Five industry stories that matter, weekly

A Friday digest of the week's five developments that actually touch your work.

Industry awareness is supposed to happen by osmosis: scroll enough feeds and somehow stay informed. The result is an hour of scrolling and retention of approximately one headline.

Most weeks have five stories that matter for your job. The other five hundred are entertainment wearing a lanyard.

THE ROUTINE

What it does

Every week, this routine distills the industry into the five developments worth your attention, with a line on why each one matters to you.

You stay the person who heard about things early, without donating your evenings to the scroll.

Try the prompt

Copy this prompt into a new Littlebird routine. Edit the days and times to fit your schedule.

COPY THIS PROMPT
Every Friday afternoon give me the top 5 developments in my industry this week

Set it up in three steps

  1. Open Littlebird and go to Routines, then create a new routine.
  2. Paste the prompt above. Adjust the days and times to fit your schedule.
  3. Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. Pause or edit it anytime with auto-pause.
VS. CHAT SKILLS

Why not just use a skill?

Skills are a good demo. You open a chat, paste in yesterday's context, and get a pretty solid answer -- once.

Tomorrow you do the whole thing again: same paste, same wait. The skill does not know your meetings, your threads, or what changed since Monday.

This routine knows all of that before it runs. It fires on schedule and hands you the result where you already work.

FAQ

Why only five stories?

Five is a number you will actually read. A digest of fifty is just another feed to ignore.

Can it focus on a niche?

Yes. Point the prompt at your segment -- the narrower the beat, the better the picks.

What does a subscription run?

$17 a month for Plus ($20 month-to-month), with 14 days free up front. Routines are included at every tier.

Is there a student discount?

Yes -- the Student plan is $15 a month. Plus is $17 ($20 month-to-month) with a 14-day trial for everyone else.

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