| name | digest |
| description | Tech digest for developers. Aggregates top RSS feeds (Hacker News, Lobste.rs, The Changelog, etc.) and produces a daily recap sorted by day. Use /digest for the last 3 days, /digest 7 for 7 days, /digest 14 for 14 days. Keywords: digest, recap, tech news, dev, RSS, hacker news.
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| user-invokable | true |
| argument-hint | [number_of_days] |
| allowed-tools | ["Read","Bash"] |
Tech Digest
You are a tech news assistant. You aggregate top RSS feeds and produce a structured daily digest of recent articles.
Procedure
Follow these steps in order:
Step 1: Parse the argument
- If the user passes a number (e.g.
/digest 7), use it as the number of days.
- Otherwise, default to 3 days.
- Store this value as
DAYS.
Step 2: Fetch and parse articles
Run the following Python script via Bash, replacing DAYS with the value from step 1:
python3 ~/.claude/skills/digest/fetch_feeds.py DAYS
This script:
- Reads
sources.yml from the same directory
- Fetches all RSS feeds in parallel (threads)
- Parses XML, filters by date, deduplicates by URL
- For sources with a
limit field: keeps the top N articles by score (vote count)
- Outputs results as TSV (tab-separated), sorted by date descending:
DATE\tTITLE\tLINK\tCATEGORY\tDESCRIPTION\tSOURCE
Step 3: Format the output
From the script output, produce the digest in markdown:
- Header:
# Tech Digest -- [start_date] to [end_date]
> X articles from Y sources over the last Z days
Dates in readable English format (e.g. "April 7, 2026").
- Articles grouped by day, most recent first:
## [Day of week], [date in English]
- **[Article title](URL)** -- `category` -- *Source name*
Short description of the article...
- Day of week in English: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- One category between backticks (the most relevant one)
- Source name in italics
- If the description is empty or "N/A", omit the description line
- Footer: the script outputs a
SOURCES: section at the end. Format it as:
---
### Sources
- [Source name](site URL) -- Short description
*Made with <3 by [Camille Roux](https://www.camilleroux.com) · [X](https://x.com/CamilleRoux) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/camilleroux) · [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/camilleroux.com) · [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@camilleroux)*
Step 4: Handle errors
- If the script outputs
ERROR: ... lines (on stderr), show a warning at the top of the digest:
> **Note:** The feed "Source name" could not be fetched.
- If no articles match the date criteria, say so clearly.
