What sources are
A source is any content feed that Editions subscribes to and periodically fetches. When a source is fetched, its articles are extracted, analysed, and classified into your focuses.
You can subscribe to RSS feeds from blogs, news outlets, and publications — plus podcast feeds that get a dedicated audio experience in the magazine view.
Your source list
Source types
Blogs & news
Standard web feeds from any publication. Most blogs and news sites have one — try appending /feed or /rss to the site URL.
Audio feeds
Podcast RSS feeds get special treatment — a dedicated layout in the magazine view with album art, waveform visualization, and inline playback.
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More source types — Mastodon, Bluesky, YouTube — are planned for future releases.
Adding a source
How fetching works
Fetching is a background task. Editions downloads the RSS feed, extracts new articles with their full content, then runs the ML pipeline — generating embeddings and classifying each article into your focuses.
The scheduler runs automatic fetches on an interval, so you don't need to manually fetch every time. You can also trigger a fetch from any source's detail page.
What you get
Once fetched, articles appear as rich cards with summaries, reading time, and voting controls. Upvote and downvote to teach the system your taste — votes propagate through semantic similarity.
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Article cards with vote controls, reading time, and source attribution
Tips
Start small
3-5 sources is enough to get a feel for the system. You can always add more later.
Mix scales
Combine large publications with small independent blogs. Source budgeting in editions ensures small blogs get fair representation.
Check for RSS
Most blogs and news sites have RSS feeds. Look for an RSS icon, or try appending /feed, /rss, or /atom.xml to the site URL.