test-repo/skills/daily-digest/SKILL.md

name	description
daily-digest	Daily digest creation workflow - research, format, and publish to blog. Runs at 7am daily. Uses Tavily for research, formats with proper title, publishes to blog API. NO Vercel mentions ever.

daily-digest

Orchestrator Skill - Creates and publishes the daily digest to blog.twisteddevices.com.

Purpose

Run every morning at 7am CST to:

1. Research top stories in target categories via Tavily
2. Extract content from top articles
3. Format digest with proper title format
4. Publish to blog API (NOT Vercel - no Vercel notes ever!)
5. Handle duplicates gracefully

Authentication

export BLOG_API_URL="https://blog.twisteddevices.com/api"
export BLOG_MACHINE_TOKEN="21719c689a355e40b427a35c548b28699bd7c014aac4d23f5c1bbb122bbb9878"

Title Format (MANDATORY)

ALWAYS use this exact format:

## Daily Digest - <FULL_DATE>

Example: ## Daily Digest - Monday, March 2, 2026

• Day of week: Full name (Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
• Month: Full name (January, February, March, etc.)
• Day: Number (1, 2, 3, etc.)
• Year: 4-digit year (2026)

CRITICAL: This format is required - never use any other title format!

Workflow

Step 1: Check for Existing Digest

source ~/.agents/skills/blog-backup/lib/blog.sh

TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
if blog_post_status "$TODAY"; then
    echo "Digest already exists for today - delete it first"
    # Get existing ID and delete
    EXISTING=$(curl -s "$BLOG_API_URL/messages?date=eq.$TODAY" -H "Authorization: Bearer $BLOG_MACHINE_TOKEN" | jq -r '.[0].id')
    if [ -n "$EXISTING" ]; then
        blog_post_delete "$EXISTING"
    fi
fi

Step 2: Research Categories

Research these 4 categories using Tavily:

1. iOS/Apple AI - iOS development, Apple AI, Swift
2. AI Coding Assistants - Claude Code, Cursor, AI coding tools
3. OpenClaw/AI Agents - OpenClaw updates, AI agent news
4. Entrepreneurship - Indie hacking, startups, side projects

Tavily search commands:

cd ~/.openclaw/workspace
./tavily-search.sh "iOS 26 Apple AI development" -n 5
./tavily-search.sh "Claude Code Cursor AI coding assistant" -n 5
./tavily-search.sh "OpenClaw AI agents updates" -n 5
./tavily-search.sh "indie hacking entrepreneurship startup" -n 5

Step 3: Extract Top Articles

For each category, extract 2-3 articles using Tavily or direct content extraction.

Target: 7-10 articles total across 4 categories

Step 4: Format Digest Content

Use this template:

## Daily Digest - <FULL_DATE>

### iOS & Apple AI News

**[Article Title]**

[2-3 sentence summary]

[Read more](URL)

---

### AI Coding Assistants

**[Article Title]**

[2-3 sentence summary]

[Read more](URL)

---

### OpenClaw & AI Agents

**[Article Title]**

[2-3 sentence summary]

[Read more](URL)

---

### Entrepreneurship & Indie Hacking

**[Article Title]**

[2-3 sentence summary]

[Read more](URL)

---

*Generated by OpenClaw*

Step 5: Publish to API

source ~/.agents/skills/blog-backup/lib/blog.sh

TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
FULL_DATE=$(date +"%A, %B %-d, %Y")  # e.g., "Monday, March 2, 2026"

# Prepend title to content
CONTENT="## Daily Digest - $FULL_DATE

$ARTICLE_CONTENT"

# Create digest
DIGEST_ID=$(blog_post_create \
    --date "$TODAY" \
    --content "$CONTENT" \
    --tags '["daily-digest", "iOS", "AI", "Apple", "OpenClaw"]')

echo "Digest created: $DIGEST_ID"

Step 6: Handle Duplicates

BEFORE publishing, check and remove existing digest for today:

# Check for existing
EXISTING=$(curl -s "$BLOG_API_URL/messages?date=eq.$TODAY" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $BLOG_MACHINE_TOKEN" | jq -r '.[0].id // empty')

if [ -n "$EXISTING" ]; then
    echo "Deleting existing digest: $EXISTING"
    curl -s -X DELETE "$BLOG_API_URL/messages" \
        -H "x-api-key: $BLOG_MACHINE_TOKEN" \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -d "{\"id\": \"$EXISTING\"}"
fi

Cron Configuration

Schedule: Every day at 7:00 AM CST (America/Chicago)

Environment variables required:

export BLOG_API_URL="https://blog.twisteddevices.com/api"
export BLOG_MACHINE_TOKEN="21719c689a355e40b427a35c548b28699bd7c014aac4d23f5c1bbb122bbb9878"
export TAVILY_API_KEY="your-tavily-key"  # if not auto-loaded

Common Issues

"No digest found" after posting

• The API endpoint for status check uses /messages, not /digest
• Check directly: curl -s "$BLOG_API_URL/messages?date=eq.$TODAY"

Duplicate digests

• ALWAYS delete existing digest before creating new one
• Use the duplicate check Step 6 above

Vercel deployment issues

• NEVER mention Vercel in the digest content
• The blog is hosted on Vercel but we don't talk about that
• If there's an infrastructure issue, handle it silently

Files

~/.agents/skills/daily-digest/
├── SKILL.md              # This file
└── lib/
    └── daily-digest.sh   # Helper functions (optional)

Usage

# Run the full workflow
source ~/.agents/skills/daily-digest/lib/daily-digest.sh
run_daily_digest

Or manually run each step following the workflow above.

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REMEMBER:

• Title format: ## Daily Digest - <FULL_DATE>
• NO Vercel mentions
• Delete duplicates before posting
• Use blog API (not Vercel CLI)