rss-reader

name	rss-reader
description	Monitor RSS and Atom feeds for content research. Track blogs, news sites, newsletters, and any feed source. Use when monitoring competitors, tracking industry news, finding content ideas, or building a personal news aggregator. Supports multiple feeds with categories, filters, and summaries.

RSS Reader

Monitor any RSS/Atom feed for content ideas, competitor tracking, and industry news.

Quick Start

# Add a feed
node scripts/rss.js add "https://example.com/feed.xml" --category tech

# Check all feeds
node scripts/rss.js check

# Check specific category
node scripts/rss.js check --category tech

# List feeds
node scripts/rss.js list

# Remove a feed
node scripts/rss.js remove "https://example.com/feed.xml"

Configuration

Feeds stored in rss-reader/feeds.json:

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "url": "https://example.com/feed.xml",
      "name": "Example Blog",
      "category": "tech",
      "enabled": true,
      "lastChecked": "2026-02-22T00:00:00Z",
      "lastItemDate": "2026-02-21T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "settings": {
    "maxItemsPerFeed": 10,
    "maxAgeDays": 7,
    "summaryEnabled": true
  }
}

Use Cases

Content Research

Monitor competitor blogs, industry publications, and thought leaders:

# Add multiple feeds
node scripts/rss.js add "https://competitor.com/blog/feed" --category competitors
node scripts/rss.js add "https://techcrunch.com/feed" --category news
node scripts/rss.js add "https://news.ycombinator.com/rss" --category tech

# Get recent items as content ideas
node scripts/rss.js check --since 24h --format ideas

Newsletter Aggregation

Track newsletters and digests:

node scripts/rss.js add "https://newsletter.com/feed" --category newsletters

Keyword Monitoring

Filter items by keywords:

node scripts/rss.js check --keywords "AI,agents,automation"

Output Formats

Default (list)

[tech] Example Blog - "New Post Title" (2h ago)
  https://example.com/post-1
[news] TechCrunch - "Breaking News" (4h ago)
  https://techcrunch.com/article-1

Ideas (content research mode)

## Content Ideas from RSS (Last 24h)

### Tech
- **"New Post Title"** - [Example Blog]
  Key points: Point 1, Point 2, Point 3
  Angle: How this relates to your niche

### News  
- **"Breaking News"** - [TechCrunch]
  Key points: Summary of the article
  Angle: Your take or response

JSON (for automation)

node scripts/rss.js check --format json

Popular Feeds by Category

Tech/AI

• https://news.ycombinator.com/rss - Hacker News
• https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/.rss - r/artificial
• https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/.rss - r/LocalLLaMA
• https://openai.com/blog/rss.xml - OpenAI Blog

Marketing

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/.rss - r/Entrepreneur
• https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/.rss - r/SaaS

News

• https://techcrunch.com/feed/ - TechCrunch
• https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml - The Verge

Cron Integration

Set up daily feed checking via heartbeat or cron:

// In HEARTBEAT.md
- Check RSS feeds once daily, summarize new items worth reading

Or via cron job:

clawdbot cron add --schedule "0 8 * * *" --task "Check RSS feeds and summarize: node /root/clawd/skills/rss-reader/scripts/rss.js check --since 24h --format ideas"

Scripts

• scripts/rss.js - Main CLI for feed management
• scripts/parse-feed.js - Feed parser module (uses xml2js)

Dependencies

npm install xml2js node-fetch

The script will prompt for installation if dependencies are missing.