giga-app-news-bot (CLI)

Runs the @giga-app/news-bot program on your machine.

It fetches events/articles from NewsAPI.ai (EventRegistry) and uses OpenAI to write a single “master” markdown article with references, then posts it to the Giga social graph.

Setup

The CLI reads keys from:

• --newsApiKey or NEWS_API_KEY / NEWSAPI_AI_KEY / EVENTREGISTRY_API_KEY
• --openaiApiKey or OPENAI_API_KEY

It also tries to load a .env file if present (current working directory, or packages/social-media-app/bots/news-bot/.env when running from this repo).

Run from this repo

Build:

pnpm -r --filter @peerbit/news-bot-cli... run build

Network selection:

• --network prod|local|offline (aliases: --prod, --local, --offline)

Interactive mode (recommended):

node lib/esm/bin.js

Run once (dry-run, prints markdown and exits):

NEWS_API_KEY=... OPENAI_API_KEY=... \
node lib/esm/bin.js --runOnce --dryRun

Run continuously (publishes to the network):

NEWS_API_KEY=... OPENAI_API_KEY=... \
node lib/esm/bin.js --intervalMinutes 30

Dial a local relay instead of bootstrapping:

node lib/esm/bin.js --local --intervalMinutes 10

Offline (no dial/bootstrap):

node lib/esm/bin.js --offline --runOnce --dryRun

Targeting (optional)

By default, the bot posts under the public Giga root canvas.

• --scopeAddress (or --scope) posts within a specific Scope address.
• --parentCanvasId (or --parent) posts under a specific parent canvas id (base64/base64url of the 32-byte canvas.id).

Options

node lib/esm/bin.js --help

Notes

• Event discovery uses NewsAPI.ai /minuteStreamEvents (see --recentActivityEventsMaxEventCount and --recentActivityEventsUpdatesAfterMinsAgo).
• By default the bot tries to fetch a lead image and injects it as markdown: ![alt](giga://image/<ref>).
• Published posts include multiple markdown variants (low/medium/high quality) so the app can render different “resolutions” for feed vs full view.
• --runOnce prints a summary (events fetched/posted + remote verification status).

Prod Smoke Test (opt-in)

There is an opt-in vitest that publishes a small markdown post and checks that the bootstrap peer can read it:

NEWS_BOT_SMOKE_PROD=1 pnpm --filter @peerbit/news-bot-cli... test

Running from repo root

If you prefer to run it from the repo root (instead of packages/social-media-app/bots/news-bot-cli), use:

node packages/social-media-app/bots/news-bot-cli/lib/esm/bin.js --help