blog-discourse

# Blog Discourse: Real Discourse Research, API-Free `blog-discourse` is the recency + engagement lens that `blog-researcher` (authority-first) lacks. It asks: in the last 30 days, what are practitioners and customers actually saying about this topic on the public web? Adapted from the methodology of `last30days-skill` (Matt Van Horn, MIT, https://github.com/mvanhorn/last30days-skill). The upstream uses platform APIs; this sub-skill uses WebSearch with platform-targeted site operators. No API keys required. ## Commands | Command | Purpose | |---|---| | `/blog discourse <topic>` | Produce a discourse brief at project-root `DISCOURSE.md` | | `/blog discourse <topic> --days 90` | Widen the freshness window from 30 to 90 days | | `/blog discourse <topic> --input results.json` | Skip search; build the brief from a pre-gathered results file. The flag name matches `scripts/discourse_research.py --input` directly. | | `/blog discourse <topic> --output path.md` | Write markdown to a chosen output path and print structured JSON without markdown to stdout. | | `/blog discourse <topic> --format json` | Print the full JSON brief to stdout when no `--output` path is used. | | `/blog discourse <topic> --decomposition questions.txt` | Pass newline-delimited decomposition questions into the helper. | ## Workflow ### Phase 0: Topic Pre-Flight (mandatory) Before any search, run the four keyword-trap checks from `skills/blog/references/research-quality.md` (Class 1 demographic shopping, Cl...