How do I install the Rss Digest skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add modbender/rss-digest 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.

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Is Rss Digest free to use?

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Who published Rss Digest?

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

Rss Digest by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Rss Digest
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

Rss Digest

Agentic RSS digest using the feed CLI. Fetch, triage, and summarize RSS feeds to surface high-signal posts. Use when: (1) reading RSS feeds or catching up on news, (2) user asks for a digest, roundup, or summary of recent posts, (3) user asks what's new or interesting today, (4) user mentions feed, RSS, or blogs.

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

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RSS Digest

Surface what's worth reading from RSS feeds. Requires feed CLI (brew install odysseus0/tap/feed).

Workflow

Scan — feed get entries --limit 50 for recent unread (title, feed, date, URL, summary). Auto-fetches if stale. If 0 results, run feed get stats — if 0 feeds, import starter set: feed import https://github.com/odysseus0/feed/raw/main/hn-popular-blogs-2025.opml and retry.
Triage — Pick 5-10 high-signal posts based on the user's prompt. If no specific interest given, prioritize surprising, contrarian, or unusually insightful pieces.
Read + Synthesize — For each picked entry, read the full content and summarize in 2-3 sentences. Prefer fetching the URL directly (e.g. WebFetch) if available — keeps full text out of context. Otherwise use feed get entry <id> to read the stored content. Parallelize when possible.
Present — Compile the summaries into a digest. Group by theme if natural clusters emerge.

Commands

feed get entries --limit N              # list unread entries (table)
feed get entries --feed <id> --limit N  # filter by feed
feed get entry <id>                     # read full post (markdown)
feed fetch                              # pull latest from all feeds
feed search "<query>"                   # full-text search
feed update entries --read <id> ...     # batch mark read
feed get feeds                          # list feeds with unread counts
feed get stats                          # database stats

Notes

The entries table includes full URLs. Prefer fetching URLs directly (keeps full text out of your context window). Fall back to feed get entry <id> if you don't have a web fetch tool.
Do NOT mark entries as read. The user decides what to mark read.
Default output is table — most token-efficient for scanning. Avoid -o json.
Filter by feed if too many entries: --feed <feed_id>.

---name: rss-digestdescription: Agentic RSS digest using the feed CLI. Fetch, triage, and summarize RSS feeds to surface high-signal posts. Use when: (1) reading RSS feeds or catching up on news, (2) user asks for a digest, roundup, or summary of recent posts, (3) user asks what's new or interesting today, (4) user mentions feed, RSS, or blogs.--- # RSS Digest Surface what's worth reading from RSS feeds. Requires `feed` CLI (`brew install odysseus0/tap/feed`). ## Workflow 1. **Scan** — `feed get entries --limit 50` for recent unread (title, feed, date, URL, summary). Auto-fetches if stale. If 0 results, run `feed get stats` — if 0 feeds, import starter set: `feed import https://github.com/odysseus0/feed/raw/main/hn-popular-blogs-2025.opml` and retry. 3. **Triage** — Pick 5-10 high-signal posts based on the user's prompt. If no specific interest given, prioritize surprising, contrarian, or unusually insightful pieces. 4. **Read + Synthesize** — For each picked entry, read the full content and summarize in 2-3 sentences. Prefer fetching the URL directly (e.g. WebFetch) if available — keeps full text out of context. Otherwise use `feed get entry <id>` to read the stored content. Parallelize when possible. 5. **Present** — Compile the summaries into a digest. Group by theme if natural clusters emerge. ## Commands ``` feed get entries --limit N # list unread entries (table) feed get entries --feed <id> --limit N # filter by feed feed get entry <id> # read full post (markdown) feed fetch # pull latest from all feeds feed search "<query>" # full-text search feed update entries --read <id> ... # batch mark read feed get feeds # list feeds with unread counts feed get stats # database stats ``` ## Notes - The entries table includes full URLs. Prefer fetching URLs directly (keeps full text out of your context window). Fall back to `feed get entry <id>` if you don't have a web fetch tool. - Do NOT mark entries as read. The user decides what to mark read. - Default output is table — most token-efficient for scanning. Avoid `-o json`. - Filter by feed if too many entries: `--feed <feed_id>`.

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