Compare two shows

status

sizes each show,

episodes

gives the latest,

occurrences

with both channel ids ranks what each covers and returns

shared

for what both mention, and

sponsors

of each, joined on entity id, gives shared sponsors.

Run each program with

arcmira_execute_read

;

arcmira_describe

has the method reference.

When to use

compare two shows, or a show against a competitor
what two podcasts both talk about, or who they both advertise
a digest of what one or two shows covered this week or month

Pick the entity the user meant

Users give names; filters take ids only (ent_..., UC..., 11-character video ids), and a name where an id belongs throws

id_required

Resolve the exact name the user said, with their own words about it as
```
context
```
(a bare "Theo" has none).
```
best
```
and
```
suggested
```
give the id. A
```
suggested
```
pick is an assumption: the answer names it, with
```
suggested.evidence
```
as the reason.
```
ask
```
: several entities fit, and
```
ask.options
```
goes back to the user. No answer at all: the name is not in the index.

For this task:

Resolve each show with
```
{ type: "channel" }
```
and use
```
youtube_channel_id
```
. Users shorten show names ("All In", "MTS"); resolve suggests a show by its initials or closest spelling, so say when a show was assumed. When nothing comes back, retry the full or hyphenated name before saying the show is not in the index.
Pass both UC ids in one
```
occurrences
```
call and read
```
shared
```
.

Worked program

Pass each block to

arcmira_execute_read

as one program (a block marked arcmira_execute_write goes to that tool), with the name swapped for the user's. It opens with the pick: set

CONTEXT

to the user's own words about the name. When several entities fit it returns

ask

and runs nothing else. Show those options to the user, then run it again with

ID

set to the pick. Build date windows from

arcmira.daysAgo(n)

and

arcmira.today()

Two shows, last 90 days

javascript

const SHOWS = ["TBPN", "All-In Podcast"], IDS = [null, null];   // after an ask, put the picked option's channel_id in IDS and run again
const ids = [], names = [], assumed = [];
for (const [i, n] of SHOWS.entries()) {
  if (IDS[i]) { ids.push(IDS[i]); names.push(n); assumed.push(null); continue; }
  const r = await arcmira.resolve(n, { type: "channel" });
  const e = r.best ?? r.suggested;
  if (!e) return { unresolved: n, ask: r.ask && { question: r.ask.question, options: r.ask.options.map(o => ({ ...o, channel_id: r.candidates.find(c => c.id === o.id)?.youtube_channel_id ?? null })) } };
  ids.push(e.youtube_channel_id);
  names.push(e.name);
  assumed.push(r.suggested ? r.suggested.evidence : null);
}
const after = arcmira.daysAgo(90);
const [s0, s1, e0, e1, occ, sp0, sp1] = await Promise.all([
  arcmira.status({ channelId: ids[0] }), arcmira.status({ channelId: ids[1] }),
  arcmira.episodes(ids[0], { limit: 1 }), arcmira.episodes(ids[1], { limit: 1 }),
  arcmira.occurrences({ channelIds: ids, types: ["organization", "product"], after, limit: 40 }),
  arcmira.sponsors(ids[0]), arcmira.sponsors(ids[1]),
]);
const inOther = new Map(sp1.sponsors.map(x => [x.entity.id, x.ad_reads]));
return {
  window: occ.window,
  shows: ids.map((id, i) => ({ name: names[i], channel_id: id, assumed: Boolean(assumed[i]), why: assumed[i], videos_indexed: [s0, s1][i].channel.searchable_videos, indexed_through: [s0, s1][i].channel.indexed_through, latest: [e0, e1][i].episodes[0]?.title ?? null,
    top: occ.rows.filter(x => x.channel_id === id).slice(0, 5).map(x => [x.name, x.count]) })),
  both_discussed: occ.shared.slice(0, 5).map(x => ({ name: x.name, id: x.entity_id, episodes_by_show: x.by_channel.map(c => [c.channel_name, c.count]) })),
  shared_sponsors: sp0.sponsors.filter(x => inOther.has(x.entity.id)).map(x => ({ name: x.entity.name, id: x.entity.id, ad_reads: [x.ad_reads, inOther.get(x.entity.id)] })),
};

A good answer

Names both shows as resolved, with their channel ids.
A side-by-side: videos indexed and
```
indexed_through
```
for each, the latest episode, and each show's top subjects with episode counts.
What both covered, from
```
shared
```
, with episodes per show, and the shared sponsors with ad reads per show, for a stated window.

Traps

With two or more
```
channelIds
```
,
```
occurrences
```
puts the overlap in
```
shared
```
;
```
rows
```
alone never shows it.

Never count

episodes

to size a show;

status({ channelId }).channel.searchable_videos

is the count.

An empty
```
shared
```
in a short window is an answer (no overlap in the window), not an error; widen the window only if the user asked for a longer one.

Docs: https://arcmira.com/docs/mcp-server

After the answer

Monitors can follow what a research turn found, and each alert uses 25 credits from the account's plan, then its on-demand budget. The

company-watch

skill sets one up.

If anything was wrong, slow, or missing for the user, send one arcmira_feedback.

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