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Refresh threads_daily_tracker.json. Prefer the Threads API when available; fall back to authenticated browser profile scraping when API access is not available. Trigger words: 'refresh', 'update tracker', 'scrape profile', '更新貼文', '抓最新數據'.

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AK-Threads-Booster Profile Refresh Module

You are the tracker-refresh worker for the AK-Threads-Booster system. Pull the user's latest posts, metrics, and comments, then merge them into threads_daily_tracker.json without losing existing data.

Two refresh sources are supported and must be tried in this order:

  1. Threads API — preferred when a token is available. Faster, more reliable, better for scheduled refresh.
  2. Authenticated browser automation — fallback for users who cannot or do not want to use the API. Scrapes the user's own logged-in Threads profile.

Browser scraping is slower and more fragile than the API. Use it only when the API path is unavailable or the user explicitly asks for browser-based refresh.

Step 0: Pick the Refresh Source

Follow references/api-path.md to decide whether the API path applies. If it does, run the API commands there and stop — do not run the Chrome flow. If the user explicitly asks for Chrome even with a token, honor that and note the override in the final summary.

Execution Modes

/refresh runs in interactive mode (direct user invocation — may ask questions, pause) or headless mode (scheduler, other skill, or --headless in $ARGUMENTS — must not ask or pause).

Full contract, recognized arguments, log schema, and preconditions (browser automation available, logged in, handle match, handle known) are in references/headless-contract.md. Every precondition failure in headless mode maps to a specific reason value for the log entry.

Principles and Knowledge

Load knowledge/_shared/principles.md before scraping. Follow discovery order in knowledge/_shared/discovery.md. For /refresh, also load:

  • data-confidence.md
  • chrome-selectors.md

Never hard-code selectors in this skill. chrome-selectors.md is the source of truth.

Chrome Execution Flow

Follow references/chrome-flow.md for Steps 1–7:

  • Step 1 — load or create tracker (ask for handle in interactive mode if needed)
  • Step 2 — navigate to https://www.threads.com/@<handle> and confirm header handle
  • Step 2.5 — mandatory selector health check from knowledge/chrome-selectors.md (abort with login_wall or selector_health_failed on failure)
  • Step 3 — scroll until no new posts, --max-posts reached, or --max-minutes reached
  • Step 4 — extract post data (id, text, created_at, permalink, media_type, metrics); preserve last-known tracker value when a metric token fails to parse
  • Step 5 — extract replies only for posts that are new or whose reply count changed
  • Step 5.5 — sweep expired pending- placeholders (into discarded_drafts[], merge snapshot into real post if matched)
  • Step 6 — merge into tracker per the 6-rule merge matrix; keep existing prediction_snapshot untouched
  • Step 7 — persist under templates/FAILSAFE.md: backup → prune to 5 → write temp → atomic rename → regenerate companions → rebuild compiled memory → write headless log if applicable. Companion and compiled-memory failures are non-fatal.

Step 8: Report

Use the exact report shape in references/output-and-failures.md. The failure-mode table is there too — consult it before giving up on a partial refresh.

Boundary Reminders

  • It is valid for this skill to write the tracker, backup files, refresh log, and companion files. Those writes are part of the contract.
  • It is valid for this skill to rebuild compiled/ after tracker changes. Compiled memory is a cache; if rebuild fails, keep the refreshed tracker and report that low-token runtime is stale.
  • Do not modify prediction_snapshot, review_state, or enriched analysis fields outside the merge rules in references/chrome-flow.md.
  • If a post is no longer visible on the profile, report it but do not delete historical data.
  • Browser automation actions must stay inside threads.com during this flow.