Competition Persistence (DEPRECATED)

⚠️ This skill is deprecated. Its functionality has been merged into comp-scout-scrape.

The scrape skill now handles:

Issue creation

Duplicate detection and comments

Milestone assignment

Auto-filter labeling and closing

This file is retained for reference only. Do not invoke this skill directly.

Original Documentation (Reference Only)

Store competitions as GitHub issues with project board integration.

Prerequisites

gh CLI installed and authenticated
yq installed for YAML parsing
hiivmind-pulse-gh workspace initialized (for project integration)
Target repository created (separate from this skills repo)

Key Concepts

Issue as Dumping Ground

Each competition gets ONE issue. All related information is added as comments:

Additional sources (from other aggregator sites)
Strategy analysis
Draft entries
Submission confirmation
Winner notification

Simplified Deduplication

No complex parent-child relationships. When a duplicate is found:

Add a comment to the existing issue noting the additional source
Don't create a new issue

Workflow

Step 1: Determine Target Repository

The target repo should be specified or configured. This is NOT the skills repo.

# From workspace config
TARGET_REPO=$(yq '.repositories[0].full_name' .hiivmind/github/config.yaml)

# Or specify directly
TARGET_REPO="discreteds/competition-data"

Step 2: Normalize Title for Matching

Strip common prefixes and normalize for comparison:

Original: "Win a $500 Coles Gift Card"
Normalized: "500 coles gift card"

Original: "Win 1 of 10 Travel Vouchers"
Normalized: "1 of 10 travel vouchers"

Normalization rules:

Lowercase
Strip prefixes: "Win ", "Win a ", "Win an ", "Win the ", "Win 1 of "
Remove punctuation
Collapse whitespace

Step 3: Search for Existing Issues

gh issue list -R "$TARGET_REPO" \
  --label "competition" \
  --state open \
  --json number,title,url,body \
  --limit 100

Step 4: Check for Duplicates

Compare normalized titles with fuzzy matching (80% similarity threshold).

Also check: If the competition URL appears in any issue body, it's definitely a duplicate.

# Search by URL in body
gh issue list -R "$TARGET_REPO" \
  --search "in:body $COMPETITION_URL" \
  --json number,title,url

Step 5a: If Duplicate Found

Add a comment to the existing issue:

gh issue comment $ISSUE_NUMBER -R "$TARGET_REPO" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
### Also found on netrewards.com.au

**URL:** https://netrewards.com.au/win-example/
**Title on this site:** Win Example Prize
*Discovered: 2024-12-09*
EOF
)"

Step 5b: If New Competition

Create the issue:

gh issue create -R "$TARGET_REPO" \
  --title "$TITLE" \
  --label "competition" \
  --label "25wol" \
  --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Competition Details

**URL:** https://competitions.com.au/win-example/
**Brand:** Example Brand
**Prize:** $500 gift card
**Word Limit:** 25 words
**Closes:** 2024-12-31
**Draw Date:** 2025-01-07
**Winners Notified:** 2025-01-14

## Prompt

> Tell us in 25 words or less why you love Example Brand

---
*Scraped from competitions.com.au on 2024-12-09*
EOF
)"

Step 6: Add to Project (Optional)

If using GitHub Projects:

# Get issue URL from creation output
ISSUE_URL="https://github.com/discreteds/competition-data/issues/1"

# Add to project
gh project item-add 5 --owner discreteds --url "$ISSUE_URL"

Step 7: Set Milestone

Create or find milestone for the closing date month:

# Check if milestone exists
MILESTONE_TITLE="December 2024"
MILESTONE=$(gh api repos/$TARGET_REPO/milestones --jq ".[] | select(.title==\"$MILESTONE_TITLE\") | .number")

# Create if needed
if [ -z "$MILESTONE" ]; then
  gh api repos/$TARGET_REPO/milestones \
    --method POST \
    --field title="$MILESTONE_TITLE" \
    --field due_on="2024-12-31T23:59:59Z"
fi

# Set on issue
gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER -R "$TARGET_REPO" --milestone "$MILESTONE_TITLE"

Issue Templates

New Competition Issue

## Competition Details

**URL:** {url}
**Brand:** {brand}
**Prize:** {prize_summary}
**Word Limit:** {word_limit} words
**Closes:** {closing_date}
**Draw Date:** {draw_date}
**Winners Notified:** {winners_notified_date}

## Prompt

> {prompt}

---
*Scraped from {site} on {scraped_date}*

Additional Source Comment

### Also found on {site}

**URL:** {url}
**Title on this site:** {title}
*Discovered: {date}*

Strategy Comment

## Strategy Analysis

**Sponsor Category:** {sponsor_category}
**Brand Voice:** {brand_voice}
**Recommended Tone:** {recommended_tone}

### Approach
{approach}

### Themes to Use
{themes_list}

### Angle Ideas
{angle_ideas_list}

### Avoid
{avoid_list}

---
*Generated: {date}*

Entry Draft Comment

## Entry Drafts

### Option 1 ({word_count} words) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
> {entry_text}

Arc: {arc_type}
Notes: {notes}

### Option 2 ({word_count} words) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
> {entry_text}

Arc: {arc_type}
Notes: {notes}

**Recommendation:** Option {n} - {reason}

---
*Generated: {date}*

Submission Confirmation Comment

## Entry Submitted ✅

**Submitted:** {date}
**Entry used:** Option {n}

> {final_entry_text}

---
Now waiting for results. Draw date: {draw_date}

Winner Notification Comment

## Result: {WON|DID NOT WIN}

**Notified:** {date}
**Result:** {description}

{additional_notes}

Labels

Create these labels in the target repository:

Label	Color	Description
`competition`	`#0366d6`	All competition issues
`25wol`	`#6f42c1`	25 words or less type
`closing-soon`	`#d73a49`	Closes within 3 days
`entry-drafted`	`#28a745`	Entry has been composed
`entry-submitted`	`#0075ca`	Entry has been submitted
`won`	`#ffd700`	Won the competition!

Label Management

# Create labels
gh label create "competition" --color "0366d6" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "25wol" --color "6f42c1" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "closing-soon" --color "d73a49" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "entry-drafted" --color "28a745" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "entry-submitted" --color "0075ca" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "won" --color "ffd700" -R "$TARGET_REPO"

# Add label to issue
gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER -R "$TARGET_REPO" --add-label "entry-drafted"

# Remove label
gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER -R "$TARGET_REPO" --remove-label "closing-soon"

Milestone Strategy

Use milestones to track competitions by closing month:

"December 2024"
"January 2025"
"February 2025"

This allows filtering by timeframe in the project board.

Example Session

User: Save these competitions to GitHub

Competitions:
1. Win $500 Coles Gift Card (closes Dec 31)
2. Win a Trip to Bali (closes Jan 15)
3. Win Year's Supply of Coffee (closes Dec 20)

Claude: I'll persist these to the competition-data repository.

Checking for existing issues...
- "Win $500 Coles Gift Card" - Not found, creating new issue
- "Win a Trip to Bali" - Not found, creating new issue
- "Win Year's Supply of Coffee" - Found existing issue #12 (from competitions.com.au)

Creating issues...

✅ Created issue #15: Win $500 Coles Gift Card
   - Added to project
   - Milestone: December 2024

✅ Created issue #16: Win a Trip to Bali
   - Added to project
   - Milestone: January 2025

✅ Added comment to issue #12: Win Year's Supply of Coffee
   - Noted additional source from netrewards.com.au

Summary:
- 2 new issues created
- 1 duplicate found (added as comment)
- All added to project board

Updating Issues

Add Strategy Analysis

User: Add the strategy analysis to issue #15

Claude: Adding strategy as comment to issue #15...

[Runs: gh issue comment 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --body "..."]

✅ Strategy added to issue #15

Add Entry Drafts

User: Add these entries to issue #15

Claude: Adding entry drafts as comment to issue #15...

[Runs: gh issue comment 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --body "..."]
[Runs: gh issue edit 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --add-label "entry-drafted"]

✅ Entries added to issue #15
✅ Added "entry-drafted" label

Mark as Submitted

User: I submitted entry option 2 for issue #15

Claude: Recording submission on issue #15...

[Runs: gh issue comment 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --body "..."]
[Runs: gh issue edit 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --add-label "entry-submitted"]

✅ Submission recorded on issue #15
✅ Added "entry-submitted" label

Integration with hiivmind-pulse-gh

This skill can leverage hiivmind-pulse-gh for advanced project operations:

hiivmind-pulse-gh-projects - Update project item fields
hiivmind-pulse-gh-milestones - Manage milestones
hiivmind-pulse-gh-workspace-refresh - Refresh cached IDs if needed

The workspace config at .hiivmind/github/config.yaml contains cached project and field IDs.

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