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Scan X — Development skill for Claude Code

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Manually scan X for new Boris Cherny posts since last scan.

How to install Scan X

Installs to ~/.claude/commands/alphilippo-boris-cherny-claude-code-playbook-scan-x.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alphilippo/boris-cherny-claude-code-playbook/HEAD/.claude/commands/scan-x.md -o ~/.claude/commands/alphilippo-boris-cherny-claude-code-playbook-scan-x.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Scan X does

description: Manually scan X for new Boris Cherny posts since last scan

/scan-x — Manual X Scan

Manual trigger of the X scan when you don't want to wait for the next routine (e.g., after a major Anthropic event).

Workflow

Step 1 — Read last_scan_iso

Open TIPS.md, find the YAML block at the bottom:

last_scan_iso: "..."
last_scan_anchor_tweet_id: "..."

That's the cut-off.

Step 2 — Multi-Query X Search

Use web_search with the following queries in sequence:

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