Social Signal Mining

Overview

Use this skill for Phase C social/blog extraction to complement repository evidence. The output should capture practical lessons and failure modes, not popularity commentary.

Source Rules

• Prioritize Reddit + Hacker News first.
• Use blogs/news only after topic-specific social discovery.
• Use X only via API-backed queries when available.

Filtering Rules

• Require date bounds and relevance keywords.
• Require minimum engagement threshold per source.
• Drop opinion-only threads with no implementation details.

Required Outputs

Write:

• reports/research-ros/<date>-phase-c-social-signals.md
• reports/research-ros/<date>-social-pattern-records.jsonl

Use PatternRecord schema for structured lessons.

Exit Criteria

• Minimum 20 non-repo artifacts reviewed.
• At least 5 actionable implementation lessons with concrete source links.