Agent News Monitor

Monitors Hacker News, Reddit, and arXiv for AI agent developments. Produces daily digests and alerts for trending topics.

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byDemerzels-lab

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Best use case

Agent News Monitor is best used when you need a repeatable AI agent workflow instead of a one-off prompt.

Monitors Hacker News, Reddit, and arXiv for AI agent developments. Produces daily digests and alerts for trending topics.

Teams using Agent News Monitor should expect a more consistent output, faster repeated execution, less prompt rewriting.

When to use this skill

You want a reusable workflow that can be run more than once with consistent structure.

When not to use this skill

You only need a quick one-off answer and do not need a reusable workflow.
You cannot install or maintain the underlying files, dependencies, or repository context.

Installation

Claude Code / Cursor / Codex

$curl -o ~/.claude/skills/agent-news/SKILL.md --create-dirs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Demerzels-lab/elsamultiskillagent/main/public/skills/bobrenze-bot/agent-news/SKILL.md"

Manual Installation

Download SKILL.md from GitHub
Place it in .claude/skills/agent-news/SKILL.md inside your project
Restart your AI agent — it will auto-discover the skill

How Agent News Monitor Compares

Feature / Agent	Agent News Monitor	Standard Approach
Platform Support	Not specified	Limited / Varies
Context Awareness	High	Baseline
Installation Complexity	Unknown	N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this skill do?

Monitors Hacker News, Reddit, and arXiv for AI agent developments. Produces daily digests and alerts for trending topics.

Where can I find the source code?

You can find the source code on GitHub using the link provided at the top of the page.

SKILL.md Source

# 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
```bash
./monitor.sh digest
```
Generates a markdown digest of the past 24 hours.

### Trending Now
```bash
./monitor.sh trending
```
Shows currently hot topics across all sources.

### Search
```bash
./monitor.sh search "memory systems"
```
Searches recent content for specific topics.

### Watch Topics
```bash
./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:
```markdown
## 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.

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