> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.curation.space/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is an Input Source? > An Input Source is a feed or sitemap that a curation watches, adding each entry that newly appears in it. An Input Source is a feed or sitemap that a curation watches, adding each entry that newly appears in it. Once it's connected, new entries arrive within about 15 minutes, with nothing for you or your agent to do. ## What can I connect? RSS, Atom, RDF, and JSON Feed feeds, and XML sitemaps. You can also paste an ordinary web page: Curation Space looks for the feeds it advertises. If it offers several, you choose one. For a sitemap index, you choose from up to 50 of its sitemaps. ## How do I connect one? **1. Open the curation's sources** Open the curation, choose **Add a feed** under its title (or **From …** once one is connected), and choose **+ Add feed or sitemap**. An empty curation also offers **Connect a feed or sitemap**. **2. Paste the address** Paste the feed, sitemap, or site address in **Add new entries from**. **3. Narrow it, if you want** Fill in **whose path starts with**, **where Jev answers yes to**, or both. Leave them empty to add every new entry. **4. Choose what happens to existing entries** Choose **Start from now**, or **Quietly import the latest** and a number from 1 to 250. **5. Connect** Choose **Connect source**. The status reads "Checking for the first time…" until the first check finishes. ## Will it add everything that's already there? Only if you ask it to. **Start from now** adds only entries that appear after you connect. **Quietly import the latest** adds that many recent entries now, up to 250, without delivering them to anyone as new links. Every entry that appears later is delivered like any other new link. ## How do I keep only some entries? Use either filter, or both: * **whose path starts with**, up to 200 characters, keeps entries whose address path begins with it, such as `/news/`. * **where Jev answers yes to**, up to 280 characters, is a yes-or-no question. Jev reads each new page in full and adds it only if the answer is yes. For example, "Does this page announce a new product?" Changing the filters later under **Edit** applies only to entries that appear from then on. ## How quickly do new entries show up? Within about 15 minutes. Each source is checked every 15 minutes. Connecting a source sets the curation's **New links** to **Top**, so new entries and quiet imports arrive newest first. Links already in the curation keep their order. To place new entries at the bottom instead, choose **Bottom** under **New links** in the curation's settings after connecting. ## What do the status lines mean? | Status | Meaning | | - | - | | "Checking for the first time…" | Just connected. | | "Checked … · Last added …" | Working. It shows when it last checked and last added an entry. | | "Paused" | You paused it. | | "Couldn't reach" a site, "Retrying." | Recent checks failed. It keeps trying on each check. | If a source fails every check for a day, [Activity](https://docs.curation.space/your-space/activity.md) pins it under **Needs you** as the curation "can't read" the source, until it works again. ## How many sources can I have? Ten in each curation, and 200 across all of your curations. At the curation limit: "A curation can have 10 sources. Remove one to add another." At the account limit: "An account can have 200 sources across its curations. Remove one from any curation to add another." ## How do I pause or remove a source? Choose **Pause** on the source; **Resume** starts it again from now, so entries that appeared while it was paused aren't added. **Remove** asks to confirm, and the links it added stay in the curation. ## Can my agent connect them for me? Yes. An agent connected over MCP can check, connect, filter, pause, and remove sources. See [How does my agent connect feeds and sitemaps?](https://docs.curation.space/mcp-server.md#how-does-my-agent-connect-feeds-and-sitemaps) in the MCP reference, and [Substack](https://docs.curation.space/import/substack.md#how-do-i-bring-in-the-publications-i-read) for an example. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.