Introduction
# TechNews Skill
Fetches top stories from TechMeme, summarizes linked articles, and highlights social media buzz.
## Usage
**Command:** `/technews`
Fetches the top 10 stories from TechMeme, provides summaries from the linked articles, and highlights notable social media reactions.
## Setup
This skill requires: - Python 3.9+ - `requests` and `beautifulsoup4` packages - Optional: `tiktoken` for token-aware truncation
Install dependencies: ```bash pip install requests beautifulsoup4 ```
## Architecture
The skill works in three stages:
1. **Scrape TechMeme** — `scripts/techmeme_scraper.py` fetches and parses top stories 2. **Fetch Articles** — `scripts/article_fetcher.py` retrieves article content in parallel 3. **Summarize** — `scripts/summarizer.py` generates summaries and finds social reactions
## Commands
### /technews
Fetches and presents top tech news stories.
**Output includes:** - Story title and original link - AI-generated summary - Social media highlights (Twitter reactions) - Relevance score based on topic preferences
## How It Works
1. Scrapes TechMeme's homepage for top stories (by default, top 10) 2. For each story, fetches the linked article 3. Generates a concise summary (2-3 sentences) 4. Checks for notable social media reactions 5. Presents results in a clean, readable format
## State
- `<workspace>/memory/technews_history.json` — cache of recently fetched stories to avoid repeats
## Examples
- `/technews` — Get the latest tech news summary
## Future Expansion
This skill is designed to be extended to other sources: - Hacker News (`/hn`) - Reddit (`/reddit`) - Other tech news aggregators
The modular architecture allows adding new source handlers without changing core functionality.