Competition Persistence (DEPRECATED)

⚠️ This skill is deprecated. Its functionality has been merged into comp-scout-scrape.

The scrape skill now handles:

• Issue creation
• Duplicate detection and comments
• Milestone assignment
• Auto-filter labeling and closing

This file is retained for reference only. Do not invoke this skill directly.

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Original Documentation (Reference Only)

Store competitions as GitHub issues with project board integration.

Prerequisites

• gh CLI installed and authenticated
• yq installed for YAML parsing
• hiivmind-pulse-gh workspace initialized (for project integration)
• Target repository created (separate from this skills repo)

Key Concepts

Issue as Dumping Ground

Each competition gets ONE issue. All related information is added as comments:

• Additional sources (from other aggregator sites)
• Strategy analysis
• Draft entries
• Submission confirmation
• Winner notification

Simplified Deduplication

No complex parent-child relationships. When a duplicate is found:

1. Add a comment to the existing issue noting the additional source
2. Don't create a new issue

Workflow

Step 1: Determine Target Repository

The target repo should be specified or configured. This is NOT the skills repo.

# From workspace config
TARGET_REPO=$(yq '.repositories[0].full_name' .hiivmind/github/config.yaml)

# Or specify directly
TARGET_REPO="discreteds/competition-data"

Step 2: Normalize Title for Matching

Strip common prefixes and normalize for comparison:

Original: "Win a $500 Coles Gift Card"
Normalized: "500 coles gift card"

Original: "Win 1 of 10 Travel Vouchers"
Normalized: "1 of 10 travel vouchers"

Normalization rules:

1. Lowercase
2. Strip prefixes: "Win ", "Win a ", "Win an ", "Win the ", "Win 1 of "
3. Remove punctuation
4. Collapse whitespace

Step 3: Search for Existing Issues

gh issue list -R "$TARGET_REPO" \
  --label "competition" \
  --state open \
  --json number,title,url,body \
  --limit 100

Step 4: Check for Duplicates

Compare normalized titles with fuzzy matching (80% similarity threshold).

Also check: If the competition URL appears in any issue body, it's definitely a duplicate.

# Search by URL in body
gh issue list -R "$TARGET_REPO" \
  --search "in:body $COMPETITION_URL" \
  --json number,title,url

Step 5a: If Duplicate Found

Add a comment to the existing issue:

gh issue comment $ISSUE_NUMBER -R "$TARGET_REPO" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
### Also found on netrewards.com.au

**URL:** https://netrewards.com.au/win-example/
**Title on this site:** Win Example Prize
*Discovered: 2024-12-09*
EOF
)"

Step 5b: If New Competition

Create the issue:

gh issue create -R "$TARGET_REPO" \
  --title "$TITLE" \
  --label "competition" \
  --label "25wol" \
  --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Competition Details

**URL:** https://competitions.com.au/win-example/
**Brand:** Example Brand
**Prize:** $500 gift card
**Word Limit:** 25 words
**Closes:** 2024-12-31
**Draw Date:** 2025-01-07
**Winners Notified:** 2025-01-14

## Prompt

> Tell us in 25 words or less why you love Example Brand

---
*Scraped from competitions.com.au on 2024-12-09*
EOF
)"

Step 6: Add to Project (Optional)

If using GitHub Projects:

# Get issue URL from creation output
ISSUE_URL="https://github.com/discreteds/competition-data/issues/1"

# Add to project
gh project item-add 5 --owner discreteds --url "$ISSUE_URL"

Step 7: Set Milestone

Create or find milestone for the closing date month:

# Check if milestone exists
MILESTONE_TITLE="December 2024"
MILESTONE=$(gh api repos/$TARGET_REPO/milestones --jq ".[] | select(.title==\"$MILESTONE_TITLE\") | .number")

# Create if needed
if [ -z "$MILESTONE" ]; then
  gh api repos/$TARGET_REPO/milestones \
    --method POST \
    --field title="$MILESTONE_TITLE" \
    --field due_on="2024-12-31T23:59:59Z"
fi

# Set on issue
gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER -R "$TARGET_REPO" --milestone "$MILESTONE_TITLE"

Issue Templates

New Competition Issue

## Competition Details

**URL:** {url}
**Brand:** {brand}
**Prize:** {prize_summary}
**Word Limit:** {word_limit} words
**Closes:** {closing_date}
**Draw Date:** {draw_date}
**Winners Notified:** {winners_notified_date}

## Prompt

> {prompt}

---
*Scraped from {site} on {scraped_date}*

Additional Source Comment

### Also found on {site}

**URL:** {url}
**Title on this site:** {title}
*Discovered: {date}*

Strategy Comment

## Strategy Analysis

**Sponsor Category:** {sponsor_category}
**Brand Voice:** {brand_voice}
**Recommended Tone:** {recommended_tone}

### Approach
{approach}

### Themes to Use
{themes_list}

### Angle Ideas
{angle_ideas_list}

### Avoid
{avoid_list}

---
*Generated: {date}*

Entry Draft Comment

## Entry Drafts

### Option 1 ({word_count} words) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
> {entry_text}

Arc: {arc_type}
Notes: {notes}

### Option 2 ({word_count} words) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
> {entry_text}

Arc: {arc_type}
Notes: {notes}

**Recommendation:** Option {n} - {reason}

---
*Generated: {date}*

Submission Confirmation Comment

## Entry Submitted ✅

**Submitted:** {date}
**Entry used:** Option {n}

> {final_entry_text}

---
Now waiting for results. Draw date: {draw_date}

Winner Notification Comment

## Result: {WON|DID NOT WIN}

**Notified:** {date}
**Result:** {description}

{additional_notes}

Labels

Create these labels in the target repository:

Label	Color	Description
competition	#0366d6	All competition issues
25wol	#6f42c1	25 words or less type
closing-soon	#d73a49	Closes within 3 days
entry-drafted	#28a745	Entry has been composed
entry-submitted	#0075ca	Entry has been submitted
won	#ffd700	Won the competition!

Label Management

# Create labels
gh label create "competition" --color "0366d6" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "25wol" --color "6f42c1" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "closing-soon" --color "d73a49" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "entry-drafted" --color "28a745" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "entry-submitted" --color "0075ca" -R "$TARGET_REPO"
gh label create "won" --color "ffd700" -R "$TARGET_REPO"

# Add label to issue
gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER -R "$TARGET_REPO" --add-label "entry-drafted"

# Remove label
gh issue edit $ISSUE_NUMBER -R "$TARGET_REPO" --remove-label "closing-soon"

Milestone Strategy

Use milestones to track competitions by closing month:

• "December 2024"
• "January 2025"
• "February 2025"

This allows filtering by timeframe in the project board.

Example Session

User: Save these competitions to GitHub

Competitions:
1. Win $500 Coles Gift Card (closes Dec 31)
2. Win a Trip to Bali (closes Jan 15)
3. Win Year's Supply of Coffee (closes Dec 20)

Claude: I'll persist these to the competition-data repository.

Checking for existing issues...
- "Win $500 Coles Gift Card" - Not found, creating new issue
- "Win a Trip to Bali" - Not found, creating new issue
- "Win Year's Supply of Coffee" - Found existing issue #12 (from competitions.com.au)

Creating issues...

✅ Created issue #15: Win $500 Coles Gift Card
   - Added to project
   - Milestone: December 2024

✅ Created issue #16: Win a Trip to Bali
   - Added to project
   - Milestone: January 2025

✅ Added comment to issue #12: Win Year's Supply of Coffee
   - Noted additional source from netrewards.com.au

Summary:
- 2 new issues created
- 1 duplicate found (added as comment)
- All added to project board

Updating Issues

Add Strategy Analysis

User: Add the strategy analysis to issue #15

Claude: Adding strategy as comment to issue #15...

[Runs: gh issue comment 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --body "..."]

✅ Strategy added to issue #15

Add Entry Drafts

User: Add these entries to issue #15

Claude: Adding entry drafts as comment to issue #15...

[Runs: gh issue comment 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --body "..."]
[Runs: gh issue edit 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --add-label "entry-drafted"]

✅ Entries added to issue #15
✅ Added "entry-drafted" label

Mark as Submitted

User: I submitted entry option 2 for issue #15

Claude: Recording submission on issue #15...

[Runs: gh issue comment 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --body "..."]
[Runs: gh issue edit 15 -R "$TARGET_REPO" --add-label "entry-submitted"]

✅ Submission recorded on issue #15
✅ Added "entry-submitted" label

Integration with hiivmind-pulse-gh

This skill can leverage hiivmind-pulse-gh for advanced project operations:

• hiivmind-pulse-gh-projects - Update project item fields
• hiivmind-pulse-gh-milestones - Manage milestones
• hiivmind-pulse-gh-workspace-refresh - Refresh cached IDs if needed

The workspace config at .hiivmind/github/config.yaml contains cached project and field IDs.