bookmark-sync

Bookmark Sync

Research pipeline that turns X bookmarks into ranked, analyzed research briefs. Supports both automated (launchd/cron) and interactive (in-session) workflows.

Configuration

Before using this skill, set up two things:

1. Paths — update the paths table below to match your workspace layout
2. Research interests — create a bookmark-review-guidance.md file defining your research categories and tier heuristics (see Customization section)

Modes

Status

Check pipeline health and pending work. Use this first when the user mentions bookmarks.

1. Check for errors in recent sync log:

   tail -30 $BOOKMARK_SYNC_DIR/sync.log
   

2. Count pending bookmarks:

   cat $BOOKMARK_TOOL_DIR/.state/pending-bookmarks.json | python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(f'Pending: {d.get(\"count\", len(d.get(\"bookmarks\", [])))}')"
   

3. Check latest triage and reports:

   ls -lt $BOOKMARKS_DIR/triage/ | head -5
   ls -lt $BOOKMARKS_DIR/reports/ | head -10
   

4. Report: last sync date, any errors, pending count, latest triage date, latest report date.

Fetch

Pull new bookmarks from X into the pending queue. Uses the bookmark-research-engine (bre CLI).

bre fetch -n 50

Or with a specific folder:

bre fetch -n 50 --folder research

First-time setup: bre setup (prompts for X cookies, tests auth, scaffolds vault).

Then check what came in and summarize — authors, topics, link count.

Triage

Rank pending bookmarks against your research interests. Two sub-modes:

Interactive triage (preferred when user is present):

1. List all pending bookmarks with author, text snippet, and link count
2. Rank them by relevance to the user's research interests (from guidance doc)
3. Present ranked list in tiers: Tier 1 (deep dive), Tier 2 (skim), Tier 3 (skip)
4. Get user confirmation or adjustments
5. Write approval file to $BOOKMARKS_DIR/triage/YYYY-MM-DD-approved.md

Automated triage (for unattended runs): Follow the triage prompt at $BOOKMARK_SYNC_DIR/TRIAGE_PROMPT.md. Read the guidance doc at $BOOKMARKS_DIR/bookmark-review-guidance.md for category definitions and tier heuristics.

Ranking heuristics (customize in guidance doc):

• Cross-category items get bumped up one tier
• Empirical results > theoretical frameworks
• Novel methods > incremental improvements
• Surprising findings > confirmatory results

Deep Dive

Spawn parallel research agents for approved bookmarks. This is the core value — turning bookmarks into analyzed research briefs.

1. Read the approval file from $BOOKMARKS_DIR/triage/
2. Read research guidance from $BOOKMARKS_DIR/bookmark-review-guidance.md
3. Check existing reports in $BOOKMARKS_DIR/reports/ — skip duplicates
4. For each approved item, spawn a background Agent with:
   • The bookmark source material (tweet text, expanded URLs, fetched content from pending JSON)
   • Matched research categories and context from the guidance doc
   • Instructions to investigate via WebSearch/WebFetch, then write report
   • Report destination: $BOOKMARKS_DIR/reports/{slug}.md

Agent prompt template — see references/deepdive-agent-prompt.md for the full template. Each agent gets the bookmark content, matched categories, and instructions to investigate and write a structured report.

Report format — see references/report-format.md for the full template.

Parallelism: Up to 7 agents concurrently. Use run_in_background=true on all Agent calls.

5. As agents complete, summarize findings to the user
6. Mark approval file as processed (append processed: true)

Review

Discuss completed reports and connect findings to active projects.

1. Read recent reports from $BOOKMARKS_DIR/reports/
2. Summarize key findings, cross-cutting themes, and project implications
3. If the user wants a research queue note for a project, write one to the relevant project directory

Setup

Guide through initial setup of the bookmark pipeline. Only needed once per machine.

# Install the bookmark research engine
pip install git+https://github.com/k3nnethfrancis/bookmark-research-engine.git

# Interactive setup — prompts for X cookies, tests auth, scaffolds vault
bre setup

See references/setup-guide.md for the full walkthrough.

Paths

Update these to match your workspace:

What	Where
Pipeline scripts	$BOOKMARK_SYNC_DIR (e.g. automations/bookmark-sync/)
Pending bookmarks	$BOOKMARK_TOOL_DIR/.state/pending-bookmarks.json
Inbox	$BOOKMARKS_DIR/inbox.md
Research guidance	$BOOKMARKS_DIR/bookmark-review-guidance.md
Triage reports	$BOOKMARKS_DIR/triage/
Triage log	$BOOKMARKS_DIR/triage-log.md
Deep dive reports	$BOOKMARKS_DIR/reports/
Engagement log	$BOOKMARKS_DIR/engagement-log.md
Feedback reports	$BOOKMARKS_DIR/feedback/
Sync log	$BOOKMARK_SYNC_DIR/sync.log

Customization

Research Categories

Create $BOOKMARKS_DIR/bookmark-review-guidance.md with your research interests organized into categories. Example categories:

## Categories

### multi-agent-systems
Papers, tools, and findings about multi-agent coordination, communication, and orchestration.

### reinforcement-learning
RL training methods, reward design, RLHF/RLAIF, policy optimization.

### developer-tooling
Agent frameworks, IDE integrations, evaluation harnesses, developer experience.

Define as many or few categories as match your interests. These become the canonical slugs used in report frontmatter.

Tier Heuristics

In the same guidance doc, define what makes something Tier 1 vs Tier 2 vs Tier 3:

• Tier 1: Directly relevant to active projects, novel methodology, actionable
• Tier 2: Interesting context, worth skimming, may become relevant
• Tier 3: Tangentially related, skip unless slow day

Rules

• Always use date command for timestamps — never guess
• Update engagement log when reading reports: - **read**: \reports/{filename}.md` — {context}`
• Mark approval files as processed after deep dive completes
• Reports use slugified filenames: lowercase, hyphens, no special characters

Gotchas

• X cookie expiry: auth_token and ct0 rotate periodically. If fetch returns 0 new bookmarks, run bre setup to update cookies.
• Query ID rotation: X rotates GraphQL query IDs. If bre fetch returns 404/422, run bre refresh-ids.
• Deep dive agent count: 7 concurrent agents works well. Higher risks rate limits.
• Approval file format: Must end with processed: true on its own line to be skipped by subsequent runs. Append it, don't rewrite.
• Guidance doc is required: Without bookmark-review-guidance.md, triage has nothing to rank against. bre setup creates a template.