| name | agent-news-monitor |
| description | Monitor Hacker News, Reddit, and arXiv for AI agent developments and trending topics. Use when the user wants a summary of recent AI agent news, needs to search for specific research papers, or wants to set up automated news digests in heartbeats. |
Agent News Monitor
Track the cutting edge of AI agent research and community discussion.
Core Features
- Daily Digest: Summarize the last 24 hours of AI agent activity across HN, Reddit, and arXiv.
- Trending Topics: Identify what's hot in the agentic AI space right now.
- Deep Search: Query historical data for specific topics like "memory systems" or "mcp protocol".
- Topic Watching: Configure specific keywords to prioritize in future reports.
Usage
All operations are handled via the bundled monitor script.
1. Generate News Digest
Get a formatted summary of the latest developments:
bash scripts/agent-news-monitor/scripts/monitor.sh digest
Options:
--quiet: For background automation (no ASCII art).--json: For programmatic processing.
2. Search Specific Topics
bash scripts/agent-news-monitor/scripts/monitor.sh search "your query"
3. Track Trends
bash scripts/agent-news-monitor/scripts/monitor.sh trending
Maintenance & Config
- Watch Topics: Set keywords to watch:
bash monitor.sh watch "memory,tool-use"
- Sources: Hacker News, Reddit (r/LocalLLaMA, r/MachineLearning, r/artificial), and arXiv (cs.AI, cs.CL, cs.LG).
Implementation Detail
This skill uses a local jq binary located in scripts/jq for parsing JSON responses. Ensure scripts/ is in your PATH or call the script with the full path.
