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Spec external-presence-bots-and-news

External Presence -- Bots, News Resonance, and Meeting People Where They Are

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inventory_source local | spec_api /api/spec-registry/external-presence-bots-and-news | registry_updated 2026-04-09T03:10:08.884677Z

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summary Extend the platform beyond its own URL by ingesting real-world news with resonance matching, integrating with social platforms (Discord, Telegram), providing auto-translation for non-English contributors, and enabling geolocation-based discovery -- meeting contributors where they already are instead of forcing them to visit the website.

process_summary News ingestion with RSS feed support and resonance matching to ideas; Configurable news sources via API; Discord voting integration; Telegram bot adapter for mobile contributors; Translation service for non-English content

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implementation_summary api/app/routers/news.py (get_news_feed, get_news_resonance, add_news_source); api/app/services/news_ingestion_service.py (ingest_feeds, get_cached_items); api/app/services/news_resonance_service.py (compute_resonance, match_news_to_ideas); api/app/routers/discord_votes.py (cast_discord_vote); api/app/services/telegram_adapter.py (send_message, handle_update); api/app/services/translate_service.py (translate_text); api/app/routers/geolocation.py (set_location, get_nearby)