Opening a repository should not be the only way to learn what your project does.
Give the reader a short route through one case: the problem, your role, a technical decision, and something they can inspect. A screenshot explains the interface. A small diagram explains the boundary. A test or reproducible demo supports the result.
For a personal project, say it is a personal project. Explain the constraint you chose: local storage, a small input limit, no server, or a narrow audience. Those choices can lead to a useful discussion even without paying customers.
One detail is worth including: what you intentionally left out and why. “I used one stable ID rather than fuzzy matching because ambiguous matches needed manual review” reveals more judgment than a row of library badges.
Check the case on a phone. Can someone understand the project before following a link? Is the repository easy to find? Does the demo work without your development environment?
Disclosure: This article was prepared with AI assistance and reviewed against the linked sources and implementation. Examples explicitly marked fictional are illustrative.
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