Reading & sources
Website to RSS: Follow Sites Without a Feed
Learn when to use a native RSS feed, a website source, or an RSS generator. Follow supported sites and understand what OPML migration actually preserves.
Guides
Put your sources to work.
Practical workflows and clear explanations for reading, research, and connected tools.
8 guides
Research workflows
Newsletter Curation: A Repeatable Research Workflow
Build a newsletter curation workflow: choose sources, verify stories, remove duplicates, add commentary, and prepare each issue for your email platform.
Research workflows
How to Find Article Ideas From Sources You Follow
Turn the sources you already follow into distinctive article ideas with a repeatable process for observation, reader questions, verification, and pitching.
Research workflows
How to Gather Competitive Intelligence From Public Sources
A practical, ethical workflow for gathering competitive intelligence from public websites, feeds, filings, product pages, reviews, and company updates.
Research workflows
How to Monitor a Competitor's Website for Changes
A practical guide to monitoring competitor website changes. Compare manual checks, change-detection tools, and the RSS or any-site-to-feed method that just works.
AI & integrations
Open-Source MCP Server for Trusted Web Sources
Connect an AI agent to a curated feed of RSS and website updates through Sparkfeed's open-source MCP server, with scoped keys and practical security controls.
AI & integrations
RSS API vs MCP: Which Should Your AI Agent Use?
Compare RSS feeds, REST APIs, and MCP for AI-agent data access, with practical architectures, security trade-offs, and verified Sparkfeed examples.
Hosting & control
Self-Hosting a Feed Reader: Own Your Data and Bring Your Own AI Keys
A builder guide to the best self-hosted, open-source RSS readers, what to check before you commit, and how bring-your-own AI keys keep summaries private.
