first sweep lessons: unrollnow thread mirror, exact cost-log invocation, /batch verified

42d23c69e834e7fe4e64f5cc59e508918eac4c4f · 2026-07-22 22:05:15 -0700 · Steve Abrams

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commit 42d23c69e834e7fe4e64f5cc59e508918eac4c4f
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Wed Jul 22 22:05:15 2026 -0700

    first sweep lessons: unrollnow thread mirror, exact cost-log invocation, /batch verified
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 SKILL.md                | 12 +++++++++++-
 references/retrieval.md |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/SKILL.md b/SKILL.md
index 30e6353..5505e7d 100644
--- a/SKILL.md
+++ b/SKILL.md
@@ -109,4 +109,14 @@ Trigger: "run the automation audit", "second-fix audit", or scoped to a repo
 - Posts are claims; show verification status (VERIFIED / UNVERIFIED /
   CONFLICTS) next to every relayed claim.
 - $0 retrieval by default; metered fallbacks (Exa) show cost per Steve's
-  always-show-costs rule.
+  always-show-costs rule, and log it exactly like this (the key lives under
+  `apis` in pricing.json — don't grep top-level keys):
+
+  ```bash
+  node ~/.claude/skills/cost-tracker/scripts/log.js \
+    --api exa_search --units <n>:search --app bcherny-scout --note "sweep <date>"
+  ```
+
+- For THREADS, hydrate-tweet.js returns only tweet 1 — pull the full thread
+  from the unrollnow mirror (see `references/retrieval.md` §3) before
+  analyzing.
diff --git a/references/retrieval.md b/references/retrieval.md
index d8824c5..3a6a0c8 100644
--- a/references/retrieval.md
+++ b/references/retrieval.md
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ for verbatim text.
 
 ## 3. Tombstone / endpoint-down fallback
 
+- unrollnow: `https://www.unrollnow.com/status/<id>` — proven 2026-07-22 the
+  best mirror for @bcherny THREADS: hydrate-tweet.js only returns tweet 1 of
+  a thread, while unrollnow carries all tweets' text (Exa indexes it well —
+  search `unrollnow bcherny <topic>`).
 - Thread Reader: `https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/<id>.html`
 - Google cache of the x.com URL via WebSearch.
 - HN/algolia and blog quotations (step 2) — for essays, coverage usually

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