Userscript @author metadata uses GitHub handle `chirag127`

rule Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) ruleuserscriptmetadataattribution

Userscript @author = chirag127

Rule

Every userscript in the family uses this metadata block author line:

// @author       chirag127

Not Chirag Singhal. Not Chirag. Not Oriz. The GitHub handle, lowercase.

Why

• Matches @namespace — https://github.com/chirag127/userscripts already identifies the family; the @author is the individual handle that maps to a discoverable GitHub profile.
• Consistent with the noreply git identity rule ([[rules/development/git-identity-chirag127-noreply]]) — commits use 76880977+chirag127@users.noreply.github.com, so the public-facing identifier across git + userscript metadata is the same string chirag127.
• Greasyfork / OpenUserJS searchability — users searching authors on those listings find one consistent profile.

Other userscript metadata standards (family conventions)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         <descriptive name>
// @namespace    https://github.com/chirag127/userscripts
// @version      <semver>
// @description  <one-line, ≤200 chars>
// @author       chirag127
// @match        <as narrow as feasible>
// @run-at       document-end (default) | document-start | document-idle
// @grant        <list each used GM_* explicitly; never use @grant none unless truly grant-free>
// @license      MIT
// @homepageURL  https://github.com/chirag127/userscripts/tree/main/<slug>
// @supportURL   https://github.com/chirag127/userscripts/issues
// @updateURL    https://github.com/chirag127/userscripts/raw/main/<slug>/<slug>.user.js
// @downloadURL  https://github.com/chirag127/userscripts/raw/main/<slug>/<slug>.user.js
// ==/UserScript==

@updateURL + @downloadURL are non-negotiable — without them Tampermonkey/Violentmonkey skip the auto-update cycle and every user gets stuck on whatever version they first installed.

Enforcement

Any new userscript: copy the metadata block above. Any existing userscript: when editing for any reason, normalize the @author line in the same commit. No standalone "fix author" commits — piggyback.

Cross-refs

• Git identity rule (same name everywhere) → [[rules/development/git-identity-chirag127-noreply]]
• Userscripts monorepo README index → repos/oriz/own/prod/userscripts/README.md
• Greasyfork publishing runbook → [[runbooks/publish-userscript-to-greasyfork]]