Build an AI news site with cited briefings and a daily news podcast using Claude Code
A knowledge management professional built Standard Topic with Claude Code; it uses AI and RSS feeds to curate top stories and trending items with every source cited.
Source
johnchoud on Hacker News · 2026-10-20 · Project link
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-24.
What they did
A knowledge management professional built Standard Topic with Claude Code; it uses AI and RSS feeds to curate top stories and trending items with every source cited.
Result (as claimed)
The site also offers a morning and evening news podcast.
Tools they used
Cost: Pricing depends on the tools you pick; check each official pricing page.
Set it up
Gather your sources
Collect the papers, notes, links or files you want to work from in one place.
Load them into the tool
Open Claude Code, RSS and add your sources. Keep the original files so you can check claims later.
Ask focused questions
Ask for summaries, comparisons or connections with citations to the source passages.
Verify and save
Spot check claims against the sources, then save the output as notes you can reuse.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Build an AI news site with cited briefings and a daily news podcast using Claude Code What the original author did: A knowledge management professional built Standard Topic with Claude Code; it uses AI and RSS feeds to curate top stories and trending items with every source cited. Reported result (as claimed by the author): The site also offers a morning and evening news podcast. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50166827 Tools they used: Claude Code, RSS Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Build an AI news site with cited briefings and a daily news podcast using Claude Code What the original author did: A knowledge management professional built Standard Topic with Claude Code; it uses AI and RSS feeds to curate top stories and trending items with every source cited. Reported result (as claimed by the author): The site also offers a morning and evening news podcast. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50166827 Tools they used: Claude Code, RSS Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Build an AI news site with cited briefings and a daily news podcast using Claude Code What the original author did: A knowledge management professional built Standard Topic with Claude Code; it uses AI and RSS feeds to curate top stories and trending items with every source cited. Reported result (as claimed by the author): The site also offers a morning and evening news podcast. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50166827 Tools they used: Claude Code, RSS Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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