zenfeed/docs/config.md

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
timezone	string	The timezone of the app. e.g. Asia/Shanghai.	server's local timezone	No
log	object	The log config. See Log Configuration section below.	(see fields)	No
api	object	The API config. See API Configuration section below.	(see fields)	No
llms	list	The LLMs config. Refered by other config sections. See LLM Configuration section below.	[]	Yes (>=1)
scrape	object	The scrape config. See Scrape Configuration section below.	(see fields)	No
storage	object	The storage config. See Storage Configuration section below.	(see fields)	No
scheduls	object	The scheduls config for monitoring feeds (aka monitoring rules). See Scheduls Configuration section below.	(see fields)	No
notify	object	The notify config. It receives results from scheduls, groups them via route config, and sends to receivers via channels. See Notify Configuration, Notify Route, Notify Receiver, Notify Channels sections below.	(see fields)	Yes

Log Configuration (log)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
log.level	string	Log level, one of debug, info, warn, error.	info	No

API Configuration (api)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
api.http	object	The HTTP API config.	(see fields)	No
api.http.address	string	The address ([host]:port) of the HTTP API. e.g. 0.0.0.0:1300. Cannot be changed after the app is running.	:1300	No
api.mcp	object	The MCP API config.	(see fields)	No
api.mcp.address	string	The address ([host]:port) of the MCP API. e.g. 0.0.0.0:1301. Cannot be changed after the app is running.	:1301	No
api.llm	string	The LLM name for summarizing feeds. e.g. my-favorite-gemini-king. Refers to an LLM defined in the llms section.	default LLM in llms section	Yes (if summarization feature is used)

LLM Configuration (llms[])

This section defines a list of available Large Language Models. At least one LLM configuration is required.

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
llms[].name	string	The name (or 'id') of the LLM. e.g. my-favorite-gemini-king. Used to refer to this LLM in other sections (api.llm, storage.feed.embedding_llm, etc.).		Yes
llms[].default	bool	Whether this LLM is the default LLM. Only one LLM can be the default.	false	No (but one must be true if default behavior is relied upon)
llms[].provider	string	The provider of the LLM, one of openai, openrouter, deepseek, gemini, volc, siliconflow. e.g. openai.		Yes
llms[].endpoint	string	The custom endpoint of the LLM. e.g. https://api.openai.com/v1.	(provider specific default)	No
llms[].api_key	string	The API key of the LLM.		Yes
llms[].model	string	The model of the LLM. e.g. gpt-4o-mini. Cannot be empty if used for generation tasks (like summarization). Cannot be empty with embedding_model at same time if this LLM is used.		Conditionally Yes
llms[].embedding_model	string	The embedding model of the LLM. e.g. text-embedding-3-small. Cannot be empty if used for embedding. Cannot be empty with model at same time if this LLM is used. NOTE: Do not modify after initial use; add a new LLM config instead.		Conditionally Yes
llms[].temperature	float32	The temperature (0-2) of the LLM.	0.0	No

Scrape Configuration (scrape)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
scrape.past	duration	The lookback time window for scraping feeds. e.g. 1h means only scrape feeds in the past 1 hour.	3d	No
scrape.interval	duration	How often to scrape each source (global default). e.g. 1h.	1h	No
scrape.rsshub_endpoint	string	The endpoint of the RSSHub. You can deploy your own or use a public one (see RSSHub Docs). e.g. https://rsshub.app.		Yes (if rsshub_route_path used)
scrape.sources	list of objects	The sources for scraping feeds. See Scrape Source Configuration below.	[]	Yes (at least one)

Scrape Source Configuration (scrape.sources[])

Describes each source to be scraped.

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
scrape.sources[].interval	duration	How often to scrape this specific source. Overrides the global scrape.interval.	global interval	No
scrape.sources[].name	string	The name of the source. Used for labeling feeds.		Yes
scrape.sources[].labels	map[string]string	Additional key-value labels to add to feeds from this source.	{}	No
scrape.sources[].rss	object	The RSS config for this source. See Scrape Source RSS Configuration below. Only one source type (e.g., RSS) can be set per source.	nil	Yes (if source type is RSS)

Scrape Source RSS Configuration (scrape.sources[].rss)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
scrape.sources[].rss.url	string	The full URL of the RSS feed. e.g. http://localhost:1200/github/trending/daily/any. Cannot be set if rsshub_route_path is set.		Yes (unless rsshub_route_path is set)
scrape.sources[].rss.rsshub_route_path	string	The RSSHub route path. e.g. github/trending/daily/any. Will be joined with scrape.rsshub_endpoint. Cannot be set if url is set.		Yes (unless url is set, requires rsshub_endpoint)

Storage Configuration (storage)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
storage.dir	string	The base directory for all storages. Cannot be changed after the app is running.	./data	No
storage.feed	object	The feed storage config. See Feed Storage Configuration below.	(see fields)	No

Feed Storage Configuration (storage.feed)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
storage.feed.rewrites	list of objects	How to process each feed before storing it. Inspired by Prometheus relabeling. See Rewrite Rule Configuration below.	[]	No
storage.feed.flush_interval	duration	How often to flush feed storage to the database. Higher value risks data loss but improves performance.	200ms	No
storage.feed.embedding_llm	string	The name of the LLM (from llms section) used for embedding feeds. Affects semantic search accuracy. NOTE: If changing, keep the old LLM config defined as past data relies on it.	default LLM in llms section	No
storage.feed.retention	duration	How long to keep a feed.	8d	No
storage.feed.block_duration	duration	How long to keep each time-based feed storage block (similar to Prometheus TSDB Block).	25h	No

Rewrite Rule Configuration (storage.feed.rewrites[])

Defines rules to process feeds before storage. Rules are applied in order.

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
...rewrites[].source_label	string	The feed label to use as the source text for transformation. Default labels: type, source, title, link, pub_time, content.	content	No
...rewrites[].skip_too_short_threshold	*int	If set, feeds where the source_label text length is below this threshold are skipped by this rule (processing continues with the next rule or feed storage if no more rules). Helps filter short/uninformative feeds.	300	No
...rewrites[].transform	object	Configures how to transform the source_label text. See Rewrite Rule Transform Configuration below. If unset, the source_label text is used directly for matching.	nil	No
...rewrites[].match	string	A simple string to match against the (transformed) text. Cannot be set with match_re.		No (use match or match_re)
...rewrites[].match_re	string	A regular expression to match against the (transformed) text.	.* (matches all)	No (use match or match_re)
...rewrites[].action	string	Action to perform if matched: create_or_update_label (adds/updates a label with the matched/transformed text), drop_feed (discards the feed entirely).	create_or_update_label	No
...rewrites[].label	string	The feed label name to create or update.		Yes (if action is create_or_update_label)

Rewrite Rule Transform Configuration (storage.feed.rewrites[].transform)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
...transform.to_text	object	Transform the source text to text using an LLM. See Rewrite Rule Transform To Text Configuration below.	nil	No

Rewrite Rule Transform To Text Configuration (storage.feed.rewrites[].transform.to_text)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
...to_text.llm	string	The name of the LLM (from llms section) to use for transformation.	default LLM in llms section	No
...to_text.prompt	string	The prompt used for transformation. The source text is injected. Go template syntax can refer to built-in prompts: {{ .summary }}, {{ .category }}, {{ .tags }}, {{ .score }}, {{ .comment_confucius }}, {{ .summary_html_snippet }}.		Yes

Scheduls Configuration (scheduls)

Defines rules for querying and monitoring feeds.

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
scheduls.rules	list of objects	The rules for scheduling feeds. Each rule's result (matched feeds) is sent to the notify route. See Scheduls Rule Configuration section below.	[]	No

Scheduls Rule Configuration (scheduls.rules[])

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
scheduls.rules[].name	string	The name of the rule.		Yes
scheduls.rules[].query	string	The semantic query to find relevant feeds. Optional.		No
scheduls.rules[].threshold	float32	Relevance score threshold (0-1) to filter semantic query results. Only works if query is set.	0.6	No
scheduls.rules[].label_filters	list of strings	Filters based on feed labels (exact match or non-match). e.g. ["category=tech", "source!=github"].	[]	No
scheduls.rules[].every_day	string	Query range relative to the end of each day. Format: start~end (HH:MM). e.g., 00:00~23:59 (today), -22:00~07:00 (yesterday 22:00 to today 07:00). Cannot be set with watch_interval.		No (use every_day or watch_interval)
scheduls.rules[].watch_interval	duration	How often to run the query. e.g. 10m. Cannot be set with every_day.	10m	No (use every_day or watch_interval)

Notify Configuration (notify)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
notify.route	object	The main notify routing configuration. See Notify Route Configuration below.	(see fields)	Yes
notify.receivers	list of objects	Defines the notification receivers (e.g., email addresses). See Notify Receiver Configuration below.	[]	Yes (at least one)
notify.channels	object	Configures the notification channels (e.g., email SMTP settings). See Notify Channels Configuration below.	(see fields)	Yes (if using channels)

Notify Route Configuration (notify.route and notify.route.sub_routes[])

This structure can be nested using sub_routes. A feed is matched against sub-routes first; if no sub-route matches, the parent route's configuration applies.

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
...matchers (only in sub-routes)	list of strings	Label matchers to determine if a feed belongs to this sub-route. e.g. ["category=tech", "source!=github"].	[]	Yes (for sub-routes)
...receivers	list of strings	Names of the receivers (defined in notify.receivers) to send notifications for feeds matching this route.	[]	Yes (at least one)
...group_by	list of strings	Labels to group feeds by before sending notifications. Each group results in a separate notification. e.g., ["source", "category"].	[]	Yes (at least one)
...source_label	string	The source label to extract the content from each feed, and summarize them. Default are all labels. It is very recommended to set it to 'summary' to reduce context length.	all labels	No
...summary_prompt	string	The prompt to summarize the feeds of each group.		No
...llm	string	The LLM name to use. Default is the default LLM in llms section. A large context length LLM is recommended.	default LLM in llms section	No
...compress_by_related_threshold	*float32	If set, compresses highly similar feeds (based on semantic relatedness) within a group, sending only one representative. Threshold (0-1). Higher means more similar.	0.85	No
...sub_routes	list of objects	Nested routes. Allows defining more specific routing rules. Each object follows the Notify Route Configuration.	[]	No

Notify Receiver Configuration (notify.receivers[])

Defines who receives notifications.

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
notify.receivers[].name	string	The unique name of the receiver. Used in routes.		Yes
notify.receivers[].email	string	The email address of the receiver.		Yes (if using email)

Notify Channels Configuration (notify.channels)

Configures how notifications are sent.

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
notify.channels.email	object	The global email channel config. See Notify Channel Email Configuration below.	nil	Yes (if using email)

Notify Channel Email Configuration (notify.channels.email)

Field	Type	Description	Default	Required
...email.smtp_endpoint	string	The SMTP server endpoint. e.g. smtp.gmail.com:587.		Yes
...email.from	string	The sender email address.		Yes
...email.password	string	The application password for the sender email. (For Gmail, see Google App Passwords).		Yes
...email.feed_markdown_template	string	Markdown template for formatting each feed in the email body. Default renders the feed content. Cannot be set with feed_html_snippet_template. Available template variables depend on feed labels.	{{ .content }}	No
...email.feed_html_snippet_template	string	HTML snippet template for formatting each feed. Cannot be set with feed_markdown_template. Available template variables depend on feed labels.		No