Follow

Workspace

~/follow/
├── sources/           # One file per followed entity
│   ├── people/        # @naval.md, @dhh.md
│   ├── topics/        # ai-safety.md, rust.md
│   └── feeds/         # techcrunch.md, hn-frontpage.md
├── archive/           # Captured content by date
│   └── YYYY-MM/
├── alerts.md          # Alert configuration
└── index.md           # Quick status: what's being followed

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Quick Reference

Task	Load
Add/configure sources	sources.md
Set up filtering rules	filtering.md
Configure alert tiers	alerts.md
Query archived content	querying.md
Platform-specific setup	platforms.md

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Core Loop

1. Add source: User names person/topic/feed → create tracking file
2. Monitor: Check sources on schedule (cron) or on-demand
3. Filter: Apply relevance rules, skip noise
4. Store: Archive what matters (summaries, not full dumps)
5. Alert: Notify based on tier (immediate/daily/weekly/passive)
6. Query: Answer "what did X say about Y?" from archive

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Common Patterns

User says	Agent does
"Follow @naval on Twitter"	Create sources/people/naval.md, configure Twitter monitoring
"Track AI safety discussions"	Create topic tracker with keywords across multiple sources
"What has Competitor X posted this week?"	Query archive, synthesize summary
"Alert me immediately when Y happens"	Add to high-priority tier in alerts.md
"Give me a weekly digest of everything"	Configure weekly summary in alerts
"Stop following X"	Archive and mark inactive

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Capture Principles

• Summaries over full content — save space, stay legal
• Links + timestamps always — retrievable later
• Context for why it matters — not just "X posted"
• Deduplicate across sources — same news from 5 places = 1 entry