bobrenze-bot Agent News Monitor
Monitors Hacker News, Reddit, and arXiv for AI agent developments. Produces daily digests and alerts for trending topics.
Why This Exists
Staying current on AI agent developments is crucial but time-consuming. This skill automates discovery of relevant news, papers, and discussions.
Commands
Daily Digest
./monitor.sh digest
Generates a markdown digest of the past 24 hours.
Trending Now
./monitor.sh trending
Shows currently hot topics across all sources.
Search
./monitor.sh search "memory systems"
Searches recent content for specific topics.
Watch Topics
./monitor.sh watch "autonomous agents,tool use,memory"
Sets topics to highlight in future digests.
Sources
- Hacker News: Top/new stories matching AI agent keywords
- Reddit: r/LocalLLaMA, r/MachineLearning, r/artificial
- arXiv: cs.AI, cs.CL, cs.LG categories
Heartbeat Integration
Add to HEARTBEAT.md:
## Morning News Check
- Run: ./skills/agent-news/monitor.sh digest --quiet
- If interesting items: Send summary to Serene
- Log: Update memory/news-state.json
Output
Supports markdown (default) and JSON (--json) output.