topics-rss

name: topics-rss description: Fetch the latest entries from all configured RSS/Atom newsletters and blogs (SWE + AI feeds — JavaScript Weekly, TLDR AI, Import AI, Pragmatic Engineer, Simon Willison, OpenAI Blog, etc.). Use when the user wants "newsletter signals", "what did newsletters publish this week", or curated long-form ideas for a LinkedIn post. Returns JSON.

Fetches every feed listed in src/briefing/config.ts in parallel and returns the latest entries. Feeds are tagged "ai" or "swe" — pass --tag to filter.

Run

bun src/briefing/cli/rss.ts --limit 5            # 5 latest per feed, both tags
bun src/briefing/cli/rss.ts --limit 5 --tag ai   # AI feeds only
bun src/briefing/cli/rss.ts --limit 5 --tag swe  # SWE feeds only

--limit is items per feed (default 5).

Output shape

[
  {
    "source": "rss",
    "title": "Issue #710: Bun 1.x lands…",
    "url": "https://example.com/issue/710",
    "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z",
    "body": "First 500 chars of stripped HTML",
    "author": "JavaScript Weekly",
    "extra": { "feed": "JavaScript Weekly", "tag": "swe" }
  }
]

Notes

Per-feed errors are swallowed (one bad feed doesn't kill the run).
Digest-style newsletters (JavaScript Weekly, Node Weekly, …) return one entry per issue, not per article inside the issue. To dig into an issue, fetch the linked url separately.
To edit which feeds get queried, change NEWSLETTERS in src/briefing/config.ts.

When to use

"What did newsletters drop this week?"
"Pull AI feed signals" / "SWE feed signals"
For a combined HN + Lobsters + RSS briefing, use topics-briefing.