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Newsletter Digest

Aggregates RSS feeds from the past week, synthesizes the top stories using Gemini, and publishes a newsletter digest to Ghost CMS.

by Varnan Tech·MIT·263 on GitHub·updated 2026-05-14
npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory

Description

Aggregates RSS feeds from the past week, synthesizes the top stories using Gemini, and publishes a newsletter digest to Ghost CMS. Optionally outputs formatted Markdown for Substack or any other platform. Use when asked to generate a newsletter, create a weekly digest, summarize RSS feeds, compile top stories for a newsletter, or publish a digest to Ghost. Trigger when a user mentions newslette...

What this skill does

  1. 1Fetches and deduplicates articles from configured RSS feeds published in the past 7 days using rss-parser.
  2. 2Synthesizes the week's top stories into a digest using Gemini, with every claim attributed to a source URL.
  3. 3Supports three digest formats: Weekly Roundup, Topic Deep Dive, and Curated Picks.
  4. 4Publishes the result to Ghost CMS as a draft or outputs formatted HTML, Markdown, and plain text for other platforms.

When to use

  • You publish a weekly newsletter and want to automate the curation and drafting from your RSS feed list.
  • You need a multi-source content digest ready to paste into Ghost, Substack, or Notion without manual summarization.
  • You want an AI-synthesized roundup that attributes every point to a real source, not generated filler.

Tools used

Gemini· LLM/AI

Best for

Marketing Manager

Format

FrameworkTemplateWorkflowTrackerPlaybook

Frequently asked questions

What is Newsletter Digest?

Newsletter Digest is a Claude Code skill for content by Varnan Tech. Aggregates RSS feeds from the past week, synthesizes the top stories using Gemini, and publishes a newsletter digest to Ghost CMS.

When should I use Newsletter Digest?

You publish a weekly newsletter and want to automate the curation and drafting from your RSS feed list. You need a multi-source content digest ready to paste into Ghost, Substack, or Notion without manual summarization.

How do I install Newsletter Digest?

Run the install command (npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory). Once the skill is in place, Claude Code loads it automatically whenever a task matches what it does.

Is Newsletter Digest free to use?

Yes. Newsletter Digest is open source under the MIT license, published in the Varnan-Tech/opendirectory repository on GitHub.

Source repository

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