How do I install the Follow skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add modbender/follow in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Follow safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Follow?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Follow free to use?

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Who published Follow?

modbender (@modbender) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Follow by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Follow
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

File contents

Workspace

~/follow/
├── sources/           # One file per followed entity
│   ├── people/        # @naval.md, @dhh.md
│   ├── topics/        # ai-safety.md, rust.md
│   └── feeds/         # techcrunch.md, hn-frontpage.md
├── archive/           # Captured content by date
│   └── YYYY-MM/
├── alerts.md          # Alert configuration
└── index.md           # Quick status: what's being followed

Quick Reference

Task	Load
Add/configure sources	`sources.md`
Set up filtering rules	`filtering.md`
Configure alert tiers	`alerts.md`
Query archived content	`querying.md`
Platform-specific setup	`platforms.md`

Core Loop

Add source: User names person/topic/feed → create tracking file
Monitor: Check sources on schedule (cron) or on-demand
Filter: Apply relevance rules, skip noise
Store: Archive what matters (summaries, not full dumps)
Alert: Notify based on tier (immediate/daily/weekly/passive)
Query: Answer "what did X say about Y?" from archive

Common Patterns

User says	Agent does
"Follow @naval on Twitter"	Create `sources/people/naval.md`, configure Twitter monitoring
"Track AI safety discussions"	Create topic tracker with keywords across multiple sources
"What has Competitor X posted this week?"	Query archive, synthesize summary
"Alert me immediately when Y happens"	Add to high-priority tier in `alerts.md`
"Give me a weekly digest of everything"	Configure weekly summary in alerts
"Stop following X"	Archive and mark inactive

Capture Principles

Summaries over full content — save space, stay legal
Links + timestamps always — retrievable later
Context for why it matters — not just "X posted"
Deduplicate across sources — same news from 5 places = 1 entry

---name: followdescription: Monitor content from people, topics, and sources across platforms with smart filtering, tiered alerts, and searchable archives.--- ## Workspace ``` ~/follow/ ├── sources/ # One file per followed entity │ ├── people/ # @naval.md, @dhh.md │ ├── topics/ # ai-safety.md, rust.md │ └── feeds/ # techcrunch.md, hn-frontpage.md ├── archive/ # Captured content by date │ └── YYYY-MM/ ├── alerts.md # Alert configuration └── index.md # Quick status: what's being followed ``` --- ## Quick Reference | Task | Load | |------|------| | Add/configure sources | `sources.md` | | Set up filtering rules | `filtering.md` | | Configure alert tiers | `alerts.md` | | Query archived content | `querying.md` | | Platform-specific setup | `platforms.md` | --- ## Core Loop 1. **Add source**: User names person/topic/feed → create tracking file 2. **Monitor**: Check sources on schedule (cron) or on-demand 3. **Filter**: Apply relevance rules, skip noise 4. **Store**: Archive what matters (summaries, not full dumps) 5. **Alert**: Notify based on tier (immediate/daily/weekly/passive) 6. **Query**: Answer "what did X say about Y?" from archive --- ## Common Patterns | User says | Agent does | |-----------|------------| | "Follow @naval on Twitter" | Create `sources/people/naval.md`, configure Twitter monitoring | | "Track AI safety discussions" | Create topic tracker with keywords across multiple sources | | "What has Competitor X posted this week?" | Query archive, synthesize summary | | "Alert me immediately when Y happens" | Add to high-priority tier in `alerts.md` | | "Give me a weekly digest of everything" | Configure weekly summary in alerts | | "Stop following X" | Archive and mark inactive | --- ## Capture Principles - **Summaries over full content** — save space, stay legal - **Links + timestamps always** — retrievable later - **Context for why it matters** — not just "X posted" - **Deduplicate across sources** — same news from 5 places = 1 entry

Frequently asked questions

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