Consolidates seven beta-validated plans into the public release. Validated
on nine+ topics across GENERAL, COMPARISON, RECOMMENDATIONS, and
demographic-shopping classes before ship.
Plans bundled in this release:
- 003 Engine-emitted Pre-Research Status warning + Polymarket summarization
+ VOICE CONTRACT LAW 1-5 + Step 0.55 MANDATORY
- 004 WebSearch deferred-tool loading (ToolSearch STEP 0) + LAW 5 universal
+ top-of-file imperative
- 005 Supplement floor (2-3 minimum) separate from Step 0.55 pre-research
- 006 Step 2.5 MANDATORY raw-file append with canonical format example +
count-equality self-check
- 007 Restored April 9 canonical comparison template with Quick Verdict,
per-entity Strengths/Weaknesses, 9-axis Head-to-Head, Bottom Line,
emerging stack + LAW 2/4 COMPARISON exceptions
- 008 Person-topic GitHub handle resolution MANDATORY + LAW 1 reinforcement
at Step 2 tail and Step 2.5 entry + RECOMMENDATIONS signal-weighted
ranking rewrite + Polymarket post-merge topic filter (engine change,
filter_items_against_topic helper + vs/versus in _NOISE_WORDS)
- 009 Unified pre-flight CHECKLIST + VOICE CONTRACT formatting-authority
preface + Step 0.45 Query Quality Pre-Flight (4 keyword-trap classes) +
post-synthesis Sources-block self-check
Beta validation topics (2026-04-18): Kanye West, Matt Van Horn, CLI vs MCP,
OpenClaw vs Paperclip vs Hermes, Paperclip vs Hermes vs Open Claw, Garry
Tan, Israel vs Lebanon, Best programming language for AI agents, Peter
Steinberger post plan 009, Birthday gift for 42 year old man (Class 1
pre-flight fired correctly), Vincent Koc (passed).
No breaking changes. No new CLI flags. No new public API. Plugin name
(last30days) and marketplace name (last30days-skill) unchanged.
Co-authored-by: Matt Van Horn <455140+mvanhorn@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Support comma-separated API keys in SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY with random
selection per run, distributing load across multiple free-tier accounts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat(normalize): pass YouTube top_comments through with Reddit-compatible shape
_normalize_youtube silently dropped top_comments after enrich_with_comments
populated them, so the downstream signals/render/entity layers never saw
YouTube comments. Map likes->score and text->excerpt so the existing
Reddit-compatible readers Just Work.
Shared _remap_comments helper will be reused for TikTok in a later commit.
* feat(tiktok): fetch top comments via ScrapeCreators when opted in
Mirrors the youtube_comments pattern: new env.is_tiktok_comments_available
gate (requires SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY + tiktok_comments in INCLUDE_SOURCES),
tiktok.enrich_with_comments ranks posts and fetches via
GET /v1/tiktok/video/comments. Vote field is digg_count; text and user.nickname
come across verbatim. Pipeline calls the enricher right after TikTok search
when the gate is open.
Comment-fetch errors never crash the pipeline — the enricher returns an
empty list on 4xx/5xx.
* feat(normalize): pass TikTok top_comments through with digg_count->score mapping
Instagram uses the same shortform normalizer and has no comment fetcher
today, so the key is harmlessly absent there — no Instagram regression.
* feat(signals): add YouTube + TikTok top-comment score to engagement formula
Mirrors Reddit's 10% top-comment slot. Without top_comments present, the
formula reduces to views-dominant weighting; with a high-signal comment,
the item gets a meaningful bump (log1p(10k) ~ 9.2, weighted 0.10 = ~0.92
on the engagement score).
Updated the existing dominant-weight and missing-fields tests to the new
weights (0.45/0.32/0.13 for YT, 0.45/0.27/0.18 for TT). Views still dominate.
* feat(render): source-aware thresholds and vote labels for top comments
10 upvotes on Reddit signals community interest; 10 likes on a viral
TikTok is noise. Introduce per-source minimums (reddit 10, youtube 50,
tiktok 500) and native vote labels ('upvotes' for Reddit, 'likes' for
YT/TT). First-pass numbers — tune after live observation.
* docs: generalize top-comment quoting to YouTube + TikTok, add tiktok_comments opt-in
Synthesis instructions previously called out Reddit top comments only.
Now cover Reddit/YouTube/TikTok uniformly with source-appropriate vote
labels (upvotes vs likes), and explicitly frame YT transcript highlights
and comments as complementary signals. README and setup-wizard copy
document the new tiktok_comments INCLUDE_SOURCES token.
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Co-authored-by: Matt Van Horn <455140+mvanhorn@users.noreply.github.com>
Add Xquik (xquik.com) as a new X/Twitter search source that uses a REST
API with full engagement metrics (likes, retweets, replies, quotes,
views, bookmarks). Uses stdlib urllib only -- no new dependencies.
- scripts/lib/xquik.py: source module with search, parse, query expansion
- tests/test_xquik.py: 32 unit tests covering all functions
- env.py: XQUIK_API_KEY config and availability check
- pipeline.py: source registration and retrieve dispatch
- normalize.py: reuses _normalize_x (same item format as Bird)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat: INCLUDE_SOURCES config + TikTok/Instagram opt-in in NUX
- INCLUDE_SOURCES=tiktok,instagram in .env forces sources on for all
query types, bypassing the tier system
- NUX shows opt-in modal after ScrapeCreators key is saved: "Also
search TikTok and Instagram?" with honest call-usage warning
- Tier system preserved as default — override only when INCLUDE_SOURCES set
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: neutral call-usage copy — works for free and paid tiers
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Co-authored-by: Matt Van Horn <mvanhorn@MacBook-Pro.local>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This workspace uses GOOGLE_API_KEY as the canonical Google credential. Accept it ahead of the Gemini-specific aliases so the local evaluation harness can run without a separate GEMINI_API_KEY export.
Validation: uv run python -m unittest tests.test_env_project tests.test_evaluate_search_quality and a one-shot keychain-backed resolution check.
Add an optional local evaluator that compares a baseline revision against a candidate checkout, computes deterministic stability metrics, and can call Gemini for judged ranking metrics when configured.
The harness isolates child runs with a temporary HOME and a node-free PATH so historical revisions cannot trigger Bird browser-cookie auth during evaluation.
Validation: uv run python -m unittest and local smoke/full deterministic eval runs.
Update README, launch copy, and UI guidance to prefer popup-free AUTH_TOKEN/CT0 configuration, and keep X backend selection on the verified Bird or xAI paths.
Validation: uv run python -m unittest tests.test_env_project
Mastodon-compatible API at truthsocial.com/api/v2/search.
Opt-in via TRUTHSOCIAL_TOKEN env var (bearer token from browser).
Silent when unconfigured. Full pipeline: search, parse, normalize,
score, dedupe, render across all 10 pipeline files.
27 new tests, 440 total passing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
searchPosts endpoint now returns 403 for unauthenticated requests.
Add session auth via createSession, gate on BSKY_HANDLE + BSKY_APP_PASSWORD
env vars. When unconfigured, Bluesky is completely invisible (no error).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Free, no-auth-required search via public.api.bsky.app.
Always-on like HN and Polymarket (no API key needed).
- New scripts/lib/bluesky.py: search + parse via AT Protocol
- BlueskyItem schema, normalization, scoring, deduplication
- Wired into orchestrator ThreadPoolExecutor with timeout config
- Rendering in compact, full, and JSON output modes
- 14 unit tests covering parsing, dates, relevance, edge cases
- --search=bluesky / --search=bsky for bluesky-only mode
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
One SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY now covers Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, AND X.
Priority: Bird (free) > xAI API > ScrapeCreators (shared key).
New module scrapecreators_x.py follows the same pattern as tiktok.py.
Updated env.py source routing and last30days.py orchestrator dispatch.
Includes 20 unit tests.
Fixes#55.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add per-project configuration via .claude/last30days.env, discovered by
walking up from cwd. Uses the same .env format as the existing global
config — no new parsers or formats.
Priority (highest wins):
1. Environment variables
2. .claude/last30days.env (per-project)
3. ~/.config/last30days/.env (global)
Also adds file permission checking — warns to stderr if config files
are readable by other users (should be chmod 600).
Includes tests for discovery, precedence, source tracking, and
permission warnings.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Resolve conflicts between ScrapeCreators Reddit (main) and
public Reddit fallback (PR #48). Priority: ScrapeCreators ->
OpenAI -> public Reddit fallback.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- New scripts/lib/reddit.py: multi-query expansion, global search,
subreddit discovery, targeted subreddit search, comment enrichment
- 68 results in 17s vs ~15 results in 60-90s (OpenAI)
- Cost: ~$0.02/search vs $0.03-0.10 (15-50x cheaper)
- Real engagement data (score, comments, dates) from API
- No more 429 rate limits on comment enrichment
- Falls back to OpenAI if SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY missing
- Registered as last30daysbeta for parallel local testing
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- add xiaohongshu/xhs source path via xiaohongshu-mcp HTTP API\n- add Reddit public JSON fallback when OpenAI auth is unavailable\n- update diagnostics/UI rendering for new source availability states\n- harden Xiaohongshu availability probe to reduce false negatives\n- include source status reporting for Xiaohongshu
Add Instagram Reels as the 8th research source via ScrapeCreators API.
One API key (SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY) now covers both TikTok and Instagram.
- Add scripts/lib/instagram.py: keyword search, transcript extraction,
relevance scoring, engagement metrics (views, likes, comments)
- Add InstagramItem to schema, normalization, scoring, dedup, rendering
- Add Instagram to orchestrator pipeline, watchlist, and UI spinners
- Update SKILL.md: stats template, citation priority, item format,
URL-to-name extraction rules, anti-Sources instruction
- Update README and CHANGELOG for v2.8
- Fix: Instagram/TikTok not running in --search= web-only path
- Fix: web stats line showing full URLs instead of domain names
- Replace APIFY_API_TOKEN with SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY throughout
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Root cause of empty TikTok results: Apify required monthly subscription.
ScrapeCreators is PAYG with 100 free credits and no subscription.
Key fix: ScrapeCreators nests items under aweme_info wrapper
(search_item_list[].aweme_info.{fields}), which the previous
implementation missed, causing all fields to be empty.
Changes:
- Rewrite tiktok.py to use ScrapeCreators REST API
- Add aweme_info unwrapping for correct field extraction
- Add transcript fetching via /video/transcript endpoint
- Add SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY to env.py config
- Update last30days.py to use env.get_tiktok_token()
- Delete apify_client_wrapper.py (no longer needed)
- Update tests for new date field format (create_time)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add TikTok search, scoring, and rendering using the Apify platform
(clockworks/tiktok-scraper actor). Users bring their own APIFY_API_TOKEN
($5/month free credits, no CC required). The shared apify_client_wrapper
module is designed for reuse by future Facebook/Instagram sources.
- New modules: tiktok.py (search + caption extraction), apify_client_wrapper.py
- Schema: TikTokItem dataclass, shares field on Engagement, Report.tiktok
- Pipeline: normalize → filter → score → sort → dedupe → cross-link → render
- Scoring: 0.50*log1p(views) + 0.30*log1p(likes) + 0.20*log1p(comments)
- SKILL.md bumped to v2.7 with TikTok stats, citations, and security docs
- 26 unit tests covering relevance, normalize, score, dedupe, render, round-trip
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* chore: fix YAML error in argument-hint
* add codex auth support to responses API
* Use gpt-5.1-codex-mini as default model for Codex auth
Add CODEX_FALLBACK_MODELS chain (gpt-5.1-codex-mini → gpt-5.2) for
Codex endpoint which doesn't support standard OpenAI models like
gpt-4o-mini. Adds model fallback retry on 400 errors in the Codex
search path. Also adds test_codex_auth.py with 22 unit tests covering
JWT decoding, auth resolution, SSE parsing, and payload building.
* Pass .env credentials to Bird Node subprocesses for X auth
On platforms without browser cookie access (e.g. WSL2), Bird's
vendored Node.js module cannot read AUTH_TOKEN/CT0 from Firefox
or Chrome cookie stores. The .env config file already supports
these values, but they were only loaded into the Python config
dict — never exported to the environment of Node subprocesses.
- Add AUTH_TOKEN/CT0 to env.py config key loading
- Add set_credentials()/\_subprocess_env() to bird_x.py to inject
credentials into the env dict passed to subprocess.run/Popen
- Call set_credentials() in main() before Bird auth detection
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Co-authored-by: Justin Williams <jblwilliams@gmail.com>
Search Polymarket's free Gamma API for relevant prediction markets on any
topic. Uses smart multi-query expansion to cast a wider net (e.g., "Arizona
Basketball" also searches "Arizona"), merges and dedupes by event ID, and
shows price movement context ("up 22.5% this week"). No API key required.
Also hides sources with zero results from the stats output (all sources).
54 new tests, all passing. Full pipeline integration with scoring, dedupe,
cross-source linking, and rendering.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add HN search via free Algolia API (no key needed). Two-phase approach:
search for stories, then enrich top ones with comments. Integrated into
the full pipeline (normalize, score, dedupe, render) running in parallel
with Reddit/X/YouTube. Source priority: Reddit > X > HN > YouTube > Web.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
YouTube search and transcript extraction runs automatically when yt-dlp
is installed. Searches for topic videos from the last N days, fetches
auto-generated transcripts for top results, and feeds them through the
same scoring pipeline (relevance + recency + engagement) as Reddit/X.
New files:
- youtube_yt.py: search, transcript extraction, VTT cleanup
Modified files:
- schema.py: YouTubeItem dataclass, updated Report
- normalize.py: normalize_youtube_items()
- score.py: YouTube engagement scoring (views-dominated)
- dedupe.py: YouTube deduplication
- render.py: YouTube section in compact output
- env.py: is_ytdlp_available() check
- ui.py: YouTube progress messages
- last30days.py: _search_youtube(), parallel execution with Reddit/X
- SKILL.md: YouTube in stats box, citation priority
- README.md: YouTube docs, yt-dlp requirement, Peter shoutout
Inspired by Peter Steinberger's yt-dlp + summarize toolchain approach.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <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>
- 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>
- 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>
Add Claude's built-in WebSearch tool as a third research source for
/last30days. This enables the skill to work out of the box with zero
API keys while preserving Reddit/X as the primary sources.
Key changes:
- Add WebSearchItem schema for web results (no engagement metrics)
- Add score_websearch_items() with 55/45 relevance/recency weighting
- Apply -15pt source penalty so WebSearch ranks below Reddit/X
- Add --include-web CLI flag to opt-in to WebSearch
- Return 'web' mode when no API keys configured (zero-config)
- Update render.py with [WEB] source label formatting
When WebSearch is enabled, the script outputs instructions for Claude
to use its built-in WebSearch tool, then synthesize results together.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Research topics across Reddit + X from the last 30 days using
OpenAI and xAI APIs. Features:
- Auto model selection (GPT-5.x, Grok-3)
- Popularity-aware scoring (relevance + recency + engagement)
- Reddit thread enrichment with real metrics
- Near-duplicate detection
- Multiple emit modes (compact, json, context, path)
- 24h caching with --refresh bypass
- NUX for API key setup
- 87 passing unit tests
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Matt Van Horn