lobsters-publisher

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lobsters-publisher

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Prepare or publish Lobsters submissions and follow-up drafts for eunomia.dev content, GitHub projects, papers, demos, and computing-focused technical posts. Use when asked to submit, adapt, publish, QA, or record Lobsters posts. Covers tag selection, computing-topic fit, self-promotion safety, browser duplicate checks, publication authorization, comment/private-message follow-up, and media ledger updates.

Lobsters Publisher

Prepare Lobsters submissions that fit the computing-focused community. A request to submit or a queue item marked 排队 authorizes the final submission; do not ask again at the last button. Stop only when the task is limited to a draft or preview.

Inputs

• Source URL, GitHub repo, paper, demo, blog post, or topic.
• Optional tags, title, text, or follow-up plan.

If the source URL is missing, inspect recent docs/blog/posts/, relevant GitHub repos, and canonical eunomia.dev URLs before asking the user.

Platform Entry Points

• New story: https://lobste.rs/stories/new
• About/guidelines: https://lobste.rs/about
• Recent: https://lobste.rs/recent
• Search: https://lobste.rs/search

Use a browser surface with the logged-in session when UI work is required.

References

Load references/platform-preferences.md when choosing Lobsters fit, tags, title, source URL, self-promotion safety, browser checks, promotion balance, or follow-up. Do not load broad strategy drafts for routine submissions unless the user asks for campaign or content-platform planning.

Browser-Only Platform Boundary

Do not use unofficial submission automation, internal endpoints, or vote-related actions. All checks and submission prep must come from normal browser interactions.

Draft Preparation

1. Check whether the item is narrowly about computing.
2. Prefer the original/canonical source and remove tracking parameters.
3. Choose predefined tags that accurately match the story.
4. Keep the title factual and unpromotional.
5. Disclose affiliation in comments when relevant.

Draft Archive

Before opening the Lobsters submit page or comment box, write or update the Lobsters draft under draft/media/YYYY-MM-DD/<source-slug>/lobsters.md using the local date. Include title, URL, tags, duplicate-check state, affiliation note, and any full paste-ready comment options.

Browser QA

Before stopping for user confirmation, verify:

• title, URL, and tags are correct
• duplicate/recent same-topic searches are clean
• the account is allowed to submit the domain and tags
• tracking parameters are absent
• the final action matches the task: submitted when authorized, untouched for a draft-only task

Follow-Up

After confirmed submission, capture the story URL. Monitor comments and private messages only when the user asks or follow-up was part of the task. Draft substantive replies and move durable implementation work to GitHub.

Ledger Update

After confirmed submission, update .github/publisher/media/published.md with source path or URL, Lobsters URL, date, tags, title, and follow-up notes.