Global Classifiers Input Button

It would be lovely if I could just type in new global classifiers in the training menu instead of having to find them in articles.

I think there is also a lot of potential for improving flexibility related to global classifiers by adding systems for either weighting or rules or both.

I can imagine an option to create groups of global classifiers, and then assign a priority for them, or rules for the classifiers. For example, I am a researcher on auto industry lobbying. Adding The names of automakers and regulations does decently well, but picks up fluff every time a “Ford” vehicle crashes into a building. It would be great if I could group classifiers and create rules for the groups, so for example: I take my group of automaker names I am interested in, and make a rule that will prioritize articles that also mention my group of “names of regulations and industry keywords”, so that I see more articles that reference both Ford and Fuel Economy Standards. This could be contained in an advanced tab, so as not to bog down the current setup.

Love the project though and I am new here so maybe I’m just missing something. Thank you for your work!

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You’re gonna love the update I have coming out this week…

Ok, it’s deployed. Open the Intelligence Trainer and switch to Manage Training. There’s a new panel at the top: pick the type (title, author, tag, text, or URL), type what you want to match, choose All sites, a folder, or a single site, pick Like, Dislike, or Hide, and hit Enter. It saves right away and clears the box so you can type the next one.

For the Ford problem, try a Content Filter. Those are natural language classifiers, so you can describe what you want, like “stories about automaker lobbying or fuel economy regulation, not crashes or new car reviews,” and it judges each story on that. Here’s how they work: https://blog.newsblur.com/2026/04/02/natural-language-text-and-image-classifiers/

Groups with rules would be a bigger change, so let me know if a Content Filter gets you most of the way there.