AI News

Fetch recent AI news from RSS feeds and YouTube channel feeds, then synthesize into a digest. Optionally fetch full transcripts for YouTube videos.

Setup (one-time)

cd ~/.letta/skills/ai-news/scripts && npm install

Workflow

1. Fetch recent news

npx tsx scripts/fetch-news.ts [--days 7] [--limit 5] [--sources all|rss|youtube]

• Outputs a JSON object with items[] sorted newest-first
• Each item has: source, type (rss/youtube), title, url, publishedAt, summary, videoId
• Failed sources are listed in errors[] — safe to ignore individual failures

2. Synthesize a digest

Read the JSON output and write a digest grouped by theme (e.g. model releases, research, tools, policy). Lead with the most significant items. For YouTube videos, note they have transcripts available.

3. (Optional) Fetch a video transcript

For any YouTube item worth deeper coverage:

npx tsx scripts/fetch-transcript.ts <video-url-or-id> [--summary] [--lang en]

• --summary returns first ~4000 chars (good for quick context)
• Without --summary, returns full transcript + timestamped segments
• Works with any YouTube URL format or bare video ID

Customizing Sources

See references/sources.md for the full list of default RSS feeds and YouTube channels, how to find channel IDs, and additional feed recommendations.

To add/remove sources, edit the RSS_FEEDS and YOUTUBE_CHANNELS arrays at the top of scripts/fetch-news.ts.

Tips

• Use --days 1 for daily briefings, --days 7 for weekly digests
• Use --sources rss if YouTube fetches are slow or failing
• Some feeds (arXiv) can be very high volume — use a lower --limit or filter by keyword after fetching
• Transcripts require captions to be enabled on the video; auto-generated captions work fine