# tech-news-digest

Builds a tech news digest from RSS, Twitter/X, GitHub releases, Reddit and web search, scores quality and outputs to Discord, email or markdown.

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- Author: draco-agent
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/draco-agent/tech-news-digest/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-21
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## What it does

Collection runs as a pipeline: separate Python scripts pull from six sources, retry failed requests and drop duplicates. One editorial selection then feeds every output format, so the Discord post and the email do not drift apart. Two modes exist, daily and weekly, each with its own caps on length and sections.

You need `python3` to run it. Email delivery goes through `mail` (msmtp-based) with `gog` as a fallback. Keys for Twitter/X, Brave or Tavily, Reddit and GitHub are optional, but without them some sources stay empty. Cross-run state (RSS and GitHub caches, source health history) lives in `$TECH_NEWS_DIGEST_STATE_DIR`.

Before delivery the digest is checked with `python3 scripts/validate-digest.py --input FILE --mode daily` or `--mode weekly`, and every error has to be fixed. Security coverage is mandatory: a failed collection is not proof that nothing happened, so checks and decisions get logged. Empty headings stay in place with a coverage note instead of filler, which tells you where the data ran thin.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add draco-agent/tech-news-digest --skill tech-news-digest -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add draco-agent/tech-news-digest --skill tech-news-digest -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add draco-agent/tech-news-digest --skill tech-news-digest -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install draco-agent/tech-news-digest tech-news-digest
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/tech-news-digest/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add draco-agent/tech-news-digest --skill tech-news-digest -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/draco-agent/tech-news-digest
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add draco-agent/tech-news-digest --skill tech-news-digest -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/draco-agent/tech-news-digest/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a morning digest from RSS, GitHub and Reddit into one file
- strip duplicate links across daily and weekly runs
- push one news selection to both Discord and email
- validate a digest before publishing it
- track repo releases and KOL takes without browsing by hand

## Example prompts
- Build the daily tech news digest and save it to the archive
- Produce a weekly digest on LLM and AI Agent topics, no more than five key releases
- Validate the finished digest with validate-digest.py in daily mode

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: tech-news-digest
description: Generate tech news digests with unified source model, quality scoring, and multi-format output. Six-source data collection from RSS feeds, Twitter/X, GitHub releases, project discovery, Reddit, and web search. Pipeline-based scripts with retry mechanisms and deduplication. Supports Discord, email, and markdown templates.
version: "3.17.1"
homepage: https://github.com/draco-agent/tech-news-digest
source: https://github.com/draco-agent/tech-news-digest
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    required: false
    description: "Twitter API backend: 'official', 'twitterapiio', or 'auto' (default: auto)"
  - name: X_BEARER_TOKEN
    required: false
    description: Twitter/X API bearer token for KOL monitoring (official backend)
  - name: TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY
    required: false
    description: twitterapi.io API key for KOL monitoring (twitterapiio backend)
  - name: TAVILY_API_KEY
    required: false
    description: Tavily Search API key (alternative to Brave)
  - name: WEB_SEARCH_BACKEND
    required: false
    description: "Web search backend: auto (default), brave, or tavily"
  - name: BRAVE_API_KEYS
    required: false
    description: Brave Search API keys (comma-separated for rotation)
  - name: BRAVE_API_KEY
    required: false
    description: Brave Search API key (single key fallback)
  - name: REDDIT_CLIENT_ID
    required: false
    description: Reddit API app client ID for OAuth fallback when public JSON is blocked
  - name: REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET
    required: false
    description: Reddit API app client secret for OAuth fallback when public JSON is blocked
  - name: REDDIT_USERNAME
    required: false
    description: Optional Reddit username used only in the OAuth User-Agent string
  - name: GITHUB_TOKEN
    required: false
    description: GitHub token for higher API rate limits (auto-generated from GitHub App if not set)
  - name: GH_APP_ID
    required: false
    description: GitHub App ID for automatic installation token generation
  - name: GH_APP_INSTALL_ID
    required: false
    description: GitHub App Installation ID for automatic token generation
  - name: GH_APP_KEY_FILE
    required: false
    description: Path to GitHub App private key PEM file
  - name: TECH_NEWS_DIGEST_STATE_DIR
    required: false
    description: "Directory for cross-run state (RSS/GitHub caches, source health). Default: $XDG_STATE_HOME/tech-news-digest or ~/.local/state/tech-news-digest"
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