topics-rss

name	topics-rss
description	Fetch the latest entries from all configured RSS/Atom newsletters and blogs (SWE + AI feeds — JavaScript Weekly, TLDR AI, Import AI, Pragmatic Engineer, Simon Willison, OpenAI Blog, etc.). Use when the user wants "newsletter signals", "what did newsletters publish this week", or curated long-form ideas for a LinkedIn post. Returns JSON.

topics-rss

Fetches every feed listed in src/briefing/config.ts in parallel and returns the latest entries. Feeds are tagged "ai" or "swe" — pass --tag to filter.

Run

bun src/briefing/cli/rss.ts --limit 5            # 5 latest per feed, both tags
bun src/briefing/cli/rss.ts --limit 5 --tag ai   # AI feeds only
bun src/briefing/cli/rss.ts --limit 5 --tag swe  # SWE feeds only

--limit is items per feed (default 5).

Output shape

[
  {
    "source": "rss",
    "title": "Issue #710: Bun 1.x lands…",
    "url": "https://example.com/issue/710",
    "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z",
    "body": "First 500 chars of stripped HTML",
    "author": "JavaScript Weekly",
    "extra": { "feed": "JavaScript Weekly", "tag": "swe" }
  }
]

Notes

• Per-feed errors are swallowed (one bad feed doesn't kill the run).
• Digest-style newsletters (JavaScript Weekly, Node Weekly, …) return one entry per issue, not per article inside the issue. To dig into an issue, fetch the linked url separately.
• To edit which feeds get queried, change NEWSLETTERS in src/briefing/config.ts.

When to use

• "What did newsletters drop this week?"
• "Pull AI feed signals" / "SWE feed signals"
• For a combined HN + Lobsters + RSS briefing, use topics-briefing.