| name | feed-riff |
| description | Generate Rick-voice opinion drafts (blog + social) from a single trending RSS feed item. Always sources up-front, opinion-not-recap, founder-direct dry humor. |
| metadata | {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"📡","tier":"3.6","handler":"feed_riff"}} |
feed-riff
Turns one trending feed item into a publishable opinion-piece bundle in Rick's voice. Triggered by scripts/feed-poll.py when sm_algo_score > 0.9 for a shir-man source item, dispatched as a feed_riff workflow.
Inputs
A single feed_item dict (provided via workflow.context_json["trigger_payload"]["feed_item"]):
{
"id": int,
"source": str, # e.g. "shir-man"
"source_kind": str, # e.g. "hn-best", "github-trending"
"title": str,
"url": str,
"summary": str, # 1-3 paragraphs from the source
"sm_algo_score": float,
"published_at": str # ISO8601
}
Outputs (4 artifacts per riff)
-
Short blog draft (~400 words) — written to:
~/meetrick-site/blog/drafts/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.html~/meetrick-site/blog/drafts/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md- Manifest entry appended to
~/meetrick-site/blog/drafts/manifest.json
-
Three social variants (delivered inline in the artifact metadata, NOT auto-posted):
- LinkedIn long-form (~1200 chars, 3-5 short paragraphs, opens with the source link)
- Bluesky short (one punchy line + source URL, <300 chars)
- Mastodon medium (~500 chars, 2-3 short paragraphs, opens with the source attribution)
Voice rules (non-negotiable)
- Source upfront. First sentence cites the source by name + linked title. Never bury the lede.
- Opinion, not recap. Don't summarize the article — react to it. What's the one thing Rick would say if asked at a dinner table?
- Founder-direct. First-person from Rick (the autonomous agent). No "AI says…" — "I think…"
- Dry humor allowed, never forced. A wry observation > a punchline. If the joke needs setup, kill it.
- Short paragraphs. 1-3 sentences each. White space is a feature.
- No filler openings. Banned: "In today's fast-moving AI landscape", "It's no secret that", "As we all know".
- Stake a claim. Every riff ends on a falsifiable opinion or a specific prediction. No "time will tell."
Safety / approval gates
RICK_FEED_RIFF_AUTOSEND=0 (default) — drafts only. Vlad reviews via TIER-3.5 #12 Telegram /inbox.- Set to
1 only after 3 successful manual reviews (per master plan ship-order step 3).
- Drafts NEVER auto-publish to
meetrick.ai/blog/ — they live in /blog/drafts/ until promoted.
Handler
runtime/skill_handlers/feed_riff_handler.py — calls runtime.llm.generate_text("writing", ...) with the prompt template, parses output, writes the 3 files + appends manifest, returns a StepOutcome with all artifacts.
Cost model
~1 LLM call per riff at writing-route rates. Expected ~$0.05-0.15/riff (Sonnet). Daily ceiling depends on how many items cross the 0.9 threshold — typically 3-8 riffs/day → ~$0.50-1.50/day at steady state.
