Comment Pulse Board

Use this skill when you need a fast, structured digest of what the audience is obsessing over, asking about, or turning against.

Default product shape: a compact macOS MenuBarExtra utility with a source-aware popover for chatter intake, pulse clustering, and shift review and an optional settings/history window.

Quick Start

1. Confirm the subject, target audience, and source window.
2. Gather only public or user-authorized material into a working set.
3. Produce a pulse-digest with the default sections below.
4. If the user wants a richer product concept, keep it menu bar first and native to SwiftUI.

Accepted Inputs

• comment dumps, replies, quote posts, and community forum snapshots
• support inbox excerpts, FAQ logs, or AMA question lists
• moderation notes about flare-ups, repeat confusion, or repeated praise
• user-provided context about recent launches, controversies, or content pivots

Output Artifact

Primary artifact: pulse-digest

Default sections:

• Top obsession clusters and why they matter
• Recurring questions or unresolved confusion
• Sentiment shifts compared with the prior source window
• Backlash or fatigue signals that need human review
• Suggested response priorities for the next content cycle

Workflow

Gather Sources

• Normalize comments into one working set while preserving source labels.
• Separate high-volume repetition from isolated but severe complaints.
• Flag missing context when a sentiment swing may be tied to an external event.

Distill Signal

• Cluster repeated topics, questions, and emotional reactions.
• Score clusters by volume, speed, and intensity rather than raw volume alone.
• Separate healthy criticism, confusion, delight, and harassment signals.

Build The Artifact

• Write a pulse digest that shows what is rising, stable, cooling, or risky.
• Call out where silence is better than a response.
• End with concise next-step recommendations for content, moderation, or support.

Mac Product Shape

• Prefer MenuBarExtra with these primary actions:
  • Import Chatter
  • Cluster Pulse
  • Review Shifts
  • Export Digest
• Keep the popover between 320 pt and 380 pt wide with grouped sections, clear source status, and a strong export action.
• Use a lightweight settings or history window only for source rules, saved exports, or weighting controls.

Safety Boundaries

• Work only from public or user-authorized material.
• Do not assist with stalking, covert profiling, rumor laundering, harassment, or minors-focused manipulation.
• Do not target individual critics, encourage brigading, or reframe harassment as audience strategy.

Example Prompts

• Use $comment-pulse-board to analyze this week's TikTok and Instagram comments and tell me what the audience is fixated on versus what is turning negative.
• Use $comment-pulse-board to cluster these founder-community replies into obsession points, recurring questions, and backlash watch items.

Resources

• references/product-spec.md: product surface, SwiftUI layout, artifact template, icon direction, and first-run behavior.