Tech Layoffs News Tracker

Aggregates tech layoff news from TechCrunch, The Verge, Reuters Tech, Ars Technica RSS feeds. Extracts company name + impacted headcount from titles automatically. HR / recruiter / market sentiment signal. No API key.

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
rssFeeds	array	[]	Additional RSS feeds to ingest. Use 'Name
onlyLayoffNews	boolean	True	Filter items to those matching layoff/job-cut keywords.
minHeadcount	integer	0	Drop items where extracted headcount < this. 0 = no filter.
limit	integer	100	Max items to return.
alertOnNew	boolean	False	Send digest of returned items to Telegram.
telegramBotToken	string	—	Telegram bot token.
telegramChatId	string	``	Telegram chat ID to send alerts to (get it from @userinfobot

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Why this exists

Tech layoff news drives real recruiting, hiring, and macroeconomic decisions. layoffs.fyi has become the de facto industry tracker — but their data is locked inside an Airtable embed.

This actor solves the same need from a different angle: it watches the public RSS feeds of the major tech publications and pulls every layoff-related article with regex-based filtering. You get more context (the actual article) plus the headline parsing extracts company + headcount when present.

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What you get per row

Field	Example	Notes
source	TechCrunch	publication
title	Meta is cutting several hundred jobs
url	https://techcrunch.com/.../
summary	Meta is laying off several hundred employees...	first 500 chars
published	Tue, 25 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0000	RFC 822 from RSS
company	Meta	extracted from title
headcount_estimate	300	extracted from text
headcount_pct_estimate	5.0	extracted "X%" if present

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Use cases

1. HR / recruiting — Identify which companies just had layoffs (= source of available talent)
2. Sales / BD — Reach out before competitors (recruiting agencies, EOR platforms)
3. Market sentiment — Cluster of mega-cap layoffs = sector weakness signal
4. Equity research — Headcount cuts often precede or follow weak guidance
5. Personal awareness — Daily digest if your industry is contracting

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Quick start

Default — last 100 layoff-related articles

{}

Only articles mentioning 1000+ headcount

{
  "minHeadcount": 1000,
  "limit": 50
}

Add your own RSS feeds

{
  "rssFeeds": [
    "Bloomberg Tech|https://www.bloomberg.com/feed/podcast/etf-report.xml",
    "WSJ Tech|https://feeds.a.dj.com/rss/RSSWSJD.xml"
  ]
}

Daily digest to Telegram

{
  "limit": 30,
  "alertOnNew": true,
  "telegramBotToken": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
  "telegramChatId": "YOUR_CHAT_ID"
}

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Default RSS feeds

• TechCrunch /tag/layoffs/feed
• The Verge /rss/tech
• Reuters Tech /feed/best-sectors/tech-media-telecom
• Ars Technica /index

Add more via rssFeeds input.

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Pricing

Pay-Per-Event: $0.001 per news item returned.

Run	Items	Cost
Default (100 items)	100	$0.10
Daily digest (30 items)	30	$0.03
Big-layoff filter (1000+ HC)	5–15	$0.005–0.015

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Output schema notes

headcount_estimate and headcount_pct_estimate use lightweight regex parsing — they're best-effort, not 100% accurate. Always verify the source article (link in url) before making decisions.

The onlyLayoffNews filter uses a curated keyword pattern (layoff(s)|job cuts|restructur(e|ing)|workforce reduction|let go|RIF|lay off|fired|trim staff) to keep only relevant items.

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Related actors (same author)

• Stock Earnings Calendar Tracker — Earnings often coincide with layoff announcements
• Insider Trading Tracker — CEO selling shares ahead of layoffs?
• SEC EDGAR Filing Tracker
• Economic Calendar Tracker

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