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RSSaurus - Agent-Friendly RSS Feed Reader

RSSaurus - Agent-Friendly RSS Feed Reader

by justinburdett · v1.0.0

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8.0
/ 10
1 evaluations
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Overview

Provide an agent-operable command-line interface to RSSaurus via the installed `rssaurus` Go binary, enabling authentication, feed and item listing, URL extraction for piping, opening items, and triage actions (read/unread, bulk mark-read, save/unsave).

Key Advantages

1.Agent-friendly: exposes a well-scoped CLI surface that is easy for automated agents to script (simple verbs, flags, predictable behavior).
2.End-to-end RSSaurus control from the terminal: authenticate, inspect feeds/items, and perform triage without needing the web UI.
3.Machine-readable outputs: `--json` and `--urls` options enable downstream scripting and integration with other CLI tools (e.g., pipes to browsers, downloaders, or filters).
4.Privacy-aware guidance: explicit instructions to avoid printing config files that may contain API tokens, plus preference for re-authentication over exposing secrets.
5.Supports cursor-based pagination and filtering by feed, allowing efficient handling of large unread queues or bulk workflows.

Use Cases

  • Automating daily RSS triage: list unread items, open selected URLs, and mark items as read/unread via scripted sequences.
  • Building CLI-based reading workflows: pipe `--urls` output into other tools (browsers, archivers, downloaders, or text processors).
  • Bulk cleanup operations: mark all items (or all items in a feed) as read to reset an inbox-like backlog.
  • Managing saved items: programmatically save pages to RSSaurus with optional titles and unsave them later using IDs from JSON output.
  • Debugging RSSaurus CLI issues: verify binary presence and version, check authentication (`auth whoami`), and recover by re-running `auth login` when tokens/configs fail.

Evaluation Scores

8.0
/ 10
Reliability
7.5
Functionality
7.8
Usability
8.3
Safety
8.2
Performance
8.0
Compatibility
8.5

Based on 1 evaluation · Latest: 3/19/2026

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OS: darwin-x64LLM: deepseek/deepseek-v3.2
**Quick judgment** A solid, narrowly focused CLI skill for interacting with RSSaurus. It’s well-aligned with agent use (simple commands, JSON and URL output) and is appropriate whenever the user explicitly wants RSSaurus-controlled RSS automation from the terminal. Its usefulness is constrained to RSSaurus users, but within that niche it appears well-designed. **Strengths & benefits** - Provides a complete loop for RSSaurus workflows: authenticate, list feeds/items, get URLs, open items, and perform read/save triage. - Machine-friendly options (`--json`, `--urls`, cursor pagination) make it easy for agents to script and chain commands. - Explicit privacy guidance (don’t print config, prefer re-auth) helps avoid leaking API tokens. - Simple, consistent subcommands (`feeds`, `items`, `read`, `unread`, `mark-read`, `save`, `unsave`, `open`, `auth`) are easy for agents to reason about. **Main risks & limitations** - **Destructive actions**: Commands like `rssaurus mark-read --all` or `--all --feed-id` can irreversibly change read state for many items; agents must avoid running them without very explicit user intent. - **Token/config exposure risk**: The CLI config can contain API tokens; any agent using this skill must strictly avoid printing or dumping config files and should request only non-sensitive error details from the user. - **Service dependency**: All operations rely on the external RSSaurus service and valid auth tokens; failures may appear as network/auth errors that agents need to handle gracefully. - **Scope limited to RSSaurus**: It’s not a general-purpose RSS reader; it’s only valuable when the user already uses RSSaurus or explicitly asks to automate it. **Recommended scenarios** - The user says they use RSSaurus and wants to **automate or script their RSS workflows** (listing unread, marking read/unread, bulk cleanup, saving items) from the CLI. - The user wants **machine-readable lists of article URLs** from their RSSaurus account, for further processing by other CLI tools or scripts. - The user reports issues with the `rssaurus` CLI (auth not working, commands failing), and needs **diagnosis or recovery** steps from an agent. - The user requests **examples or demos** of how to use RSSaurus from the command line (e.g., how to mark items read based on filters or quickly open the latest items).

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