# reg-feed-watcher

Pulls regulatory agency updates via RSS and official APIs, strips out low-impact notices, and sorts items by materiality tiers.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 590 installs · ★ 9795
- Author: anthropics · official Anthropic repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/regulatory-legal/skills/reg-feed-watcher/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/reg-feed-watcher

## What it does

The skill checks active regulatory feeds and filters incoming items against your threshold. It reads your agency watchlist and feed configuration from `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/CLAUDE.md`. The default tier queries free endpoints, specifically the Federal Register API for US agencies like FTC, SEC, and CFPB, alongside direct RSS channels. Configured MCP connectors can pull from paid feeds or CourtListener as additive sources.

The workflow blocks silent guessing. When a feed returns little data, the skill stops instead of secretly falling back to web search or training memory without asking. Every citation receives an explicit provenance label such as `[Federal Register]` or `[secondary source]`, flagging items that need primary verification. Without an initialized configuration file, the feed watcher cannot map your watchlist.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill reg-feed-watcher -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill reg-feed-watcher -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill reg-feed-watcher -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal reg-feed-watcher
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/reg-feed-watcher/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill reg-feed-watcher -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --path regulatory-legal/skills/reg-feed-watcher
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill reg-feed-watcher -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/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/regulatory-legal/skills/reg-feed-watcher/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pull updates from the Federal Register API and agency RSS feeds
- filter regulatory notices by user-defined materiality tiers
- spot coverage gaps across jurisdiction watchlists
- tag document citations with verified provenance labels

## Example prompts
- Check the regulatory feeds since our last check
- /reg-feed-watcher --since 2025-02-01
- Here is a new agency rule text, classify its materiality

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: reg-feed-watcher
description: Check regulatory feeds now and report what's new since the last check, filtered by your materiality threshold. Use when the user says "check the feeds", "what's new", "regulatory update", when running from the scheduled agent, or when manually pasting a regulatory development for classification and diff.
argument-hint: "[optional: --since DATE]"
---

# /reg-feed-watcher

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/CLAUDE.md` → watchlist, materiality threshold, feed config.
2. Use the workflow below.
3. Pull each feed. Filter by materiality.
4. Output: what's new, categorized by materiality tier.

---

## Purpose

Pull the feeds. Filter by materiality. Output what's left. The filter is the
value — unfiltered feeds are noise.

## Load context

`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/CLAUDE.md` → watchlist, materiality threshold, feed configuration, digest output path (if set).

`references/source-catalog.md` (in this skill's directory) → curated catalog of RSS/JSON/HTML sources across US federal, US state, EU/UK, international, and secondary/aggregator categories. Use when configuring new sources or when the user's watchlist has coverage gaps (see Step 0).

## Workflow

### Step 0: Coverage check (before pulling)

Before running the pull, compare the watchlist + feed configuration in CLAUDE.md against `references/source-catalog.md`:

- Which categories (US federal / US state / EU-UK / international) does the user care about per their watchlist?
- Which of those categories have zero or very few sources configured?

If there's an obvious gap — e.g., user watches "EU regulators" in the watchlist but has only `edpb.europa.eu` configured in feeds, missing ICO, CNIL, DPC Ireland — surface it once at the top of the digest:

> **Coverage gap noticed:** Your watchlist includes [category], but only [N] feeds are configured. The source catalog lists [X] options in this category (e.g., [top 2-3 names]). Want me to suggest additions? Run `/regulatory-legal:cold-start-interview --redo` to update, or edit `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/CLAUDE.md` directly.

Don't nag the same gap repeatedly — if the user has explicitly said "skip state AGs for now," respect that. Note state in CLAUDE.md so it sticks.

### Step 1: Pull

Pull from all configured feed tiers. Every installation has Tier 1. Tiers 2
and 3 are additive — use them if configured, skip if not.

**Tier 1 — Free feeds (always active)**

For each regulator in the watchlist:

- **Federal Register API** (`https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents`)
  — query by agency slug, date range (since last check), document type. Returns
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