update-watchlist

v2026.09.24

Proposes adds and removes to the Trend Scout watchlist based on consecutive-failure sources, repeated-reference external authors, and user-added feedback markers. Emits a proposed diff at ops/trend-scout/watchlist-proposed-diff.md for user review. On explicit approval, applies the diff. Monthly cadence. Trigger keywords — watchlist update, add source, remove source, watchlist review, monthly review, source pruning.

GitHub
Install command
npx skhub add lyndonkl/update-watchlist
Markdown
SKILL.md

Update Watchlist

Workflow

Monthly (first weekly run of the month):
- [ ] Step 1: Read last 4-8 weekly digests' appendices
- [ ] Step 2: Identify sources with ≥3 consecutive fetch failures (remove candidates)
- [ ] Step 3: Identify external authors/URLs referenced by watchlist sources ≥3 times in a month (add candidates)
- [ ] Step 4: Parse any user-added markers in digest bodies (<!-- scout: drop-this-source --> / <!-- scout: add {url} -->)
- [ ] Step 5: WebFetch each proposed add to validate it returns content
- [ ] Step 6: Emit ops/trend-scout/watchlist-proposed-diff.md
- [ ] Step 7: On user approval (.approved file or explicit trigger), apply diff; append changelog to watchlist.md

Proposed diff format

# Watchlist changes proposed 2026-W17

+ ## people
+ - name: "Interconnects (Nathan Lambert)"
+   url: https://www.interconnects.ai/archive
+   source_type: blog
+   essential: false
+   rationale: "Referenced 6x in last 4 weeks from Raschka, Willison, Transformer Circuits."

- ## blogs
- - name: "someblog"
-   url: https://someblog.example/
-   source_type: blog
-   rationale: "4 consecutive fetch failures."

Guardrails

  1. Never add without WebFetch validation.
  2. Never remove essential: true sources without explicit user approval.
  3. Cap adds at 3 per month. Prevents drift.
  4. Preserve clustered structure (blogs / people / research / aggregators / domain / social).
  5. Changelog entry appended to watchlist.md on every apply.
  6. Monthly only. Don't run weekly.
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v2026.09.24

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Sep 24, 2026

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