News Daily
Overview
Automated daily news aggregation and delivery system for AI and frontier technology news. Fetches articles from authoritative sources, extracts key information, generates AI-powered summaries of 3-5 top stories, and delivers them via scheduled push notifications.
Key Features:
- Multi-source news aggregation from 5 authoritative tech sites
- AI-powered summarization (3-5 top stories daily)
- Scheduled push notifications (Morning: 8:00, Afternoon: 13:00, Evening: 18:00)
- Telegram and WhatsApp delivery support
- Efficient content processing with web_fetch and web_search tools
Quick Start
Manual News Fetch and Push
For immediate news delivery:
# Fetch and summarize news (outputs to console)
scripts/news-fetcher.sh
# Fetch, summarize, and push to Telegram
scripts/news-fetcher.sh --push telegram
# Fetch, summarize, and push to WhatsApp
scripts/news-fetcher.sh --push whatsappScheduled Delivery
For automated daily delivery, set up cron jobs (see Cron Configuration below).
Workflow
1. News Fetching
The scripts/news-fetcher.sh script performs these steps:
- Fetch from multiple sources using web_fetch or web_search
- Extract article data (title, summary, link, publication time)
- Filter for AI/tech relevance based on keywords and categories
- Deduplicate articles across sources
2. AI Summarization
After fetching, the script:
- Sorts by recency and relevance
- Selects top 3-5 articles for the day
- Generates concise summaries using the prompt in
scripts/news-summarizer.md - Formats output with source attribution and timestamps
3. Push Delivery
Formatted news is delivered via:
- Telegram: Uses
messagetool with Telegram channel - WhatsApp: Uses
messagetool with WhatsApp channel
News Sources
Configured in scripts/news-sources.conf:
- 机器之心 (https://www.jiqizhixin.com/) - Leading Chinese AI tech media
- 36氪 (https://36kr.com/) - Tech startup and venture capital news
- TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/) - Global tech industry news
- The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/) - Consumer tech and digital culture
- MIT Technology Review (https://www.technologyreview.org/) - Emerging technology insights
Each source is configured with:
- Base URL
- Article selectors (CSS/XPath)
- Fetch method (web_search or web_fetch)
- Priority and reliability score
Cron Configuration
For scheduled delivery, add to crontab (crontab -e):
# Morning news - 8:00 AM
0 8 * * * /home/aa/clawd/skills/news-daily/news-daily/scripts/news-fetcher.sh --push telegram >> /home/aa/clawd/logs/news-morning.log 2>&1
# Afternoon news - 1:00 PM
0 13 * * * /home/aa/clawd/skills/news-daily/news-daily/scripts/news-fetcher.sh --push telegram >> /home/aa/clawd/logs/news-afternoon.log 2>&1
# Evening news - 6:00 PM
0 18 * * * /home/aa/clawd/skills/news-daily/news-daily/scripts/news-fetcher.sh --push telegram >> /home/aa/clawd/logs/news-evening.log 2>&1Time zones: Adjust hours based on your local timezone. Crontab uses server local time.
Logs: Ensure log directory exists:
mkdir -p /home/aa/clawd/logsInteractive setup: Use the cron setup script for guided configuration:
scripts/cron-setup.shConfiguration
Push Channel Configuration
Edit scripts/config.sh to set your default push channel:
# Default push channel: telegram or whatsapp
DEFAULT_CHANNEL="telegram"
# Telegram chat ID (optional, overrides default)
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=""
# WhatsApp contact ID (optional, overrides default)
WHATSAPP_CONTACT_ID=""News Source Customization
Edit scripts/news-sources.conf to:
- Add/remove news sources
- Adjust article selectors
- Configure fetch methods
- Set source priorities
Summary Customization
Edit scripts/news-summarizer.md to adjust:
- Summary length
- Selection criteria
- Output format
- Language style
Output Format
Example news summary output:
📰 每日科技早报 | 2025-01-31
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🤖 GPT-5 即将发布：OpenAI 宣布将于下月推出最新模型
来源：机器之心 | 2小时前
https://www.jiqizhixin.com/article/xxxx
摘要：OpenAI 确认 GPT-5 将于下月正式发布，新模型在推理能力和多模态理解方面有显著提升...
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🚀 NASA 宣布新一代火星探测器任务
来源：The Verge | 5小时前
https://www.theverge.com/xxxx
摘要：NASA 公布了新一代火星探测器的详细计划，预计将于 2028 年发射...
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
💡 DeepMind 新算法突破蛋白质折叠预测瓶颈
来源：MIT Technology Review | 8小时前
https://www.technologyreview.org/xxxx
摘要：DeepMind 的 AlphaFold 3 在蛋白质结构预测准确率上达到新高度...
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📊 今日共收集 127 篇文章，精选 3 条重点新闻Troubleshooting
News fetch fails
- Check internet connectivity
- Verify source URLs in
news-sources.confare accessible - Review logs in
/home/aa/clawd/logs/
Push notification fails
- Verify channel configuration in
config.sh - Check
messagetool is properly configured - Ensure Telegram/WhatsApp credentials are valid
Cron jobs not running
- Check crontab with
crontab -l - Verify script paths are absolute
- Check cron logs:
grep CRON /var/log/syslog - Ensure script has execute permissions:
chmod +x scripts/news-fetcher.sh
Resources
scripts/news-fetcher.sh
Main script that orchestrates fetching, summarization, and pushing. Accepts arguments:
--push <channel>: Push to specified channel (telegram/whatsapp)--sources <list>: Comma-separated list of sources to fetch--articles <n>: Number of articles to summarize (default: 3-5)
scripts/news-summarizer.md
Prompt template for AI-powered news summarization. Includes instructions for:
- Article selection criteria
- Summary formatting
- Source attribution
- Language style (Chinese/English)
scripts/news-sources.conf
Configuration file defining news sources, their URLs, and fetch parameters.
scripts/config.sh
Global configuration for channels, log paths, and defaults.
scripts/cron-setup.sh
Interactive cron job setup script for easy configuration.
scripts/fetch_news.py
Python implementation for news fetching with support for:
- Multiple source configurations
- Keyword-based filtering
- Deduplication
- JSON export
INSTALL.md
Detailed installation and setup guide with troubleshooting.