last_7_days_news

Last 7 Days News

This skill organizes the latest 7 days of AI news and X discussion signals.

The X workflow is intentionally opinionated:

• use a validated X cookie stored only at /tmp/last_7_days_news_x_cookie.txt
• sample high-signal profile timelines first
• use Home feed only as a supplement
• use the search page only as a final fallback
• collect page content through agent-browser
• filter by time window, topic relevance, and engagement in the conversation
• optionally generate an HTML report and a one-page summary

Do not treat collect_x_feed.py or Home feed as the default primary entry point.

When To Use

Use this skill when the user wants:

• AI, technology, or industry news from the last 7 days
• recent or high-signal X discussions from the last 7 days
• a merged brief across public news and social discussion
• a trend summary organized as Hot Topics / Viewpoints / Opportunities
• coverage of OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, Gemini, MCP, agents, coding tools, or adjacent AI themes

Default Workflow

1. Lock the topic, time window, and source scope

• The default time window is the last 7 days.
• If the user does not specify sources, cover all of the following in the same run:
  • official blogs, news sites, and documentation
  • developer communities such as Hacker News, GitHub, and Reddit
  • X discussion signals
• Treat these as parallel evidence tracks rather than a single linear path.
• If the user does not specify an output structure, use:
  • Hot Topics
  • Viewpoints
  • Opportunities
• If the user does not specify an output language, follow the current conversation language.

2. Expand public-source exploration

In one evidence track, collect stable sources that do not require extra accounts:

• Hacker News
• GitHub
• RSS feeds and official blogs
• web search and official documentation

Prioritize high-signal information:

• official announcements
• product updates with clear dates
• highly discussed community posts
• implementation notes and developer writeups

3. Expand X exploration in parallel

In a second evidence track, run the X portion in this order:

1. reuse and validate the /tmp cookie
2. sample high-signal account timelines
3. add Home feed only when timeline samples are insufficient
4. try a narrow search query only when both timeline and Home feed are insufficient
5. normalize, deduplicate, and cross-check the X findings against the public-source track

Do not start from the search page, and do not rely on Home feed alone for broad AI conclusions.

4. Merge, cross-check, and rank the evidence

After the public-source track and the X track have both explored the topic:

• merge the normalized results into one candidate set
• deduplicate overlapping items
• cross-check social claims against stable public links whenever possible
• rank the merged set by:
  • original source quality
  • freshness
  • engagement or discussion intensity
  • relevance to the user's ask

The default mental model is:

• one track explores public sources
• one track explores X signals
• the result layer merges both before summarization

5. X cookie rules

Only use this cookie path:

• /tmp/last_7_days_news_x_cookie.txt

The minimum required cookie fields are usually:

• auth_token
• ct0

If a cookie file exists, validate it first with scripts/validate_x_cookies.py. Do not trust file existence alone.

Preferred login refresh flow:

1. run scripts/ensure_x_cookies.sh
2. if login is needed, complete login in the opened browser
3. export cookies with scripts/export_x_cookies.py
4. validate the refreshed cookie again with scripts/validate_x_cookies.py

export_x_cookies.py writes only to /tmp/last_7_days_news_x_cookie.txt.

6. Keyword handling

Keywords still matter, but they are filters rather than the default collection entry point.

Preferred keyword input:

• ask the user for a keyword file when one already exists
• read one keyword per line
• ignore empty lines and # comment lines
• normalize to lowercase for matching

If the user does not have a file, build a temporary in-memory list inside the current run.

Example keywords:

chatgpt
claude
gemini
openai
anthropic
mcp
agent
ai coding

Extra rules:

• avoid using the bare keyword ai as a hard Home feed filter because the false-positive rate is high
• prefer brand names and compound phrases such as openai, anthropic, claude, gemini, mcp, ai agent, and coding agent
• when sampling a high-signal account timeline, let the account signal and time window dominate keyword filtering

7. Browser collection mode

Prefer direct agent-browser actions over ad hoc scraping scripts.

Default browser flow:

1. open https://x.com
2. inject cookies from /tmp/last_7_days_news_x_cookie.txt
3. refresh the page
4. open https://x.com/home to confirm the authenticated state
5. open high-signal profile timelines one by one
6. use agent-browser snapshot to read visible content
7. continue with scroll down, click, tab, and back

The high-signal account list lives here:

• references/x-high-signal-accounts.md

Rules for account groups:

• start with the default stable group
• use the extended observation group only when the topic clearly needs it or when the stable group is not enough
• the extended observation priority is model company -> AI coding -> Chinese community
• ask the user for a short confirmation before expanding beyond the stable group

Recommended sampling order:

1. model companies and official accounts
2. core people and researchers
3. AI coding and agent-tool ecosystem

For tasks about recent AI trends or opportunity areas, prioritize account timeline sampling over Home feed.

At minimum, the collection pass should:

• read visible tweet and article text
• capture source link, text, author, time, and interaction signals
• filter by account signal and time window first, then use keywords as a secondary filter
• keep only content from the last 7 days
• apply views or engagement thresholds when useful
• deduplicate posts
• stop or refresh when multiple rounds produce no new signal

Search page fallback rules:

• try only one narrow query at a time
• always switch to Latest
• if the page shows Something went wrong. Try reloading., click Retry only once
• if Retry still fails, abandon search and return to timeline sampling immediately

Home feed is suitable only when:

• the user explicitly wants to inspect the discussion inside the followed network
• you need weak but relevant signals that have already entered the account's follow graph

Home feed is not suitable for:

• serving as the primary evidence for broad AI trend conclusions
• filtering by the bare keyword ai

8. Data fields

Keep at least these fields in the normalized result set:

• title
• text
• source
• url
• author
• published_at
• score
• views
• likes
• comments

Suggested ranking priority:

1. official announcement or original source
2. freshness
3. engagement or discussion intensity
4. topic relevance to the user's ask

9. Output rules

Default summary structure:

Hot Topics

• list the 3 to 5 most important events or discussion threads

Viewpoints

• summarize what the community is debating
• distinguish official signals, developer practice, and sentiment-heavy takes

Opportunities

• identify product, content, integration, or workflow opportunities
• clearly label whether a statement is a fact or an inference grounded in facts

One-page summary

If the user asks for a summary, a one-pager, an executive version, or a short brief with links, generate an additional Markdown summary.

Recommended output path:

• survey/summary-one-page.md

Rules for the one-page summary:

• keep it close to one page
• focus on the 3 to 5 highest-value conclusions
• attach 1 to 2 supporting source samples to each conclusion whenever possible
• always include a Reference Links section
• prefer original X post links; if a post points to an official blog, include that blog link too
• if a conclusion relies on a previously validated sample that did not reproduce cleanly in the rerun, mark it as historical sample
• do not present unsupported judgments as hard facts
• for an executive audience, prioritize:
  • conclusion
  • why it matters now
  • opportunity area
  • reference links

Execution Learnings

Confirmed wins

• validate_x_cookies.py reliably separates file exists from still logs in
• a valid cookie already present on the same machine can usually be reused without a fresh login
• X profile timelines are far more stable and higher-signal than Home feed or search
• official accounts plus top ecosystem accounts are enough to draft a strong trend or opportunity brief quickly
• starting with official moves, then checking researchers and tooling accounts, then confirming against public news sources leads to more stable conclusions

Confirmed failure modes

• Home feed is noisy, especially when filtered with short terms such as ai
• the X search page often fails with Something went wrong. Try reloading. and cannot be the main path
• relying on a single path is brittle; the fallback order must be explicit
• some profile pages may fail with net::ERR_ABORTED; retry once and then skip
• conclusions without stable source links should not be framed as certain facts

X Collection Recommendations

Recommended

• use validated cookie + high-signal account timelines + agent-browser navigation
• read the account list directly from references/x-high-signal-accounts.md
• load keywords from a file when available instead of hardcoding them
• collect the first 10 to 20 high-signal samples before cross-checking with public news sources
• prioritize extracting:
  • text
  • time
  • username or display name
  • original post link
  • engagement metrics
• use native agent-browser commands such as open, snapshot, scroll, click, and get
• sample 2 to 3 official accounts first, then 1 to 2 core people, then 2 to 3 ecosystem accounts
• avoid scanning the extended observation group by default
• skip the search page entirely when timeline samples already support the conclusion
• generate a one-page summary with reference links when the user wants a stable sharable brief
• generate an HTML report with scripts/generate_report.py and scripts/template.html when the user wants a shareable artifact

Not recommended

• do not depend on collect_x_feed.py as the default route
• do not write temporary Python or JavaScript scraping scripts just for X
• do not use the search page as the default starting point
• do not use Home feed as the only factual source
• do not use the bare word ai as the main Home feed filter
• do not use one extremely long OR query as the main search strategy
• do not rely on Nitter
• do not collect X content in a logged-out state
• do not treat pure marketing noise as a core conclusion
• do not draw conclusions from a single viral post alone

Report Files

If the user wants an HTML report, use:

• scripts/generate_report.py
• scripts/template.html

Recommended JSON structure:

{
  "title": "Last 7 Days AI and X Discussion Brief",
  "config": {
    "keywords": ["chatgpt", "claude", "mcp"],
    "daysAgo": 7,
    "sources": ["web", "hn", "github", "x"]
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "title": "Claude capability updates spread quickly in the community",
      "text": "Developers on X are actively discussing Claude's changes in coding and agent workflows.",
      "source": "X",
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "author": "@example",
      "published_at": "2026-04-12T08:30:00Z",
      "score": 90,
      "views": 180000,
      "likes": 2400,
      "comments": 180
    }
  ]
}

Quick Decisions

• if the user wants a fast overview: search public news first, then sample 3 to 6 high-signal accounts
• if the user explicitly wants X sentiment: use validated cookie + high-signal timelines + agent-browser navigation
• if the user wants a recent 7-day brief: default to Hot Topics / Viewpoints / Opportunities
• if the user wants a one-pager or a linked summary: generate survey/summary-one-page.md
• if the user wants something shareable: generate an HTML report
• if the /tmp cookie is missing or invalid: refresh login and export a new cookie
• if high-signal account coverage is already sufficient: do not touch the search page
• if the stable group is sufficient but the user wants wider coverage: ask whether to expand into model company / AI coding / Chinese community
• if Home feed becomes too noisy: stop scrolling and return to account timelines
• if the search page errors: retry once, then immediately fall back to account timelines