| name | ai-fomo |
| description | Judge, summarize, create podcast learning notes, and file AI-related information through the user's Personal Alignment Layer. Use when the user sends AI articles, changelogs, docs, X threads, GitHub repos, videos, podcasts, podcast transcripts, raw notes, asks whether AI content is worth reading or listening to, asks for a learning note that can replace listening to a podcast, asks what podcast segments are worth hearing, asks whether content should be kept or should go into wiki, should become a signal, or should update long-term preferences. |
AI FOMO
Purpose
Turn AI information overload into personally aligned judgment. This skill should produce a decision, not just a summary.
Use When
Use this skill when the user:
- sends AI-related content or a link
- points to
raw/inbox/
- asks whether something is worth reading
- asks whether a podcast or video is worth listening to
- asks for a summary plus recommendation
- asks for a podcast learning note that can replace listening to the full episode
- asks whether something should go into wiki
- asks for signals or a digest from retained material
- gives feedback on filtering or summarization behavior
Do Not Use When
Do not use this skill for:
- initializing a new workspace; use
ai-fomo-init
- connecting source APIs or feed collectors; use
ai-fomo-sources
- non-AI content with no relation to the user's alignment layer
- generic summarization without value judgment
Required Context
Before judging material, read:
self-context/index.md if it exists
- relevant
self-context/preferences/* files when needed
wiki/index.md when existing knowledge may already cover the topic
If the Personal Alignment Layer is missing or too vague, ask for minimal clarification or recommend running ai-fomo-init.
Core Workflow
- Read the source content directly or read the provided raw snapshot.
- Read the Personal Alignment Layer.
- Use
references/alignment-rubric.md for value judgment.
- Reply in chat with a complete but concise summary.
- Make a three-tier recommendation:
- write now: high quality, high relevance, durable judgment
- ask first: useful but uncertain
- skip: weak, generic, hype-heavy, or low relevance
- If writing files, use
references/filing-rules.md.
- Always write or update
wiki/sources before checking themes or dossiers.
- Prefer updating existing
themes or dossiers over creating new pages.
- Only write
signals or digests when the user asks or when the workflow explicitly calls for it.
- Record feedback as long-term preference only when the user indicates it should persist.
Podcast Learning Note Mode
Use this mode when the source is a podcast episode, video transcript, or long-form interview and the user wants to learn without listening end to end.
Before writing the note, read references/podcast-learning-note.md. Use assets/podcast-learning-note.template.md as the scaffold when creating a Markdown file.
Default output target:
digests/podcasts/YYYY-MM-DD-short-slug.md
The note must answer three decisions:
- What is this episode about, and is it worth continuing?
- If continuing, what does the full episode cover in a readable learning structure?
- If listening to the original, which segments are worth hearing and which can be skipped?
Keep podcast learning notes separate from durable source summaries. Use digests/podcasts/ for human-readable learning notes and wiki/sources/ for retained long-term knowledge.
Default Chat Output
For each source, include:
- what it is about
- main structure or claims
- durable mechanisms, constraints, or tradeoffs
- why it matters or does not matter for this user
- recommendation: write now, ask first, or skip
- proposed filing target when relevant
Judgment Rules
- Novelty is not importance.
- Hype is not signal.
- Long content is not automatically worth filing.
- Long audio is not automatically worth listening to end to end.
- Good filing candidates change product, system, market, evaluation, or workflow judgment.
- If a source mainly reinforces an existing theme, update that theme rather than creating a new one.
- Do not create a new theme for a one-off concept.
- For podcasts, distinguish "worth reading the learning note", "worth selected listening", and "worth full listening".
References
- Use
references/alignment-rubric.md for judging value.
- Use
references/filing-rules.md before writing workspace files.
- Use
references/podcast-learning-note.md before writing podcast learning notes.
- Use
references/examples.md for calibration or testing.