Now reads from ~/.config/last30days/.env like the regular skill.
Bird CLI + API keys both work together.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bird CLI doesn't support --since as a CLI flag.
Use X's search syntax: 'topic since:YYYY-MM-DD'
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove interactive "Install Bird CLI?" prompt
- Add Bird as FREE option in promo messages
- Auto-detect Bird silently (use if authenticated)
- Keep original flow: show promo → continue with available sources
Bird now appears in the promo alongside API keys:
🔵 X (Twitter)
└─ FREE: npm install -g @steipete/bird (uses browser session)
└─ Or: Add XAI_API_KEY (paid API)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Move Bird CLI check to run before topic validation so users see
the install prompt even when running without a topic argument.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add LAST30DAYS_CONFIG_DIR env var to override config location
- Set LAST30DAYS_CONFIG_DIR="" in test skill for clean mode
- Test skill now ignores existing API keys to show Bird install prompt
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Creates SKILL-TEST.md with name "last30daystest" so the Bird CLI
integration can be tested without affecting the original /last30days
skill installed from the public repo.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Move progress display initialization early to support Bird prompts
- Check Bird availability and offer install if no X source available
- Override available sources when Bird is ready
- Pass x_source parameter to run_research function
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add bird_x import and setup_bird_if_needed function to main script.
The function checks Bird status and offers installation if needed,
returning 'bird' if ready, 'declined' if user declined, or None if
unavailable.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- is_bird_installed() checks if bird command is in PATH
- is_bird_authenticated() runs bird whoami to verify auth
- check_npm_available() checks if npm can install bird
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
12-task implementation plan for integrating Bird CLI as free X/Twitter
search alternative. Includes detection, interactive install, search
dispatch, and main flow integration.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds design doc for integrating Bird CLI as an alternative X/Twitter
search source. Bird uses browser cookies (free, no API key) and
provides direct GraphQL access to X.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Fix invalid YAML in SKILL.md argument-hint (closes#8)
Wrapped value in single quotes to properly escape double quotes
- Add automatic model fallback for GPT-5 access errors (closes#9)
When OpenAI returns 400 for unverified orgs, retry with gpt-4o
- Add tests for model fallback logic
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Refactor run_research() to use ThreadPoolExecutor for parallel execution
- Reddit timeout/crash no longer blocks X search from running
- Add catch for ConnectionResetError/OSError in http.py
- Per-item error handling in Reddit enrichment (one failure doesn't crash all)
- Increase API timeouts from 60/90/120 to 90/120/180 seconds
- Add ClawdBot setup example to README
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds ⚠️ LIMITED RECENT DATA warning when:
- Fewer than 5 items are confirmed from the date range
- Tells Claude to be transparent with user about data freshness
Example output for obscure topic (June Oven):
"Only 4 item(s) confirmed from 2025-12-26 to 2026-01-25.
Results below may include older/evergreen content."
Popular topics (clawdbot, nano banana) don't show the warning.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
If initial search returns <5 threads, extract core subject and retry:
- "best nano banana prompting practices" → retry with "nano banana"
- Combines results from both searches, deduped by URL
Note: OpenAI's web_search still tends to find old content. This retry
helps cast a wider net but doesn't fully solve the recency issue.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
OpenAI's web_search doesn't reliably find recent Reddit content.
Strategy change: request MORE threads and let server-side date
filtering handle it.
Changes:
- Increased depth config (20-30 → 30-50 default)
- Simplified prompt to search broadly and include all matches
- Let server-side date filter remove old content
- Removed aggressive pre-filtering that was limiting results
Tradeoff: Some topics have more X coverage than Reddit due to
web_search limitations. This is acceptable.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The model was finding old threads (Nov-Dec 2025) that got filtered out,
leaving 0 results even for popular topics like "nano banana prompts".
Changes:
- Add explicit date filters: "after:{from_date}" and "2026"/"January 2026"
- Emphasize RECENT content is critical, old threads are filtered anyway
- Tell model to verify dates before including threads
Before: 0-2 Reddit threads for "nano banana prompting practices"
After: 16 Reddit threads from January 2026
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Shows /last30days as a discovery tool for finding popular resources
in rapidly evolving ecosystems - ranked by community engagement.
Includes Remotion (17.3K likes), SkillsMP marketplace, Superpowers,
and Trail of Bits security skills.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Shows /last30days as a product research tool - discovering real-world
use cases with engagement metrics from r/LocalLLaMA, r/selfhosted, and
X posts from @steipete, @danpeguine, @dreetje.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add EXTRACT CORE KEYWORDS step to search for main subject, not full phrase
("killer features of clawdbot" → search "clawdbot")
- Remove hardcoded subreddit list that biased results toward design/dev subs
- Simplify search strategies and URL validation rules
- Make prompt more concise - GPT-5.2 responds better to clearer instructions
Before: 0 threads found for "killer features of clawdbot"
After: 7 threads found including r/LocalLLaMA (43pts), r/selfhosted (26pts)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Skill now works without any API keys using WebSearch fallback
- Shows promo banner marketing Reddit/X data when keys are missing
- Partial mode (one key) shows shorter tip for the missing source
- Updated SKILL.md to document three modes: Full, Partial, Web-Only
- Added get_missing_keys() to env.py for promo logic
- Added show_promo(), start_web_only(), show_web_only_complete() to ui.py
- Updated render_compact() to include inline promo for web-only mode
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Shows multi-panel consistency for photorealistic people:
- JSON structure with face preservation
- Same person at ages 10, 20, 40, 80
- Heterochromia + freckles maintained across panels
- Real generated result
Also added to SKILL.md intro examples.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Stats were showing twice - once in Judge section, once at end.
Now Judge section just synthesizes internally, stats only appear
at the end right before invitation.
Order: What I learned -> Stats -> Share your vision
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Shows JSON-structured prompting for UI mockups:
- Layer-based structure (frame -> layout -> content)
- iOS 18 design system references
- 8pt grid and element limits
- Real generated mockup result
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
New order:
1. What I learned / KEY PATTERNS (or Most mentioned)
2. Stats (All agents reported back!)
3. Share your vision (last)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Prompting is the primary use case, so it should be first:
1. Prompting - "Midjourney prompts", "ChatGPT image generation"
2. Recommendations - "best Claude Code skills", "top AI tools"
3. News - "what's happening with OpenAI"
4. General - any topic
Also renamed HOW-TO query type to PROMPTING for clarity.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude was "helpfully" adding DALL-E, GPT-4o to searches when user
asked about "ChatGPT image prompting". This uses outdated knowledge.
Now explicitly instructs: use the user's exact terminology, don't
substitute or add tech names. Trust the user knows what they're
asking about.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Updated research banner:
- Added Judge Agent: "Standing by to synthesize..."
- Better emoji descriptions: "Scanning for gold", "Catching latest takes"
Updated completion display:
- "All agents reported back!"
- "Judge Agent: Weighing the evidence..."
- Emojis on the Judge's evaluation criteria
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
After research is complete, Claude is an expert. Follow-up questions
should be answered from the research findings, not trigger new
WebSearches. Only do new research for a different topic.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Since script runs in background, users don't see its live output.
Now Claude displays the fancy emoji banner immediately before
starting the background script.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Added QUERY_TYPE detection:
- RECOMMENDATIONS ("best X") → searches for lists, extracts specific names
- NEWS → searches for current events
- HOW-TO → searches for tutorials
- GENERAL → broad topic research
For RECOMMENDATIONS queries, synthesis now extracts specific entity names
with mention counts instead of generic patterns.
Example: "best Claude Code skills" now returns:
"Most mentioned: /commit (5x), remotion (4x), git-worktree (3x)"
Instead of:
"Skills are good. Keep them under 500 lines."
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Start the script first with run_in_background:true, then do WebSearch.
Both run in parallel so users see the script's progress display while
WebSearch also fetches results.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Suppress "Sources:" output from WebSearch (redundant noise)
- Reorder: Research Complete stats → What I learned → Share your vision
- Simplified KEY PATTERNS to 3 items
- Clean ending users see while waiting for their input
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Users now see the script's progress display as the "working state"
while waiting, rather than the WebSearch tool call.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
WebSearch shows as visible tool calls, so announcing it in the
banner was redundant. Now only Reddit and X agents are shown
in the initial display.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Previously Reddit was returning ~60% old content (some from 2022).
This commit adds multiple layers of date enforcement:
- Reddit prompt: Explicit from_date/to_date with "fewer results > older results"
- Hard filter: filter_by_date_range() in normalize.py excludes old content
- WebSearch Date Detective: Extracts dates from URLs (/2026/01/24/) and
snippets ("January 24, 2026", "3 days ago")
- WebSearch scoring: +10 bonus for verified dates, -20 penalty for unknown
The skill now guarantees only content from the last 30 days.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add new tagline emphasizing AI moves fast and this skill keeps you current.
Replace em-dashes with regular dashes/colons throughout.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Deploy 3 agents in parallel: Reddit+X, WebSearch, Backup WebSearch
- Add visual progress indicators (🟠🔵🌐)
- Add Judge Agent to synthesize all sources
- Include web authors in top voices (e.g., "John on Medium")
- Weight Reddit/X higher than WebSearch (engagement signals)
Makes the research feel magical with parallel execution.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add WebSearch to allowed-tools
- Add --include-web flag to script invocation
- Add WebSearch Execution section with instructions
- Update summary format to include web sources
The skill now instructs Claude to use WebSearch after the
Python script runs, when the WEBSEARCH REQUIRED marker appears.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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