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/watch — Feed Source Management

Manages the feed sources that Distillery monitors for ambient intelligence. Sources are polled periodically and scored for relevance.

Usage

/watch                                          # List all sources
/watch list                                     # List all sources
/watch add https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb     # Add a GitHub source
/watch add https://blog.example.com/feed.xml --type rss --label "Tech Blog"
/watch remove https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb  # Remove a source

Trigger phrases: "show my sources", "add feed source", "remove feed source"

Actions

List (default)

Displays all configured feed sources:

## Feed Sources (3 configured)

| # | URL | Type | Label | Poll (min) | Trust |
|---|-----|------|-------|------------|-------|
| 1 | github.com/duckdb/duckdb | github | DuckDB | 60 | 1.0 |
| 2 | blog.example.com/feed.xml | rss | Tech Blog | 120 | 0.8 |
| 3 | github.com/anthropics/claude-code | github | Claude Code | 60 | 1.0 |

Add

Adds a new feed source and optionally configures auto-poll scheduling.

Option Description Default
URL (required) The feed URL to monitor —
--type <type> Source type: rss, github Auto-detected
--label <name> Human-readable label URL-derived
--interval <minutes> Poll interval in minutes 60
--trust <weight> Trust weight 0.0-1.0 1.0

After adding a source, the skill offers to configure auto-poll scheduling:

  • Local transport — creates a recurring cron job via CronCreate (a Claude Code platform primitive)
  • Hosted/team transport — creates a remote trigger via RemoteTrigger (a Claude Code platform primitive)

Remove

Removes a source by URL. If no sources remain after removal, the auto-poll schedule is paused.

Source Types

Type What it monitors
github Repository events via GitHub REST API
rss RSS/Atom feed entries

Tips

  • Use /watch regularly to review your monitored sources
  • Trust weight affects how relevance scores are weighted in the digest
  • Auto-poll checks for existing schedules before creating duplicates
  • Removing the last source automatically pauses the poll schedule