The Feed is where fresh outside material lands. A feed item can be an article, product, event, social post, video, or other source item. You can use it once, save it for later, discard it, or build automations around it.
Sources versus items
A source is where bbuddy watches for material: an RSS feed, a supported social source, or a webhook source. An item is one imported entry from that source.
Add source
Use Add source to create a source. For RSS, paste the feed URL and give it a readable name. bbuddy polls the source and new items appear in the Feed. If the feed contains products or events, bbuddy tries to keep that structure so posts can use the right facts.
Source controls
- Poll now: check the source immediately instead of waiting for the next automatic check.
- Delete source: remove the source and its feed items from your workspace.
- Source filters: show all sources or narrow to active, inactive, or other source states when available.
- Select all sources: select visible sources for bulk actions.
Item controls
- Use as post: sends the item to chat with the source attached. bbuddy drafts from the item and marks it used when the suggestion is created.
- Open original: opens the source URL in a new tab so you can inspect the original material.
- Save: bookmarks the item. Saved items stay easy to find and are useful when you want to build content later.
- Discard: archives the item so it no longer appears in the active Feed.
- Mark read / Mark unread: controls whether the item appears as unread. Unread items are the default pool for many feed-driven workflows.
- Fetch transcript: when available, pulls a transcript for video-like items so the assistant can draft from the actual spoken content.
Item metadata
The Feed keeps structured details when it can: language, item kind, tags, word count, media, product facts, event date, event location, and source. When an event date is available, bbuddy uses the event metadata instead of guessing from the body text.
Saved versus Library
Saving a feed item bookmarks it inside Feed. Moving something into the Library makes it durable brand context. Use Feed save for short-term curation; use Library for facts, examples, and rules that should influence future generation.
Good Feed workflows
- Save interesting items during the week, then ask bbuddy to draft posts from the saved Feed.
- Use Use as post on a product item to create a grounded product post.
- Add an events RSS source, then build an automation that drafts or schedules posts before upcoming events.
- Discard off-topic items so future drafting has less noise.