Follow-Builders: AI Digest of Top Builders
Discover Follow-Builders, an OpenClaw skill that delivers daily/weekly digests of top AI builders' content. Track researchers, founders, and engineers from podcasts like Latent Space, X posts from Karpathy and Altman, and Anthropic blogs. No API keys needed – just conversational setup. Get curated summaries in English, Chinese, or bilingual format via Telegram, email, or chat. Customize tones, lengths, and delivery effortlessly. Perfect for staying ahead without influencer noise.
Follow Builders, Not Influencers: OpenClaw Skill Review
In the noisy world of AI content, Follow-Builders cuts through the influencer spam to deliver what matters: insights from people actually building AI products.
What Makes This OpenClaw Skill Special?
This GitHub repository (2.2k stars) is an installable OpenClaw skill that creates personalized digests from:
6 Top AI Podcasts: Latent Space, No Priors, Unsupervised Learning, Training Data, MAD Podcast, AI & I 25 Elite AI Builders on X: Andrej Karpathy, Sam Altman, Swyx, Aaron Levie, Garry Tan + 20 more 2 Official Blogs: Anthropic Engineering deep-dives, Claude product updates
Zero-Setup Magic
git clone https://github.com/zarazhangrui/follow-builders.git ~/skills/follow-builders
cd ~/skills/follow-builders/scripts && npm install
Just say "set up follow builders" to your OpenClaw agent. It asks:
- Daily or weekly?
- English, Chinese, or bilingual?
- Telegram, Discord, email, or in-chat delivery?
Your first digest arrives immediately. No API keys, no config files, no hassle.
Customize Like a Pro
Conversational control:
- "Make summaries shorter"
- "Switch to weekly Monday mornings"
- "Focus on actionable insights"
- "Use casual tone"
Power user option: Edit plain-English prompts in /prompts/ folder:
summarize-podcast.mdsummarize-tweets.mddigest-intro.mdtranslate.md
Privacy-First Design
✅ No API keys sent anywhere
✅ Config stored locally (~/.follow-builders/.env)
✅ Only public content scraped
✅ Your reading history stays private
Sample Output
See examples/sample-digest.md for real digest format. Expect:
- Podcast episode summaries with timestamps
- Thread breakdowns from X
- Technical blog post key takeaways
- Direct links to original content
Perfect For
- Solo developers tracking frontier research
- AI product managers staying current
- Researchers following peer insights
- Anyone tired of influencer content farms
MIT licensed, actively maintained, 110 commits. Install today and follow builders who ship products, not regurgitate headlines.