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Follow Builders, Not Influencers

An AI-powered digest that tracks the top builders in AI — researchers, founders, PMs, and engineers who are actually building things — and delivers curated summaries of what they're saying.

Philosophy: Follow people who build products and have original opinions, not influencers who regurgitate information.

What You Get

A daily or weekly digest delivered to your preferred messaging app (Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, etc.) with:

Quick Start

  1. Install the skill in your agent (OpenClaw or Claude Code)
  2. Say "set up follow builders" or invoke /follow-builders
  3. The agent walks you through setup conversationally — no config files to edit

The agent will ask you:

No API keys needed — all content is fetched centrally. Your first digest arrives immediately after setup.

Changing Settings

Your delivery preferences are configurable through conversation. Just tell your agent:

The source list (builders and podcasts) is curated centrally and updates automatically — you always get the latest sources without doing anything.

Customizing the Summaries

The skill uses plain-English prompt files to control how content is summarized. You can customize them two ways:

Through conversation (recommended): Tell your agent what you want — "Make summaries more concise," "Focus on actionable insights," "Use a more casual tone." The agent updates the prompts for you.

Direct editing (power users): Edit the files in the prompts/ folder:

These are plain English instructions, not code. Changes take effect on the next digest.

Default Sources

Podcasts (6)

AI Builders on X (26)

Andrej Karpathy, Swyx, Josh Woodward, Boris Cherny, Thibault Sottiaux, Peter Yang, Nan Yu, Madhu Guru, Amanda Askell, Cat Wu, Thariq, Google Labs, Amjad Masad, Guillermo Rauch, Alex Albert, Aaron Levie, Ryo Lu, Garry Tan, Matt Turck, Zara Zhang, Nikunj Kothari, Peter Steinberger, Dan Shipper, Aditya Agarwal, Sam Altman, Claude

Official Blogs (2)

Installation

OpenClaw

# From ClawhHub (coming soon)
clawhub install follow-builders

# Or manually
git clone https://github.com/zarazhangrui/follow-builders.git ~/skills/follow-builders
cd ~/skills/follow-builders/scripts && npm install

Claude Code

git clone https://github.com/zarazhangrui/follow-builders.git ~/.claude/skills/follow-builders
cd ~/.claude/skills/follow-builders/scripts && npm install

Requirements

That's it. No API keys needed. All content (blog articles + YouTube transcripts + X/Twitter posts) is fetched centrally and updated daily.

How It Works

  1. A central feed is updated daily with the latest content from all sources (blog articles via web scraping, YouTube transcripts via Supadata, X/Twitter via official API)
  2. Your agent fetches the feed — one HTTP request, no API keys
  3. Your agent remixes the raw content into a digestible summary using your preferences
  4. The digest is delivered to your messaging app (or shown in-chat)

See examples/sample-digest.md for what the output looks like.

Privacy

License

MIT

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Follow-builders
What is this?A digest service that tracks top AI builders — researchers, founders, PMs, engineers — on X and in AI podcasts, and delivers curated summaries of what they're saying. The motto: follow builders, not influencers.
Is this an app I install, or something that lives inside my AI agent?Neither — it's a skill you install into an AI agent like OpenClaw or Claude Code. The agent fetches the content, writes the summaries according to your preferences, and delivers the digest.
How do I set it up?Install the skill, then say 'set up follow builders' or invoke /follow-builders. The agent walks you through setup conversationally — no config files to edit — asking about frequency, language, and delivery.
What do I need installed before it works?Just an AI agent (OpenClaw, Claude Code, or similar) and an internet connection. No API keys needed: blogs, YouTube transcripts, and X posts are all fetched centrally and updated daily.
Do I get to pick which builders and podcasts it follows?No — the source list of builders and podcasts is curated centrally and updates automatically, so your sources stay fresh without any action on your side.
Does any of my data leave my machine?Almost nothing: no API keys are sent anywhere since content is fetched centrally, and your configuration, preferences, and reading history stay on your machine. The skill only reads public content.
Which podcasts and builders does it cover by default?Six podcasts: Latent Space, Training Data, No Priors, Unsupervised Learning, The MAD Podcast with Matt Turck, and AI & I by Every. Twenty-six builders on X, including Andrej Karpathy, Sam Altman, Amanda Askell, Boris Cherny, and Guillermo Rauch. Plus two official blogs: Anthropic Engineering and Claude Blog.
Why follow builders instead of influencers?The author's philosophy: follow people who build products and have original opinions, not influencers who regurgitate information.
When does my first digest arrive?Immediately after setup completes — there's no waiting period.
Can I preview what a digest looks like before installing?Yes — the repo includes examples/sample-digest.md showing the output format.
What are similar projects?openfang, Horizon, nanoclaw, brigade, nullclaw, OpenClawChineseTranslation, openclaw, Agent-Reach
Which topics is it in?podcast, news, twitter, prompts, whatsapp, discord, claude-code-skill, youtube, email, telegram, translation, openclaw
Creator
zarazhangrui
Size
5.5 MB
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CommitOct 17
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Commits · 90 Days