Agent skill

AI News Digest

by lselector in lselector/seminar

Extract the last N days of AI/tech newsletters from the local Thunderbird mail folder and write a deduplicated markdown digest of the most important events, each with a short description and 1-2…

No licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install AI News Digest

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lselector/seminar --skill ai-news-digest -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lselector/seminar ai-news-digest --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lselector/seminar.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/ai-news-digest .claude/skills/ai-news-digest && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
ai-news-digest
GitHub stars
164
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
751 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Extract the last N days of AI/tech newsletters from the local Thunderbird mail folder and write a deduplicated markdown digest of the most important events, each with a short description and 1-2…

  • Works in 4 steps: extract the messages → read the extract → build the deduplicated event list → …
  • The user asks for an AI news summary
  • SKILL.md covers Step 1: extract the messages, Step 2: read the extract, Step 3: build the deduplicated… and Step 4: write the digest, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3

What it does

AI News Digest is an agent skill from lselector/seminar. Extract the last N days of AI/tech newsletters from the local Thunderbird mail folder and write a deduplicated markdown digest of the most important events, each with a short description and 1-2 source URLs. Use when the user asks for an AI news summary, a newsletter digest, "what happened in AI this week", or to summarize their MediumTwitter email folder.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `tools/extract_emails.py`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Newsletters. It works with X (Twitter).

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks for an AI news summary
  • A newsletter digest
  • What happened in AI this week
  • Summarize their MediumTwitter email folder

Example prompts

  • “what happened in AI this week”
  • “/ai-news-digest”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. extract the messages
  2. read the extract
  3. build the deduplicated event list
  4. write the digest

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 21c3ec8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

AI News Digest loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 751 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~94
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 751 words (~1,554 tokens).

“Turn a week of AI newsletters sitting in Thunderbird into one ranked, deduplicated list of events.”

— opening of SKILL.md by lselector
name
ai-news-digest

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .claude/skills/ai-news-digest of lselector/seminar.

  • SKILL.md
  • tools/extract_emails.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 21c3ec8

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Questions about AI News Digest

What does AI News Digest do?

Extract the last N days of AI/tech newsletters from the local Thunderbird mail folder and write a deduplicated markdown digest of the most important events, each with a short description and 1-2…. AI News Digest is an agent skill from lselector/seminar. Extract the last N days of AI/tech newsletters from the local Thunderbird mail folder and write a deduplicated markdown digest of the most important events, each with a short description and 1-2 source URLs.

When should I use AI News Digest?

AI News Digest fits situations like: the user asks for an AI news summary; A newsletter digest; what happened in AI this week; summarize their MediumTwitter email folder.

How do I install AI News Digest in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lselector/seminar --skill ai-news-digest -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/ai-news-digest in lselector/seminar) into .claude/skills/ai-news-digest in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install AI News Digest in Codex?

Run `npx skills add lselector/seminar --skill ai-news-digest -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/ai-news-digest in lselector/seminar) into .agents/skills/ai-news-digest in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use AI News Digest in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add lselector/seminar --skill ai-news-digest -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ai-news-digest, .gemini/skills/ai-news-digest, .github/skills/ai-news-digest and .opencode/skills/ai-news-digest in your project.

What does AI News Digest need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, AI News Digest needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does AI News Digest access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is AI News Digest safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does AI News Digest use?

No licence was found for AI News Digest or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does AI News Digest use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to AI News Digest?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with AI News Digest: Changelog Social Recap (FlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide, 6.1k stars), News Extractor (NanmiCoder/NewsCrawler, 624 stars), Voice Builder (charlie947/social-media-skills, 3.8k stars) and Share (SerhiiKorniienko/bullshit-detector, 154 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains AI News Digest?

lselector (a GitHub user) maintains it in lselector/seminar, which has 164 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: lselector/seminar on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.