RSS Reader
Monitor any RSS/Atom feed for content ideas, competitor tracking, and industry news.
Quick Start
# Add a feed
node scripts/rss.js add "https://example.com/feed.xml" --category tech
Check all feeds
node scripts/rss.js check
Check specific category
node scripts/rss.js check --category tech
List feeds
node scripts/rss.js list
Remove a feed
node scripts/rss.js remove "https://example.com/feed.xml"
Configuration
Feeds stored in
rss-reader/feeds.json
:
{
"feeds": [
{
"url": "https://example.com/feed.xml",
"name": "Example Blog",
"category": "tech",
"enabled": true,
"lastChecked": "2026-02-22T00:00:00Z",
"lastItemDate": "2026-02-21T12:00:00Z"
}
],
"settings": {
"maxItemsPerFeed": 10,
"maxAgeDays": 7,
"summaryEnabled": true
}
}
Use Cases
Content Research
Monitor competitor blogs, industry publications, and thought leaders:
# Add multiple feeds
node scripts/rss.js add "https://competitor.com/blog/feed" --category competitors
node scripts/rss.js add "https://techcrunch.com/feed" --category news
node scripts/rss.js add "https://news.ycombinator.com/rss" --category tech
Get recent items as content ideas
node scripts/rss.js check --since 24h --format ideas
Newsletter Aggregation
Track newsletters and digests:
node scripts/rss.js add "https://newsletter.com/feed" --category newsletters
Keyword Monitoring
Filter items by keywords:
node scripts/rss.js check --keywords "AI,agents,automation"
Output Formats
Default (list)
[tech] Example Blog - "New Post Title" (2h ago)
https://example.com/post-1
[news] TechCrunch - "Breaking News" (4h ago)
https://techcrunch.com/article-1
Ideas (content research mode)
## Content Ideas from RSS (Last 24h)
Tech
- "New Post Title" - [Example Blog]
Key points: Point 1, Point 2, Point 3
Angle: How this relates to your niche
News
"Breaking News" - [TechCrunch]
Key points: Summary of the article
Angle: Your take or response
JSON (for automation)
node scripts/rss.js check --format json
Popular Feeds by Category
Tech/AI
https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
- Hacker Newshttps://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/.rss
- r/artificialhttps://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/.rss
- r/LocalLLaMAhttps://openai.com/blog/rss.xml
- OpenAI Blog
Marketing
https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/.rss
- r/Entrepreneurhttps://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/.rss
- r/SaaS
News
https://techcrunch.com/feed/
- TechCrunchhttps://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml
- The Verge
Cron Integration
Set up daily feed checking via heartbeat or cron:
// In HEARTBEAT.md
- Check RSS feeds once daily, summarize new items worth reading
Or via cron job:
clawdbot cron add --schedule "0 8 * * *" --task "Check RSS feeds and summarize: node /root/clawd/skills/rss-reader/scripts/rss.js check --since 24h --format ideas"
Scripts
scripts/rss.js
- Main CLI for feed managementscripts/parse-feed.js
- Feed parser module (uses xml2js)
Dependencies
npm install xml2js node-fetch
The script will prompt for installation if dependencies are missing.
