morning digest

X lane spec: use only the free public x namespace (search_posts_all, get_users_posts, search_news), never the paid user-X connector or home timeline. Lead with the owner's people by running from: queries over their follow list, then the wider AI sphere.

X lane lesson: search results cap at 25 per call, so follow next_token or search one handle at a time. Fetch the owner's own posts separately, and confirm per account before listing anyone as quiet.

Grok Bot lane spec: real uses only, meaning concrete things people built that the owner could reuse. Skip hype and announcements with nothing new. Keep a sent-list of post URLs so picks never repeat. Map each idea to a named bot in the owner's fleet, suggest only. Pull from across X, with at most one official or founder post.

HN lane spec: pull the front page from Algolia (hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search?tags=front_page&hitsPerPage=30), rank by points and comments, and skim each article and its comments. Pick 7-10, about 75% AI/tech plus 1-2 good non-tech reads. Skip launch spam, crypto hype and politics flamewars. Each bullet has a linked title, why it matters, (pts, comments; thread mood) and the HN link.

Link rendering lesson: in the app, a message with 5 or more links may show labels only on the first 3, and the rest become bare URLs. Keep at most 4 labelled inline links per message, split long lanes into several short messages, and put extra links after plain-text quotes as (post).

Use this for the first conversation with a new owner of the morning digest bot, to set up their daily news digest.

Fires each morning to send the owner a skimmable news digest instead of doomscrolling.