If you've ever thought, "wouldn't it be cool if GitHub could…"; imma stop you right there. Most features can actually be added via [GitHub Apps](https://developer.github.com/apps/), which extend GitHub and can be installed directly on organizations and user accounts and granted access to specific repositories. They come with granular permissions and built-in webhooks. Apps are first class actors within GitHub.
There are some great services that offer [apps in the GitHub Marketplace](https://github.com/marketplace), and you can build a bunch of really cool things yourself. Probot aims to make that easy.
- [stale](https://github.com/probot/stale) - closes abandoned issues after a period of inactivity.
- [owners](https://github.com/probot/owners) - @mentions people in Pull Requests based on contents of the OWNERS file
- [configurer](https://github.com/probot/configurer) - syncs repository settings defined in `.github/config.yml` to GitHub, enabling Pull Requests for repository settings.
Most of the interesting things are built with plugins, so consider starting by [writing a new plugin](docs/plugins.md) or improving one of the [existing ones](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Aprobot-plugin&type=Repositories).
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