tophub-hot-topics

name: tophub-hot-topics description: Aggregate and summarize tophub.today section rankings into deduplicated, event-level hot topics. Use when a user asks to summarize today's hot topics, trending lists, or tophub.today content, and needs results grouped by tophub sections.

Tophub Hot Topics

Overview

Aggregate tophub.today section lists into event-level hot topics, deduplicate across sources, and output Chinese paragraphs grouped by section. Each paragraph must cite information sources (URLs and/or reporting organizations).

Workflow

1. Collect source lists

• Run python scripts/fetch_tophub.py --pretty --output tophub.json to fetch and parse the homepage.
• Run python scripts/fetch_tophub.py --html-file <saved.html> --pretty --output tophub.json when working offline.
• Adjust selectors in scripts/fetch_tophub.py or manually copy lists when categories are missing or clearly wrong.

2. Normalize and deduplicate by event keywords

• Extract event keywords for each item: core entities (people, orgs, places), action, timeframe/impact.
• Merge items across lists when they refer to the same event; treat them as the same event when at least two of the three keyword groups match.
• Choose a canonical event phrasing and fold variant titles into it.
• Assign each merged event to the most relevant section; repeat across sections only when a distinct angle is genuinely needed.

3. Write output

• Use the tophub section names as headings and keep the source order.
• Write one paragraph per event (2–4 sentences), in Chinese, without bullet lists.
• Mention key entities, what happened, and why it is hot or impactful.
• Include information sources in each paragraph (URLs and/or reporting organizations). Keep citations concise and readable.
• Keep paragraphs standalone; avoid link dumps.

4. Save output locally

• Save the final markdown summary to a relative directory: ./output/tophub/.
• File name: YYYY-MM-DD.md using local date.
• If the file already exists, append the new summary after a blank line.
• Use python scripts/save_summary.py and pass the summary via stdin (preferred) or --input.

Resources

• scripts/fetch_tophub.py: Fetch and parse tophub.today sections into JSON.
• scripts/save_summary.py: Save the summary markdown to the local archive path.
• Requires Python packages: requests, beautifulsoup4.