Follow Builders, Not Influencers

(github.com/zarazhangrui/follow-builders)

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:

Summaries of new podcast episodes from top AI podcasts
Key posts and insights from 26 curated AI builders on X/Twitter
Full articles from official AI company blogs (Anthropic Engineering, Claude Blog)
Links to all original content
Available in English, Chinese, or bilingual

Default sources

Podcasts (6): Latent Space, Training Data, No Priors, White House AI, Tough Things, Equity

X/Twitter builders (26): Including Andrej Karpathy, Dylan Patel, Bloomberg AI, Zvi Mowshowitz, Catherine Wood, etc.

Official blogs (2): Anthropic Engineering, Claude Blog

Quick start

Claude Code:

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

Then tell your agent: "set up follow builders" or invoke /follow-builders. The agent walks you through setup conversationally — no config files to edit.

OpenClaw:

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

What the agent will ask you

How often you want your digest (daily or weekly) and what time
What language you prefer
How you want it delivered (Telegram, email, or in-chat)

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

Customizing the summaries

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

Through conversation (recommended): Tell your agent what you want — "Make summaries more concise," "Focus on actionable insights," "Use a more casual tone."
Direct editing (power users): Edit the files in the prompts/ folder — summarize-podcast.md, summarize-tweets.md, summarize-blogs.md, digest-intro.md, translate.md. Plain English instructions, not code. Changes take effect on the next digest.

How it works

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)
Your agent fetches the feed — one HTTP request, no API keys
Your agent remixes the raw content into a digestible summary using your preferences
The digest is delivered to your messaging app (or shown in-chat)

Privacy

No API keys are sent anywhere — all content is fetched centrally
If you use Telegram/email delivery, those keys are stored locally in ~/.follow-builders/.env
The skill only reads public content (public blog posts, public YouTube videos, public X posts)
Your configuration, preferences, and reading history stay on your machine

License

MIT

Follow Builders, Not Influencers — AI builders digest