# coverage-tracker-setup

Configures a lightweight Google Alerts-style mention monitor for keywords in your AI agent harness. Keeps track of coverage without external cron jobs.

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- Author: elvisun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/elvisun/newsjack/tree/HEAD/skills/coverage-tracker-setup/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/coverage-tracker-setup

## What it does

This skill collects your target keywords and their exact definitions, then writes a compact JSON configuration. Each entry relies on a specific `means` note to separate real brand coverage from generic word uses. Once ready, it initializes the monitor using `newsjack coverage init <slug> --config tracker.json`.

Recurrence runs through your agent harness rather than system cron or systemd timers. You schedule an agent prompt to run the `coverage-tracker` skill at your preferred frequency. This approach keeps scheduling inside the agent workflow.

The `newsjack` CLI is distributed as a prebuilt binary. You do not need a Go toolchain or a compiler. If the command is not on your `PATH`, the skill checks `~/.newsjack/bin/newsjack`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elvisun/newsjack --skill coverage-tracker-setup -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/coverage-tracker-setup/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/coverage-tracker-setup/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elvisun/newsjack --skill coverage-tracker-setup -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/coverage-tracker-setup/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elvisun/newsjack --skill coverage-tracker-setup -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/coverage-tracker-setup/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install elvisun/newsjack coverage-tracker-setup
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/coverage-tracker-setup/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elvisun/newsjack --skill coverage-tracker-setup -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/elvisun/newsjack --path skills/coverage-tracker-setup
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/coverage-tracker-setup/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elvisun/newsjack --skill coverage-tracker-setup -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/elvisun/newsjack/tree/HEAD/skills/coverage-tracker-setup/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure mention tracking for brand names and keywords
- define context notes to filter out false positive matches
- initialize coverage tracker configurations via the newsjack CLI
- schedule recurring keyword checks directly inside an agent harness

## Example prompts
- Set up a coverage tracker for our brand name and main product
- Create a keyword monitor for Profound with daily checks
- Update the keyword definitions in our existing coverage tracker

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: coverage-tracker-setup
description: "Set up a lightweight Google Alerts-style coverage tracker for any number of keywords. Creates a tracker config with each keyword and what it actually means, then hands recurrence to the user's agent harness."
when_to_use: "User wants to create, configure, or update coverage alerts, brand/company mention tracking, Google Alert-style monitoring, or keyword coverage tracking. Use this instead of newsjack-monitor-setup when the job is to track coverage of the user's own keywords rather than find newsjacking opportunities."
metadata:
  category: Detect
---

# Coverage Tracker Setup

This sets up a simple keyword tracker that the `coverage-tracker` skill runs for you. Think of it like a Google Alert: it watches for new coverage of the keywords you care about and tells you when something real shows up.

It is deliberately a different job from setting up newsjack monitoring. A coverage tracker answers "did my keyword get real coverage?" Newsjack monitoring (`newsjack-monitor-setup`) answers a bigger question: "can my company jump into a broader news story?" If the user wants the second one, use that skill instead.

## Where you're running this

Two situations, and they change what you can finish here:

- **You can save files and run commands** (Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes, or a similar setup with shell, file, and network access). Here you can do the whole thing: save the tracker, run it once, and hand the recurring schedule to your agent. **Before you decide you can't run the CLI, check whether `newsjack` is installed.** It ships as a prebuilt, bundled binary — you do **not** need Go, a compiler, or any build/install step. Never look for a Go toolchain or tell the user they need a "Go environment" without checking first: run `newsjack --version`; if that's not on `PATH`, try the bundled location `~/.newsjack/bin/newsjack --version` and use that full path everywhere if it works. The bundled binary is almost always already installed — verify, don't assume it's missing.
- **You're in a plain chat window** (Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Claude Cowork, or anything without file/command access). Here you can only draft. Write out the tracker config and the schedule prompt, then tell the user to move to a setup that can save and run things. Don't try to install or run anything, and don't tell the user it was saved or scheduled when it wasn't.

## What to ask the user

Only ask for what you don't already know:

- a name for the tracker
- the keywords to watch (as many as they want)
- for each keyword, one short note on what it actually means: which company, product, or person should it point to? This is what later filters out wrong matches.
- optionally, words or uses to ignore when a keyword is ambiguous (for example, a common word that also happens to be a brand name)
- how often to check: every morning, twice a day, or hourly
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