
  do not duplicate it with the web form or a second PR.
• Track For Good First Issue PR #494 until it is merged or reviewed.
• Do not open duplicate listing PRs or use misleading beginner labels.

Useful Search Links

• up-for-grabs: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aup-for-grabs
• first-timers-only: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Afirst-timers-only
• good first issue: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22
• good-first-issue topic: https://github.com/topics/good-first-issue
• good-first-pr topic: https://github.com/topics/good-first-pr
• help-wanted topic: https://github.com/topics/help-wanted
• japanese-learning topic: https://github.com/topics/japanese-learning
• language-learning topic: https://github.com/topics/language-learning
• learn-japanese topic: https://github.com/topics/learn-japanese
• local-first topic: https://github.com/topics/local-first
• react-native topic: https://github.com/topics/react-native
• Good First Issue project submission criteria:
  https://github.com/DeepSourceCorp/good-first-issue
• For Good First Issue repository:
  https://github.com/github/forgoodfirstissue
• CodeTriage project profile:
  https://www.codetriage.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner
• Good First Issue.org indexing request:
  https://github.com/orgs/goodfirstissueorg/discussions/1
• 24 Pull Requests public project listing:
  https://24pullrequests.com/projects?page=9 (project 3564)
• Help Wanted indexed project page:
  https://helpwanted.dev/projects/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner (37 issues observed 2026-07-10)
• LibHunt project page:
  https://www.libhunt.com/r/ai-language-partner (public page verified 2026-07-11)
• Meaningful Code project submission:
  https://github.com/Meaningful-Code/meaningfulcode-frontend/issues/147
• Ovio project submission form:
  https://ovio.org/submit (api: null reconfirmed 2026-07-10)

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No-install first PR path is now available for contributors who want to help from the GitHub web editor without setting up Expo, FastAPI, local STT/TTS engines, or generated assets.

• No-install board: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/blob/main/docs/community/NO_INSTALL_FIRST_PRS.md
• first-timers-only issues: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Afirst-timers-only
• Good fit: Korean/Japanese docs, beginner dialogue review, learner notes, setup wording, and contributor docs.

These PRs still need to be useful, issue-linked, and reviewed. Trivial split PRs do not count for Claude for OSS evidence.

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20 Contributor Sprint Status

This comment is a public recruiting and tracking aid. It is not Claude
for OSS evidence by itself; only useful merged PRs from real external
contributors count.

• Repository: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner
• Updated: 2026-07-11
• Evidence window starts: 2025-07-08
• Phase B readiness: not ready
• Unique external merged PR contributors: 2/20
• Remaining contributors needed: 18

Fastest First PR Path

• Hosted web demo: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/demo/
• Directory first PR fast lane: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/DIRECTORY_FIRST_PR.html
• First issue matcher: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/FIRST_ISSUE_MATCHER.html
• Five-minute first PR guide: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/FIVE_MINUTE_FIRST_PR.html
• Codespaces first PR guide: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/CODESPACES_FIRST_PR.html
• Korean five-minute first PR guide: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/FIVE_MINUTE_FIRST_PR_KO.html
• Japanese five-minute first PR guide: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/FIVE_MINUTE_FIRST_PR_JA.html
• Language review first PR kit: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/LANGUAGE_REVIEW_FIRST_PR_KIT.html
• No-install first PR board: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/NO_INSTALL_FIRST_PRS.html
• Contributor share kit: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/SHARE_KIT.html
• Browser-only no-install issue slots: 27
• First PR help desk: First PR help desk: pick a useful starter issue #53
• Contributor interest form: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues/new?template=contributor_interest.yml
• Korean contributor interest form: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues/new?template=contributor_interest_ko.yml
• Japanese contributor interest form: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues/new?template=contributor_interest_ja.yml

Current Starter Issue Spotlight

Issue	Labels
#1: docs: add Korean quick-start for backend mock mode	good first issue, docs, up-for-grabs, first-timers-only
#2: docs: add Japanese quick-start for mobile mock mode	good first issue, docs, up-for-grabs, first-timers-only
#5: docs: add architecture glossary for dialogue-bank terms	good first issue, docs, up-for-grabs, first-timers-only
#7: content: review yui v1 beginner dialogue Korean translations	good first issue, content, language-review, up-for-grabs, first-timers-only
#8: content: review yui v1 Japanese naturalness	good first issue, content, language-review, up-for-grabs, first-timers-only
#11: content: add notes for Korean learners on particle mistakes	good first issue, docs, content, up-for-grabs, first-timers-only
#12: content: add beginner-safe cultural note review checklist	good first issue, docs, content, up-for-grabs, first-timers-only
#13: mobile: audit touch target sizes in bottom tabs	good first issue, accessibility, mobile, tests, up-for-grabs
#14: mobile: add accessibility labels to voice preview controls	good first issue, accessibility, mobile, up-for-grabs, first-timers-only
#15: mobile: improve empty state copy for Daily Talk pack loading	good first issue, mobile, up-for-grabs, first-timers-only

Counting Rules

• One counted PR per unique external human contributor.
• Maintainer-authored PRs, bots, duplicate identities, and metric-only
  changes do not count.
• Docs-only and language-review PRs are welcome when they improve real
  learner or contributor experience.
• Every counted PR needs an issue/problem link and a human maintainer
  review comment before merge.

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Contributor Funnel Status

This is an operating dashboard for the Claude for OSS community-builder
route. It is not evidence by itself; only useful merged PRs from real
external contributors count.

• Repository: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner
• Updated: 2026-07-11
• Evidence window starts: 2025-07-11
• Phase B readiness: not ready
• Unique external merged PR contributors: 2/20
• Remaining contributors needed: 18
• Open external PRs needing maintainer attention: 2
• Active claim signals on open issues: 1
• Claim signals awaiting maintainer response: 0
• Open contributor interest issues: 0
• Maintainer response SLA target: 24h
• Open external PRs over SLA: 0
• Active claim signals over SLA: 0
• Contributor interest issues over SLA: 0
• Open up-for-grabs issues: 34
• Open first-timers-only issues: 25
• Open claimed issues: 1
• Browser-only no-install issue slots: 27

Fastest Contributor Entry Points

• Hosted web demo: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/demo/
• Call for contributors discussion: Call for contributors: 20 useful first PRs #55
• First issue matcher: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/FIRST_ISSUE_MATCHER.html
• Five-minute first PR guide: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/FIVE_MINUTE_FIRST_PR.html
• Codespaces first PR guide: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/CODESPACES_FIRST_PR.html
• Korean five-minute first PR guide: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/FIVE_MINUTE_FIRST_PR_KO.html
• Japanese five-minute first PR guide: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/FIVE_MINUTE_FIRST_PR_JA.html
• Language review first PR kit: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/LANGUAGE_REVIEW_FIRST_PR_KIT.html
• No-install first PR board: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/NO_INSTALL_FIRST_PRS.html
• Contributor share kit: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/SHARE_KIT.html
• First PR help desk: First PR help desk: pick a useful starter issue #53
• Korean contributor interest form: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues/new?template=contributor_interest_ko.yml
• Japanese contributor interest form: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner/issues/new?template=contributor_interest_ja.yml

Open External PRs

PR	Author	Updated	SLA
#99: tests: add mobile README script inventory check	MFA-G	2026-07-11	ok (10h)
#98: fix(stt): validate malformed multipart uploads for STT endpoint	hrushi2602-cyber	2026-07-11	ok (10h)

Active Claim Signals

Issue	Contributor	Claim comment	SLA
#21: backend: add tests for malformed dialogue pack metadata	jyrikes	comment	responded

Contributor Interest Issues

Issue	Author	Updated	SLA
No contributor interest issues	-	-	-

Starter Issue Spotlight

Issue	Author	Updated
#1: docs: add Korean quick-start for backend mock mode	duct-tape2	2026-07-11
#2: docs: add Japanese quick-start for mobile mock mode	duct-tape2	2026-07-11
#5: docs: add architecture glossary for dialogue-bank terms	duct-tape2	2026-07-11
#7: content: review yui v1 beginner dialogue Korean translations	duct-tape2	2026-07-11
#8: content: review yui v1 Japanese naturalness	duct-tape2	2026-07-11
#11: content: add notes for Korean learners on particle mistakes	duct-tape2	2026-07-11
#13: mobile: audit touch target sizes in bottom tabs	duct-tape2	2026-07-11
#12: content: add beginner-safe cultural note review checklist	duct-tape2	2026-07-11
#15: mobile: improve empty state copy for Daily Talk pack loading	duct-tape2	2026-07-11
#16: mobile: document mock mode indicators	duct-tape2	2026-07-11

Maintainer SLA

• Reply to external PRs and claim signals within 24 hours when possible.
• Check the claimed label before directing a second contributor to the
  same issue.
• Merge only focused, useful PRs after human review.
• Do not count bots, duplicate identities, maintainer-authored PRs, or
  metric-only changes.

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Outreach Batch Status

This is an execution checklist for finding real contributors. It is
not Claude for OSS evidence by itself; only useful merged PRs from
real external contributors count.

• Repository: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner
• Updated: 2026-07-11
• Queue items: 30
• Posted URLs recorded: 9
• Outreach items marked merged-counted: 0
• Today's batch size: 5
• Contributor share kit: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/SHARE_KIT.html
• Full rendered outreach messages: https://duct-tape2.github.io/ai-language-partner/community/OUTREACH_MESSAGES.html
• First PR help desk: First PR help desk: pick a useful starter issue #53

Next Outreach Batch

Item	Audience	Lane	Status	Target	Notes
outreach_01	Korean Japanese-learning study group	Korean docs	draft	target	Ask for backend setup and learner-note review.
outreach_02	Korean Japanese-learning Discord or study chat	Korean docs	draft	target	Invite macOS/Python setup troubleshooting notes.
outreach_03	Japanese language reviewers	Japanese review	draft	target	Ask for beginner-safe naturalness review.
outreach_04	Native/fluent Japanese speakers	Japanese review	draft	target	Focus on Japanese explanation of no-runtime-LLM design.
outreach_05	JLPT beginner-content reviewers	Dialogue content	draft	target	Invite reviewed source text, not generated media.

Posting Rules

• Tailor each post to the community before posting.
• Do not mass-post identical text.
• Record posted_url only after a real public post exists.
• Move an item to pr-open only after a real external PR is opened.
• Move an item to merged-counted only after the PR passes the
  counting policy and is merged.
• If someone is interested, send them to the help desk or ask them to
  comment /claim on a specific issue.

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Discovery submission update: Awesomo

• Submission: Add AI Language Partner to TypeScript section lk-geimfari/awesomo#479
• Target: languages/TYPESCRIPT.md
• Shape: one commit, one file, four additions, no deletions
• Current state: open, mergeable, clean, no maintainer review yet
• Project link: https://github.com/duct-tape2/ai-language-partner

awesomo is an active open-source project directory with a recent accepted addition. This submission follows its one-link-per-commit and one-commit-per-PR rules.

This listing is contributor-discovery evidence only. It does not count toward the Claude for OSS 20+ unique external merged contributors requirement unless real external contributors later submit useful PRs to this repository.