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Monitor Anthropic ecosystem AND AI development YouTube channels for updates that can improve PAI infrastructure.

Voice Notification

When executing a workflow, do BOTH:

Send voice notification:

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8888/notify \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"message": "Running the WORKFLOWNAME workflow from the Upgrades skill"}' \
  > /dev/null 2>&1 &

Output text notification:

Running the **WorkflowName** workflow from the **Upgrades** skill...

Full documentation: ~/.claude/skills/CORE/SkillNotifications.md

Workflow Routing

When executing a workflow, output this notification directly:

Running the **WorkflowName** workflow from the **Upgrades** skill...

Workflow	Trigger	File
Anthropic	"check Anthropic", "new Claude features"	`Workflows/Anthropic.md`
YouTube	"check YouTube", "new videos"	`Workflows/YouTube.md`
ReleaseNotesDeepDive	"analyze release notes", "deep dive features", "/release-notes analysis"	`Workflows/ReleaseNotesDeepDive.md`
All	"check for updates", "check upgrades"	Run both workflows

Examples

Example 1: Full ecosystem check

User: "check for updates"
→ Invokes All workflow
→ Runs Anthropic workflow then YouTube workflow
→ Reports Anthropic changes + new YouTube videos with transcripts

Example 2: Anthropic only

User: "any new Claude Code features?"
→ Invokes Anthropic workflow
→ Runs Anthropic.ts tool
→ Returns prioritized update report

Example 3: YouTube only

User: "any new videos from Indy Dev Dan?"
→ Invokes YouTube workflow
→ Checks channels, uses VideoTranscript skill for transcripts
→ Shows new videos with transcripts

Example 4: Deep dive on release notes

User: "deep dive the latest release notes"
→ Invokes ReleaseNotesDeepDive workflow
→ Runs /release-notes to capture features
→ Launches parallel research agents for each feature
→ Researches GitHub, docs, blog for each feature
→ Maps to PAI architecture opportunities
→ Outputs prioritized upgrade roadmap with citations

Anthropic Monitoring (30+ sources)

Sources Monitored:

Blogs & News (4) - Main blog, Alignment, Research, Interpretability
GitHub Repositories (21+) - claude-code, skills, MCP, SDKs, cookbooks
Changelogs (5) - Claude Code CHANGELOG, releases, docs notes
Documentation (6) - Claude docs, API docs, MCP docs, spec, registry
Community (1) - Discord server

YouTube Monitoring

YouTube channels are configured via the Skill Customization Layer. See ~/.claude/SKILLCUSTOMIZATIONS/Upgrades/ for user-specific channels.

Features:

Detection of new videos via yt-dlp
Transcript extraction via VideoTranscript skill
State tracking to avoid duplicate processing
User-customizable channel list (add your own channels via customization layer)

Tool Reference

Tool	Purpose
`tools/Anthropic.ts`	Check Anthropic sources

Configuration

Base Skill Files:

sources.json - Anthropic sources config (30+ sources)
youtube-channels.json - Base YouTube channels (empty - uses customization)
state/last-check.json - Anthropic state
state/youtube-videos.json - YouTube state

User Customizations (~/.claude/SKILLCUSTOMIZATIONS/Upgrades/):

EXTEND.yaml - Extension manifest
youtube-channels.json - User's personal YouTube channels

Use bun ~/.claude/skills/CORE/Tools/LoadSkillConfig.ts to load configs with customizations merged.

Integration

Uses VideoTranscript skill for transcript extraction:

bun ~/.claude/skills/CORE/Tools/GetTranscript.ts "<youtube-url>"

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