| name | tbpn |
| description | Weekly newspaper-style summary of TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network) episodes. Use when the user asks for a TBPN summary, weekly tech news roundup, or says "tbpn summary", "tbpn newspaper", "what happened on tbpn this week", "pull the last N tbpn episodes". Also suitable for cron/scheduled end-of-week summaries. |
| license | MIT |
| compatibility | Requires yt-dlp and a PO Token server (bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider) for YouTube transcript downloads. Works with any agent that can run shell commands and fetch URLs. |
| metadata | {"author":"junaidrahim","version":"1.0"} |
TBPN Weekly Summary
Generate a newspaper-style summary of TBPN episodes and save it as Markdown.
Configuration
Before first use, set these paths for your environment. Agents should check for a tbpn.config.json in this skill's directory. If it doesn't exist, use sensible defaults or ask the user.
{
"ytDlp": "yt-dlp",
"potServerDir": "~/bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider/server",
"outputDir": "./output",
"tempDir": "/tmp"
}
- ytDlp — path to the
yt-dlp binary (default: yt-dlp on PATH)
- potServerDir — path to the bgutil PO Token server directory
- outputDir — where to save generated summaries (e.g. an Obsidian vault folder like
~/vault/TBPN/)
- tempDir — where to store temporary transcript files
Feeds
- YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC-DRzaGnL_vtBUpCFH5M0tg
- Newsletter (Substack):
https://tbpn.substack.com/feed
Workflow
1. Fetch episodes
- Pull the YouTube RSS feed
- Filter for full episodes (skip Shorts — URLs containing
/shorts/)
- By default, get episodes from the current week (Monday–Friday)
- The user may also request a specific number of recent episodes
2. Get transcripts
3. Generate the summary
Read all transcripts and produce a structured summary:
- Headline — the single biggest story
- Top Stories — 3-5 major topics, each with a 2-3 sentence summary
- Interviews & Guests — notable guests and key takeaways
- Hot Takes — spicy opinions from John or Jordi worth noting
- Quick Hits — bullet list of smaller stories mentioned
- Links — relevant links mentioned on the show
Tone: informative, slightly casual, like a tech-savvy friend summarising the week. Aim for 500-800 words total.
4. Save the summary
Save to <outputDir>/YYYY-WNN.md (e.g. 2026-W14.md). Create the output directory if it doesn't exist.
Use the template in references/TEMPLATE.md.
5. Generate PDF (optional)
If the user requests a PDF export, convert the Markdown summary to PDF with a design language inspired by The Wall Street Journal:
- Fonts: Use a serif font for body text (e.g. Georgia, Times New Roman) and a bold serif for headlines
- Layout: Single-column, clean and typographically dense
- Margins: 1 inch (72pt) on all sides — top, bottom, left, right. This is non-negotiable for readability
- Headline: Large, bold, uppercase or small-caps for the main headline
- Section headers: Bold, slightly larger than body, with a thin horizontal rule beneath
- Body text: 11pt, 1.4 line-height
- Color: Black and white only, no color accents
- Footer: "TBPN Weekly Summary — Week NN, YYYY" centered at the bottom of each page
Use Pandoc with a custom LaTeX template, or generate HTML styled with the above rules and convert to PDF via wkhtmltopdf or a headless browser. Ensure the --margin-top, --margin-bottom, --margin-left, and --margin-right flags are set to 25mm (≈1 inch) if using wkhtmltopdf.
Save the PDF alongside the Markdown file as <outputDir>/YYYY-WNN.pdf.
6. Notify the user
After saving, let the user know: "TBPN weekly summary for Week NN is ready."
Notes
- TBPN streams weekdays 11 AM–2 PM PT (John Coogan & Jordi Hays)
- Show was acquired by OpenAI in April 2026
- If no episodes aired in a given week, skip and note it
- The Substack feed can supplement YouTube when transcripts are unavailable
