feat: add news command to fetch AI-curated headlines

Add comprehensive news/trending feature that fetches AI-generated news
headlines from Twitter's "For You" page. This feature specifically
targets the AI-curated news items that Twitter displays under "Today's
News" section, not generic trending hashtags.

- Uses Twitter's ExplorePage GraphQL API endpoint to access the Explore
  page timeline data where AI headlines are located
- AI headlines are identified by the explicit `is_ai_trend: true` flag
  in the API response
- Fallback heuristic detection for full-sentence headlines (5+ words)
  with "News" or time indicators in social context
- Headlines are found in "stories-*" modules within the initialTimeline
  structure under a "Today's News" header
- Follows the existing mixin pattern (withNews) for composability
- Supports both AI-only filtering and mixed trending/AI results

- `bird news` - Fetch news and trending topics (mixed results)
- `bird news --ai-only` - Fetch ONLY AI-curated headlines
- `bird news -n <count>` - Limit number of results
- `bird news --json` - Output as JSON
- `bird news --json-full` - Include raw API response
- `bird news --with-tweets` - Enrich with related tweets
- `bird trending` - Alias for news command
- AI headlines are clearly marked with "AI · " category prefix
- Automatic deduplication of duplicate headlines
- Rich formatting with category, time, post count, and URLs

- src/commands/news.ts - CLI command implementation
- src/lib/twitter-client-news.ts - Core news fetching functionality
- tests/commands.news.test.ts - Command validation tests (7 tests)
- tests/twitter-client-coverage.news.test.ts - API coverage tests (7 tests)

- README.md - Added documentation for news command
- src/cli/program.ts - Registered news command
- src/lib/index.ts - Exported news-related types
- src/lib/twitter-client.ts - Integrated withNews mixin
- src/lib/query-ids.json - Added ExplorePage query ID
- src/lib/twitter-client-constants.ts - Added ExplorePage constant
- src/lib/twitter-client-features.ts - Added buildExploreFeatures()
- scripts/update-query-ids.ts - Added ExplorePage to update script

- All 268 existing tests continue to pass
- Added 14 new tests covering command validation and API functionality
- Tested with real Twitter data confirming AI headline detection
- All TypeScript compilation and linting checks pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <[email protected]>
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import type { Command } from 'commander';
import type { CliContext } from '../cli/shared.js';
import { TwitterClient } from '../lib/twitter-client.js';
import type { NewsItem } from '../lib/twitter-client-news.js';
function formatPostCount(count: number): string {
if (count >= 1_000_000) {
return `${(count / 1_000_000).toFixed(1)}M`;
}
if (count >= 1_000) {
return `${(count / 1_000).toFixed(1)}K`;
}
return String(count);
}
function printNewsItems(
items: NewsItem[],
ctx: CliContext,
opts: { json?: boolean; emptyMessage?: string } = {},
): void {
if (opts.json) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(items, null, 2));
return;
}
if (items.length === 0) {
console.log(opts.emptyMessage ?? 'No news items found.');
return;
}
for (const item of items) {
const categoryLabel = item.category ? `[${item.category}]` : '';
console.log(`\n${ctx.colors.accent(categoryLabel)} ${ctx.colors.command(item.headline)}`);
if (item.description) {
console.log(` ${ctx.colors.muted(item.description)}`);
}
const meta: string[] = [];
if (item.timeAgo) {
meta.push(item.timeAgo);
}
if (item.postCount) {
meta.push(`${formatPostCount(item.postCount)} posts`);
}
if (meta.length > 0) {
console.log(` ${ctx.colors.muted(meta.join(' | '))}`);
}
if (item.url) {
console.log(` ${ctx.l('url')}${item.url}`);
}
// Print related tweets if available
if (item.tweets && item.tweets.length > 0) {
console.log(` ${ctx.colors.section('Related tweets:')}`);
for (const tweet of item.tweets.slice(0, 3)) {
console.log(
` @${tweet.author.username}: ${tweet.text.slice(0, 100)}${tweet.text.length > 100 ? '...' : ''}`,
);
}
}
console.log(ctx.colors.muted('─'.repeat(50)));
}
}
export function registerNewsCommand(program: Command, ctx: CliContext): void {
program
.command('news')
.alias('trending')
.description("Fetch today's news and trending topics")
.option('-n, --count <number>', 'Number of items to fetch', '10')
.option('--ai-only', 'Show only AI-curated news items')
.option('--with-tweets', 'Also fetch related tweets for each news item')
.option('--tweets-per-item <number>', 'Number of tweets to fetch per news item (default: 5)', '5')
.option('--json', 'Output as JSON')
.option('--json-full', 'Output as JSON with full raw API response in _raw field')
.action(
async (cmdOpts: {
count?: string;
aiOnly?: boolean;
withTweets?: boolean;
tweetsPerItem?: string;
json?: boolean;
jsonFull?: boolean;
}) => {
const opts = program.opts();
const timeoutMs = ctx.resolveTimeoutFromOptions(opts);
const quoteDepth = ctx.resolveQuoteDepthFromOptions(opts);
const count = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.count || '10', 10);
const tweetsPerItem = Number.parseInt(cmdOpts.tweetsPerItem || '5', 10);
const { cookies, warnings } = await ctx.resolveCredentialsFromOptions(opts);
for (const warning of warnings) {
console.error(`${ctx.p('warn')}${warning}`);
}
if (Number.isNaN(count) || count < 1) {
console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}--count must be a positive number`);
process.exit(1);
}
if (Number.isNaN(tweetsPerItem) || tweetsPerItem < 1) {
console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}--tweets-per-item must be a positive number`);
process.exit(1);
}
if (!cookies.authToken || !cookies.ct0) {
console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Missing required credentials`);
process.exit(1);
}
const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies, timeoutMs, quoteDepth });
const includeRaw = cmdOpts.jsonFull ?? false;
const withTweets = cmdOpts.withTweets ?? false;
const aiOnly = cmdOpts.aiOnly ?? false;
const result = await client.getNews(count, { includeRaw, withTweets, tweetsPerItem, aiOnly });
if (result.success) {
printNewsItems(result.items, ctx, {
json: cmdOpts.json || cmdOpts.jsonFull,
emptyMessage: 'No news items found.',
});
} else {
console.error(`${ctx.p('err')}Failed to fetch news: ${result.error}`);
process.exit(1);
}
},
);
}