Feed Curator

Feed Curator (raw-fetch only)

Pull unprocessed items from feed-server, write raw markdown to Inbox/feeds/raw/, mark processed. No AI summarization. Panda triages himself.

Why this skill is thin

Earlier versions scored items P0-P3, deep-read articles, wrote knowledge notes, and appended digests to the daily note. That generated AI-authored substance into knowledge/ and polluted Panda's brain layer.

New scope: fetch-only. The skill is the pipe; Panda is the editor.

If you want summaries, after fetch run /knowledge backfill (structural) or read items individually and use /knowledge promote to graduate worthwhile items.

Prerequisites

• Feed server running at localhost:3456
• Personal vault at <personal-vault> (resolved from session env)

Step 1: Fetch unprocessed items

curl -s http://localhost:3456/items?unprocessed=1

Returns JSON array: id, title, url, description, source_type, source_name, pub_date, first_seen_at.

If empty → report "nothing to process" and stop. If >100 items → process oldest 100, note remainder for next run.

Step 2: Filter noise

Skip items matching:

• coupon / promo code / discount code / % off / "deal" patterns
• single-word titles
• already-exists path (filename collision in Inbox/feeds/raw/<date>/)

No P0-P3 scoring. No "trusted source" promotion. Filter is binary: noise or not.

Step 3: Write raw items

For each non-noise item:

Path: <personal-vault>/Inbox/feeds/raw/YYYY-MM-DD/{slug}.md

Slug: lowercase, non-alphanumeric → hyphens, max 60 chars.

Template:

---
date: YYYY-MM-DD
type: feed-raw
source: {url}
source_name: {source_name}
pub_date: {pub_date}
fetched_at: {ISO8601}
origin: ai-fetched
---

# {title}

{description}

[Source]({url})

Create date directory if missing. Skip if file already exists (dedup).

Do NOT:

• Run bird read / defuddle parse / summarize for full content (Panda triggers per-item if interested)
• Write to knowledge/
• Append to daily note
• Write source-quality.json signals (knowledge-ship handles signal generation now)

Step 4: Mark processed

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:3456/items/processed \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ids": ["id1", "id2", ...]}'

Include all fetched IDs (raw-written and noise-skipped).

Step 5: Report

[feed-curator] fetched N items, wrote M raw, skipped N-M as noise
[feed-curator] Inbox/feeds/raw/YYYY-MM-DD/ now has M new items
[feed-curator] next: Panda triages → /knowledge promote <path> for keepers

Anti-scope-creep notes

If you find yourself wanting to:

• Score items by priority → STOP. Panda scores at triage time.
• Deep-read articles → STOP. Panda triggers per-item.
• Write digest to daily note → STOP. Daily note is Panda's capture, not AI's report.
• Update knowledge/ notes → STOP. AI never writes substance to knowledge/.

If any of these feels needed, the request belongs in a different skill (/knowledge, daily-distill — which is paused), not here.