# Follow Builders Lite

> Lightweight AI builders digest from the upstream zarazhangrui/follow-builders GitHub Actions feeds. Use when the user asks for AI builder news, AI industry updates, /ai-style digests, summaries of top AI builders, or wants a safer local skill that reads public feed JSON without API keys, cron setup, delivery integrations, or local scraping.

- Skill: `hexbee/follow-builders-lite` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add hexbee/follow-builders-lite`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/hexbee/follow-builders-lite/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: hexbee (https://skillmd.com/u/hexbee)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/hexbee/follow-builders-lite

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# Follow Builders Lite

Use this skill to prepare concise AI builders digests from the public feed files generated by `zarazhangrui/follow-builders`.

This skill is intentionally read-only and lightweight:

- Do not request X/Twitter, YouTube, podcast, Telegram, email, or delivery API keys.
- Do not scrape X, YouTube, podcast hosts, or blog websites locally.
- Do not install cron jobs or configure push delivery.
- Do not modify the upstream repository.
- Depend on the upstream GitHub Actions output only: `feed-x.json`, `feed-podcasts.json`, and `feed-blogs.json`.

## Quick Start

Run the bundled script to fetch and compact the upstream feeds:

```bash
python3 scripts/prepare_digest.py --language zh
```

Use the resulting JSON as the only source material for the digest. If the script reports feed errors, mention them briefly only when they affect coverage.

## Workflow

1. Run `scripts/prepare_digest.py` from this skill directory.
2. Read the JSON from stdout.
3. Write a digest in the requested language.
4. Include links from the feed.
5. Separate sections by content type when present:
   - X / builders
   - Podcasts
   - Official blogs
6. Omit empty sections.

## Digest Style

Prefer signal over completeness.

- Start with 3-5 bullets of the most important takeaways.
- Group related X posts when they point to the same theme.
- For podcasts, summarize the practical ideas, not the whole transcript.
- For blogs, extract what changed, why it matters, and who should care.
- Keep hype low and mark uncertainty plainly.
- Do not invent facts beyond the feed content.

## Language

- `en`: write in English.
- `zh`: write in concise Simplified Chinese.
- `bilingual`: keep headings bilingual and include compact English source phrasing only where useful.

## Script Options

Use these only when needed:

```bash
python3 scripts/prepare_digest.py --language zh --max-field-chars 6000
python3 scripts/prepare_digest.py --local-dir /path/to/follow-builders
```

- `--language`: `en`, `zh`, or `bilingual`; defaults to `en`.
- `--max-field-chars`: maximum characters kept for long transcript/blog fields.
- `--local-dir`: read `feed-*.json` from a local clone for testing instead of GitHub raw.

## Safety Boundary

If a user asks to change sources or fetching logic, explain that the source list and collection jobs live upstream in `zarazhangrui/follow-builders`. This skill can consume those feeds or a local test clone, but it should not add local credentials, scraping, delivery, or scheduling.