feedpilot

A daily tech digest MCP server for use with GitHub Copilot CLI and GitHub Copilot in VS Code.

Aggregates RSS/Atom feeds from sources you care about — Linux hardware news, kernel updates, Hacker News, GitHub announcements — and lets you discuss, summarize, and drill into the day's signal with Copilot. No browser required.

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Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12 or higher
• uv package manager

Option A — Install with uv tool (Recommended)

Install feedpilot directly from GitHub. No clone needed:

uv tool install git+https://github.com/ossirytk/feedpilot

This installs a feedpilot command globally. Find where uv placed it if you need the full path for MCP config:

uv tool dir --bin

Then jump to MCP client configuration below.

Option B — Clone and run with uv

git clone https://github.com/ossirytk/feedpilot
cd feedpilot
uv sync

Then jump to MCP client configuration below.

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MCP Client Configuration

feedpilot runs as an MCP server over stdio. Configure your MCP client once, then ask Copilot naturally.

GitHub Copilot CLI

Add feedpilot to ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json (create it if it doesn't exist).

If you used uv tool install (Option A):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "feedpilot": {
      "command": "feedpilot"
    }
  }
}

Note: If the Copilot CLI process doesn't inherit your PATH, use the full path returned by uv tool dir --bin. On Windows: "C:\\Users\\<YourUsername>\\.local\\bin\\feedpilot.exe".

If you cloned the repo (Option B):

Windows:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "feedpilot": {
      "command": "C:\\Users\\<YourUsername>\\.local\\bin\\uv.exe",
      "args": ["run", "feedpilot"],
      "cwd": "D:\\feedpilot"
    }
  }
}

macOS / Linux:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "feedpilot": {
      "command": "/home/<youruser>/.local/bin/uv",
      "args": ["run", "feedpilot"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/feedpilot"
    }
  }
}

Tip: Find the full path to uv with (Get-Command uv).Source (PowerShell) or which uv (bash/fish).

Restart the Copilot CLI, then run /mcp to confirm feedpilot appears and its tools are listed.

VS Code Copilot

For detailed VS Code setup including workspace-scoped config and troubleshooting, see MCP-SETUP.md.

Quick config — create or edit %APPDATA%\Code\User\mcp.json (Windows), ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/mcp.json (macOS), or ~/.config/Code/User/mcp.json (Linux):

With uv tool install (Option A):

{
  "servers": {
    "feedpilot": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "feedpilot"
    }
  }
}

With cloned repo (Option B):

{
  "servers": {
    "feedpilot": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "feedpilot"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/feedpilot"
    }
  }
}

Run MCP: List Servers from the VS Code Command Palette to confirm feedpilot is listed and enabled.

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Usage

Once configured, ask Copilot naturally:

"What's new on Phoronix today?"
"Give me the Linux digest — kernel and hardware only"
"Any interesting stuff on Hacker News right now?"
"List all feed sources"

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Default Sources

Source	Tags
Phoronix	linux, hardware, benchmarks
Hacker News	tech, programming
LWN.net	linux, kernel
GitHub Blog	github, devtools

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Tools

Tool	Description
digest	Fetch headlines from all sources; optionally filter by tags
headlines	Fetch recent items from a specific source by name or raw URL
multi_headlines	Fetch headlines from multiple sources in parallel
list_sources	List all configured default feed sources with their tags

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Updating

Option A (uv tool install):

uv tool upgrade feedpilot

Option B (cloned repo):

git pull
uv sync

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Development

git clone https://github.com/ossirytk/feedpilot
cd feedpilot
uv sync

# Lint
uv run ruff check .

# Format
uv run ruff format .

# Fix auto-fixable issues
uv run ruff check --fix .

# Run tests
uv run pytest

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License

MIT