Staying current with AI developments means drowning in noise — influencer threads, recycled takes, and hype cycles. Follow Builders is a Claude Code skill that cuts through this by monitoring only the people actually building AI: researchers, founders, PMs, and engineers. It delivers curated digests of their original content straight to your Telegram, Discord, or email.
Source: GitHub — zarazhangrui/follow-builders
What It Tracks
| Source Type | Content |
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| 25 AI Builders on X | Andrej Karpathy, Swyx, Sam Altman, and 22 more — curated for original insights, not retweets |
| 5 Podcasts | Latent Space, Training Data, No Priors, Unsupervised Learning, Data Driven NYC |
| 2 Official Blogs | Anthropic Engineering, Claude Blog — full articles, not just announcements |
The key philosophy: follow builders, not influencers. These are people shipping real products and sharing genuine insights — not people amplifying others’ work for engagement.
How It Works
Central Feed (updated daily)
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Agent fetches via single HTTP request
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Summarizes using your preferences
(language, length, style, focus)
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Delivers to your chosen channel
(Telegram / Discord / WhatsApp / Email / In-chat)
No API keys needed. Content is fetched from a central hub that aggregates public posts. Your agent just pulls and summarizes — all configuration and reading history stays local.
Setup
- Install the skill:
# Clone to your skills directory git clone https://github.com/zarazhangrui/follow-builders ~/.claude/skills/follow-builders -
Run
/follow-buildersin Claude Code - Tell it your preferences conversationally:
- “Send me a daily digest at 8am in English via Telegram”
- “Weekly summary, bilingual Chinese-English, Discord”
- “Make summaries more concise and focus on actionable insights”
Key Features
- Bilingual support — Chinese, English, or bilingual summaries
- Flexible delivery — Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, email, or directly in chat
- Customizable style — Adjust summary length, tone, and focus via conversation
- No complex config — Everything configured through natural language, no file editing required
- Privacy-first — All config stored locally; no API keys transmitted externally
- Zero maintenance — Central feed auto-updates; just install and go
Why This Matters
The AI space moves fast, and most curation tools either overwhelm you with everything or filter too aggressively. Follow Builders takes a different approach: human-curated source list (the 25 builders) combined with AI-powered summarization (your Claude agent). You get the quality of hand-picked sources with the convenience of automated delivery.
It’s like having a 24-hour AI news assistant that only reads the good stuff.
Who It’s For
- Developers tracking what top AI engineers are building and thinking
- Researchers monitoring the latest from Anthropic, OpenAI, and independent labs
- AI enthusiasts who want signal without the noise of AI Twitter
How LearnAI Team Could Use This
- Weekly AI briefing — Send the team a concise digest of builder updates before planning or editorial meetings.
- Course content refresh — Track new posts from researchers and founders to keep lessons current.
- Student reading lists — Turn high-signal builder posts and podcast episodes into recommended weekly readings.
- Wiki pipeline support — Use digests to identify emerging tools, workflows, and case studies worth documenting.
Real-World Use Cases
- Engineering teams — Monitor what leading AI builders are shipping without manually checking X, blogs, and podcasts.
- Researchers — Track new technical ideas, papers, and lab updates from credible sources.
- Founders and PMs — Spot product and market signals from people actively building AI products.
- Content teams — Build newsletters, internal briefings, or article pipelines from curated source updates.