identify-breaking-news
Identify breaking news articles that require immediate notification based on importance scores, source credibility, and content analysis. Uses memory search to find high-importance articles. '
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill identify-breaking-news --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Identify Breaking News Identify articles that qualify as breaking news requiring immediate notification. ## When to Use Use this skill when you need to: - Filter analyzed articles for breaking news - Determine which stories warrant immediate alerts - Prioritize high-impact news for real-time notification - Avoid alert fatigue from non-critical news ## Instructions ### Step 1: Search for High-Importance Articles Use `memory/search` to find recent high-importance analyses: - namespace: "news/analyses" - query: "breaking news important announcement" - limit: 50 Filter results for: - importance_score >= 8 - is_breaking == true - Recent timestamp (last 24 hours) ### Step 2: Check Notification History For each potential breaking article, use `memory/check_seen`: - key: article content hash or URL - namespace: "news/breaking_alerts" Skip articles that have already been notified. ### Step 3: Calculate Breaking Score For articles not yet notified, calculate breaking score: **Score components (0-100 total):** - **Importance (0-50):** importance_score * 5 - **Source credibility (0-20):** +20 for authoritative sources - **LLM breaking flag (0-20):** +20 if is_breaking=true - **Category bonus
- When to Use
- Instructions
- Step 1: Search for High-Importance Articles
- Step 2: Check Notification History
- Step 3: Calculate Breaking Score
- Step 4: Apply Threshold
- Step 5: Apply Rate Limiting
- Step 6: Mark as Notified
- Step 7: Return Results
- Tool Usage Guidance
- memory/search
- memory/checkseen
- memory/markseen
- Breaking Score Components
What does the identify-breaking-news skill do?
Identify breaking news articles that require immediate notification based on importance scores, source credibility, and content analysis. Uses memory search to find high-importance articles. '
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill identify-breaking-news --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.