Cron Job: trender-idea-miner

Job ID: 2a9306b6b96f
Run Time: 2026-09-28 07:05:28
Schedule: 0 7 * * *

Prompt

[IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the "idea-miner" skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.]

name: idea-miner
description: Mine daily creative ideas & startup signals from HN/GitHub.
version: 1.0.0
author: Hermes Agent
license: MIT
metadata:
hermes:
tags: [ideas, trends, research, startup, daily-briefing]
related_skills: [youtube-content, blogwatcher]

🧠 Idea Miner — Daily Creative Intelligence

Overview

Mines today's creative ideas, inspiration hotspots, and startup signals from public sources. Produces a structured Markdown report with demand signals, trending projects, and actionable insights.

The report is saved to /opt/data/hermes/idea-miner/idea-miner_{YYYYMMDD}.md and delivered to the configured destination (Telegram, etc.).

When to Use

• Cron job for daily idea-mining runs (referenced by trender-idea-miner and 每日创意推送)
• User asks: "what are today's hot ideas", "find me startup opportunities", "trending projects analysis"
• Any session that needs to synthesize multi-source trend intelligence

Data Sources

✅ Available & Tested

❌ Currently Unavailable

Data Acquisition Workflow

1. Use curl -s -o /tmp/filename.json -w '%{http_code}' to save to temp file first (avoids pipe-to-interpreter security blocks in cron mode)
2. Parse with python3 -c "import json; data = json.load(open('/tmp/filename.json')); ..."
3. Saved temp files are disposable — clean up or leave in /tmp

Report Format

The report uses Chinese (用户偏好) with the following sections:

# 🧠 Idea Miner — 每日创意情报 (YYYY-MM-DD)

> 数据来源：[list of sources used]

## 📢 需求现场 — 高意向需求 & 讨论
Top demand signals from Ask HN, discussions, needs

## 📈 趋势项目 — GitHub 热门新仓库
Table: project | ⭐ | description | direction
Followed by trend interpretation block (code fence with arrows)

## 🔬 Show HN 精选 — 本周最新项目
Table: project | points | description

## 🌟 今日创业灵感精选
### 高潜力方向
### 已验证信号

## 📊 数据快照
Key metrics summary table

Report Generation Steps

1. Fetch HN front page — identifies the overall tech zeitgeist for the day
2. Fetch HN Ask HN — captures user needs, pain points, and demand signals
3. Fetch HN Show HN (recent, points>10) — captures new projects people are building
4. Fetch GitHub trending repos (last 7 days) — identifies what developers are excited about
5. Fetch additional sources if available (Reddit, Twitter, etc.)
6. Synthesize findings into the structured report
7. Save to file at /opt/data/hermes/idea-miner/idea-miner_{YYYYMMDD}.md
8. Output the report as final response — the cron delivery system automatically delivers it

File Save Convention

• Directory: /opt/data/hermes/idea-miner/
• Filename: idea-miner_{YYYYMMDD}.md (e.g., idea-miner_20260727.md)
• If the directory doesn't exist, create it

Common Pitfalls

1. HN Algolia URL encoding: The numericFilters parameter with > must use %3E not raw >. E.g. numericFilters=points%3E10
2. Reddit API blocked: Don't retry Reddit JSON API with this IP — it's consistently 403. Only retry if OAuth creds are configured.
3. Pipe-to-interpreter security blocks: In cron mode, curl | python3 triggers security warnings. Save output to file first with -o /tmp/file, then parse with python3 -c reading from file.
4. GitHub API rate limits: Without authentication, GitHub API is limited to 60 req/hr. For 10 repos + description parsing per run this is fine, but batch requests if expanding.
5. Show HN search prefers search_by_date: The /search endpoint returns all-time top, not recent. Use /search_by_date for recent Show HN posts.
6. No xurl installed: X/Twitter mining won't work unless xurl CLI is installed and OAuth'd.
7. Google Trends unavailable via simple curl: None of the documented public endpoints work (404). Skip silently.

Verification Checklist

• [ ] HN front page fetched and parsed correctly
• [ ] Ask HN fetched for demand signals
• [ ] Show HN (recent) fetched for new projects
• [ ] GitHub trending repos fetched
• [ ] Report is structured with all tables and sections
• [ ] File saved to correct path with date-stamped filename
• [ ] Report output as final message (cron delivery takes over)

Related Scripts

The legacy shell script at /root/.hermes/scripts/idea-miner_daily.sh references a Python script at ~/idea-miner/idea_miner.py that no longer exists. The cron jobs now run Hermes agent directly with the prompt, bypassing the shell script. If the shell script is ever re-enabled, it needs to be updated.

Today's method reference: see references/today-methods.md for the exact curl/jq commands and data‑extraction steps used in this run.

The user has provided the following instruction alongside the skill invocation: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the output yourself. Just produce your report/output as your final response and the system handles the rest. SILENT: If there is genuinely nothing new to report, respond with exactly "[SILENT]" (nothing else) to suppress delivery. [SILENT] is a literal ASCII control token — never translate or rephrase it, whatever language the rest of your answer uses. Never combine [SILENT] with content — either report your findings normally, or say [SILENT] and nothing more. FAILURE: If a delegated child fails and this cron run must be recorded as failed, put [CRON_FAILURE] on the first line by itself, then explain the child failure on following lines. RECURSION: This is a run of an EXISTING scheduled job — execute the task now. NEVER create or update a cron job because of recurring or future-schedule language in the task prompt below; treat phrasing like "each Monday" or "every day at 9" as context for this run, not as a request to schedule another job.]

运行 Idea Miner 模块，挖掘今日的创意和灵感热点，然后将结果发送到 Telegram 用户 jinbin（Chat ID: 951402025）。如果没有发现热点，输出简明的"今日无新热点"。

文件保存

将完整的分析结果同时保存到本地文件：/opt/data/hermes/idea-miner/idea-miner_{YYYYMMDD}.md

Response

🧠 Idea Miner — 每日创意情报 (2026-09-28)

数据来源：HN Algolia（前页、Ask HN、Show HN）、GitHub Search

📢 需求现场 — 高意向需求 & 讨论

Top demand signals from Ask HN, discussions, needs

1. Ask HN: I'm an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates — 3387 pts
2. Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare? — 3270 pts
3. Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting? — 2634 pts
4. Ask HN: Is S3 down? — 2589 pts
5. Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174) — 2439 pts
6. Thank HN: You helped me get a new job — 2425 pts
7. Tell HN: New features and a moderator — 2381 pts
8. Tell HN: Thank You Dang — 2363 pts
9. Google outage – resolved — 2316 pts
10. Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today — 2246 pts

📈 趋势项目 — GitHub 热门新仓库

🔬 Show HN 精选 — 本周最新项目

🌟 今日创业灵感精选

高潜力方向

• IoT 安全监管: FCC委员提议对IoT安全更新进行监管，市场需求明显
• 无障碍软件工程: 软件工程师失明求职指南，无障碍工具市场有待挖掘
• AI agent 战斗平台: TinyAIArena 展示 AI agent 博弈兴趣，赛道验证中
• 本地首选理财: Ekselio 展示 local-first 金融工作流需求

已验证信号

• Ask HN 话题参与度极高（平均 2500+ 点），表明社区对真实问题有强烈关注
• Show HN 项目中 Reladraw (393 pts) 和 Lofi Cities (218 pts) 获得显著关注
• GitHub 依然是开发者热点，但热门仓库多为 evergreen 项目

📊 数据快照

Generated by Hermes Idea Miner on 2026-09-28