Adding News Feeds
Configure RSS feeds in Settings → News Feeds for news monitoring and reactive content.
Manage your RSS feeds in Settings → News Feeds.
Adding a feed
Go to Settings → News Feeds
Click Add Feed
Enter the RSS feed URL
Click Test to validate the URL and see a preview of recent items
Set the relevance threshold for this feed (1–10; higher = only very relevant items trigger reactive content)
Click Save
URL validation and the Test button
The Test button fetches the feed and shows:
- Whether the URL is a valid RSS/Atom feed
- The feed title and description
- The 3–5 most recent items
If the test fails, common causes:
- The URL is not an RSS feed (it might be a webpage; look for an RSS link on the site)
- The feed requires authentication
- The feed's server is temporarily down
Most major news sites and blogs have an RSS feed. Look for an RSS icon on the site, or try appending /feed or /rss to the site's URL. Many platforms (TechCrunch, Hacker News, Substack newsletters) have publicly available RSS feeds.
Recommended number of feeds
5–15 feeds is the practical range.
Fewer than 5: You may miss relevant news cycles, especially in fast-moving industries.
More than 15: Feed parsing adds time to each daily workflow run, and relevance scoring becomes harder (more noise). Quality over quantity.
Good sources to add:
- Industry newsletters with RSS (Substack, Revue)
- Trade publication feeds for your category
- Competitor blogs (to react to their announcements)
- Hacker News feeds for specific keywords
- Google News RSS for your brand name or key topics
Managing feeds
Edit a feed: Click the feed in the list → update URL or threshold → save.
Pause a feed: Toggle the feed off without deleting it. Paused feeds are skipped during workflow runs.
Delete a feed: Click the feed → delete button. Deletes the feed config only; any reactive content already generated from this feed is unaffected.
Reorder feeds: Drag to reorder. Order doesn't affect processing, but helps you organize by priority.
Relevance threshold per feed
Each feed has its own threshold setting. A lower threshold means more articles from that feed trigger reactive content generation. A higher threshold means only the most relevant items qualify.
If a feed consistently produces too much or too little reactive content:
- Too much: Raise the threshold for that feed
- Too little: Lower the threshold, or check that your topic keywords match the feed's content