VIPCare

Auto-build VIP person profiles from Twitter/LinkedIn public data.

Install

npm install -g vipcare

Or run directly:

npx vipcare --help

Quick Start

# Add a person by name
vip add "Sam Altman" --company "OpenAI"

# Add from Twitter URL
vip add https://twitter.com/sama

# List all profiles
vip list

# Show a profile
vip show sam-altman

# Search across profiles
vip search "AI"

# Edit a profile
vip edit sam-altman --note "Met at conference"

# Delete a profile
vip rm sam-altman -y

# Refresh a profile
vip update sam-altman

Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | vip init | Interactive setup | | vip add <name-or-url> | Add a new profile (-c company, -f force, --no-ai, --dry-run, -y YouTube URLs, --manual blank template, @handle shortcut) | | vip list | List all profiles (--tag filter by tag) | | vip show <name> | Display a profile | | vip search <keyword> | Search across all profiles | | vip edit <name> | Edit profile fields (--title, --company, --twitter, --linkedin, --note) | | vip rm <name> | Delete a profile (-y to confirm) | | vip update <name> | Refresh a profile with latest data | | vip open <name> | Open a profile in your editor | | vip youtube <name> <url> | Add YouTube video transcript to a profile | | vip youtube-search <name> | Search YouTube for a person's talks (-n max results) | | vip compare <n1> <n2> | Side-by-side comparison (--json) | | vip tag <name> <tag> | Add tag to profile | | vip untag <name> <tag> | Remove tag from profile | | vip tags [name] | List tags (--json) | | vip stats | Show dashboard overview (--json) | | vip regenerate | Re-synthesize all profiles (--dry-run, --no-ai) | | vip card | Generate H5 baseball card page (-o output, -p/--port, -w/--watch, --no-serve; alias: open-cards) | | vip export | Export all profiles for backup | | vip import | Restore profiles from backup | | vip digest | Show recent profile changes | | vip monitor start\|stop\|status\|run | Manage automatic profile refresh | | vip annotate <name> <note> | Add personal annotation | | vip upgrade | Update to latest npm version | | vip reset | Delete all data (-y to skip confirmation) | | vip config | View settings |

Features

• Auto profile building — Give a name or URL, get a structured profile
• Multi-source data — Twitter (via bird CLI), LinkedIn, web search
• AI synthesis — Claude CLI, Anthropic API, or GitHub Copilot CLI
• Auto monitoring — Scheduled profile refresh with change detection (macOS launchd)
• Markdown output — One .md file per person

AI Backend

Auto-detected in this order:

| Backend | Setup | |---------|-------| | Anthropic API | Set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env var | | Claude CLI | Install Claude Code | | GitHub Copilot | Install gh copilot |

Override: VIP_AI_BACKEND=anthropic vip add "Name"

Claude Code Skill

Install the /vip slash command for Claude Code:

cp skill/vip.md ~/.claude/commands/vip.md

Then use natural language:

/vip add Jensen Huang from NVIDIA
/vip who works in AI?
/vip compare Sam Altman and Elon Musk
/vip add a note to sam: met at dinner

Monitoring

vip monitor start    # Start auto-refresh (every 24h)
vip monitor stop     # Stop
vip monitor status   # Check status
vip monitor run      # Run once now
vip digest           # View recent changes

Config

vip config           # View settings

Settings: ~/.vip/config.json | Profiles: ~/.vip/profiles/