Feed sync

Configure feeds in index.yml, run sync, then the indexer watches feeds.out_dir as kind feed (feed::* banks).

feeds:
  out_dir: ~/.local/share/personal-memory/feeds
  rss:
    - url: https://rss.arxiv.org/rss/cs.AI
      slug: arxiv-cs-ai
  openalex_queries:
    - url: https://api.openalex.org/works?search=machine%20learning&per_page=25
      slug: openalex-ml

npx @bcmyguest/openmem feed-sync
# checkout: npm run feed-sync

Then ensure the stack indexer is running. Each run writes markdown files under out_dir; the watcher indexes new/changed files.

Network use: feed-sync calls public RSS/OpenAlex URLs from the host (not from CI by default).

feed-sync needs Python 3 with PyYAML on the host. On Windows it uses py -3, then python; on macOS and Linux it uses python3, then python. Set PYTHON to choose a specific executable.

Schedule feed sync (optional)

Install an hourly job with the current user’s native scheduler. The GitHub npx source works before the next npm release includes schedule:

npx --yes github:bcmyguest/openmem schedule install --dry-run
npx --yes github:bcmyguest/openmem schedule install
npx --yes github:bcmyguest/openmem schedule remove

After that release, npx @bcmyguest/openmem schedule ... runs the same command from npm.

OpenMem installs a systemd user timer on Linux, a launchd agent on macOS, or a Task Scheduler task on Windows. The job calls the published npm package through a stable runner in your user config directory. Installation records the Python interpreter with PyYAML, so the job does not depend on your interactive shell’s PATH. It runs when your user scheduler is active; the Linux timer catches up after downtime. Re-run schedule install if you move or upgrade Node.js or Python.