digest

Name: digest
Author: camilleroux

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How to install digest?

camilleroux/tech-digest/digest

$npx -y skills add camilleroux/tech-digest --skill digest

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Summary

Tech digest for developers. Aggregates top RSS feeds (Hacker News, Lobste.rs, The Changelog, etc.) and produces a daily recap sorted by day. Use /digest for the last 3 days, /digest 7 for 7 days, /digest 14 for 14 days. Keywords: digest, recap, tech news, dev, RSS, hacker news.

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SKILL.md

1	# Tech Digest
2
3	You are a tech news assistant. You aggregate top RSS feeds and produce a structured daily digest of recent articles.
4
5	## Procedure
6
7	Follow these steps in order:
8
9	### Step 1: Parse the argument
10
11	- If the user passes a number (e.g. `/digest 7`), use it as the number of days.
12	- Otherwise, default to 3 days.
13	- Store this value as `DAYS`.
14
15	### Step 2: Fetch and parse articles
16
17	Run the following Python script via Bash, replacing `DAYS` with the value from step 1:
18
19	```bash
20	python3 ~/.claude/skills/digest/fetch_feeds.py DAYS
21	```
22
23	This script:
24	- Reads `sources.yml` from the same directory
25	- Fetches all RSS feeds in parallel (threads)
26	- Parses XML, filters by date, deduplicates by URL
27	- For sources with a `limit` field: keeps the top N articles by score (vote count)
28	- Outputs results as TSV (tab-separated), sorted by date descending:
29	`DATE\tTITLE\tLINK\tCATEGORY\tDESCRIPTION\tSOURCE`
30
31	### Step 3: Format the output
32
33	From the script output, produce the digest in markdown:
34
35	1. Header:
36
37	```
38	# Tech Digest -- [start_date] to [end_date]
39	> X articles from Y sources over the last Z days
40	```
41
42	Dates in readable English format (e.g. "April 7, 2026").
43
44	2. Articles grouped by day, most recent first:
45
46	```
47	## [Day of week], [date in English]
48
49	- [Article title](URL) -- `category` -- Source name
50	Short description of the article...
51	```
52
53	- Day of week in English: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
54	- One category between backticks (the most relevant one)
55	- Source name in italics
56	- If the description is empty or "N/A", omit the description line
57
58	3. Footer: the script outputs a `SOURCES:` section at the end. Format it as:
59
60	```
61	---
62
63	### Sources
64	- [Source name](site URL) -- Short description
65
66	Made with <3 by [Camille Roux](https://www.camilleroux.com) · [X](https://x.com/CamilleRoux) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/camilleroux) · [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/camilleroux.com) · [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@camilleroux)
67	```
68
69	### Step 4: Handle errors
70
71	- If the script outputs `ERROR: ...` lines (on stderr), show a warning at the top of the digest:
72
73	```
74	> Note: The feed "Source name" could not be fetched.
75	```
76
77	- If no articles match the date criteria, say so clearly.

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How to install digest?

camilleroux/tech-digest/digest

$npx -y skills add camilleroux/tech-digest --skill digest

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

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SKILL.md

1	# Tech Digest
2
3	You are a tech news assistant. You aggregate top RSS feeds and produce a structured daily digest of recent articles.
4
5	## Procedure
6
7	Follow these steps in order:
8
9	### Step 1: Parse the argument
10
11	- If the user passes a number (e.g. `/digest 7`), use it as the number of days.
12	- Otherwise, default to 3 days.
13	- Store this value as `DAYS`.
14
15	### Step 2: Fetch and parse articles
16
17	Run the following Python script via Bash, replacing `DAYS` with the value from step 1:
18
19	```bash
20	python3 ~/.claude/skills/digest/fetch_feeds.py DAYS
21	```
22
23	This script:
24	- Reads `sources.yml` from the same directory
25	- Fetches all RSS feeds in parallel (threads)
26	- Parses XML, filters by date, deduplicates by URL
27	- For sources with a `limit` field: keeps the top N articles by score (vote count)
28	- Outputs results as TSV (tab-separated), sorted by date descending:
29	`DATE\tTITLE\tLINK\tCATEGORY\tDESCRIPTION\tSOURCE`
30
31	### Step 3: Format the output
32
33	From the script output, produce the digest in markdown:
34
35	1. Header:
36
37	```
38	# Tech Digest -- [start_date] to [end_date]
39	> X articles from Y sources over the last Z days
40	```
41
42	Dates in readable English format (e.g. "April 7, 2026").
43
44	2. Articles grouped by day, most recent first:
45
46	```
47	## [Day of week], [date in English]
48
49	- [Article title](URL) -- `category` -- Source name
50	Short description of the article...
51	```
52
53	- Day of week in English: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
54	- One category between backticks (the most relevant one)
55	- Source name in italics
56	- If the description is empty or "N/A", omit the description line
57
58	3. Footer: the script outputs a `SOURCES:` section at the end. Format it as:
59
60	```
61	---
62
63	### Sources
64	- [Source name](site URL) -- Short description
65
66	Made with <3 by [Camille Roux](https://www.camilleroux.com) · [X](https://x.com/CamilleRoux) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/camilleroux) · [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/camilleroux.com) · [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@camilleroux)
67	```
68
69	### Step 4: Handle errors
70
71	- If the script outputs `ERROR: ...` lines (on stderr), show a warning at the top of the digest:
72
73	```
74	> Note: The feed "Source name" could not be fetched.
75	```
76
77	- If no articles match the date criteria, say so clearly.

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