What credentials are required to use this skill?

You will need a Mastodon server URL and access token, along with a Linkding instance URL and API token. These are configured during the initial setup process.

How does the skill handle duplicate content?

The skill parses your existing daily Markdown files to identify specific Mastodon IDs and Linkding URLs that have already been processed, ensuring no content is duplicated during iterative updates.

What is the 'Miscellanea' post type?

The Miscellanea post is a catch-all entry dated at 23:59 each day. it serves as a staging area for short observations and links that don't yet belong to a specific thematic focused post.

Can I manually edit the blog posts after they are generated?

Yes. The skill is designed to be run multiple times a day; it reads your existing files and intelligently appends new data while respecting and preserving your manual prose and edits.

Daily Blog Post Composer

Name: Daily Blog Post Composer
Author: lmorchard

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Content Management

Automates the creation and updating of daily blog posts by aggregating content from Mastodon and Linkding into a structured multi-post format.

This skill streamlines the process of maintaining a personal micro-blog or daily journal by automatically fetching social media posts and bookmarks from a rolling 24-hour window. It intelligently parses existing content to avoid duplicates, extracts emerging themes from miscellaneous notes into focused long-form posts, and manages publication timing through a unique multi-post single-file structure. By merging automated data fetching with narrative synthesis, it allows writers to maintain a cohesive digital archive with minimal manual effort while preserving the flexibility for custom edits.

Key Features

01Multi-source data aggregation from Mastodon posts and Linkding bookmarks

020 GitHub stars

03Standardized JSON-in-Markdown metadata format for structured content management

04Chronological post ordering using future-dating as a built-in draft mechanism

05Automated theme extraction to transform raw links into narrative focused posts

06Smart merging capabilities that preserve manual edits in existing Markdown files

Use Cases

01Maintaining a daily 'digital garden' or activity log with zero manual data entry

02Curating fragmented thoughts and links into thematic, prose-heavy daily summaries

03Aggregating social media presence and bookmarks into a self-hosted blog archive

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add lmorchard/lmorchard-agent-skills daily-blog-post-composer

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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