- name
- revid-news-to-daily-short
- description
- Generate a daily news short on a topic Revid researches itself. Use for a recurring "news of the day in <niche>" channel — the user only supplies the topic; Revid fetches fresh news, writes the script, and produces the video.
- metadata
- {"openclaw":{"requires":{"config":["REVID_API_KEY"]}}}
Topic / niche → daily news short
Recurring use case: feed a topic ("AI tools this week", "F1 race results", "crypto headlines") and let Revid fetch live news, summarize it, and produce a short. This is the right skill for *automated daily channels*.
When to use this skill
- The user wants a recurring daily short on a topic — they don't have a
specific URL.
- They are happy with whatever Revid surfaces from the news for that topic.
- For a known article URL use
revid-article-to-short. - For a custom angle / angle the news doesn't cover use
Inputs
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
prompt | yes | The topic / niche |
aspectRatio | no | Default 9:16 |
targetDuration | no | Default 45 (s) |
| Cron / scheduling | external | This skill renders one video; loop externally for daily delivery. |
Step-by-step
- Build the payload (note:
options.fetchNews: trueis the magic switch). - POST
/render. - Poll
/status. - For a daily channel, schedule this in cron / GitHub Actions / Vercel Cron
and post the resulting videoUrl to the target social account. Use POST /api/public/v3/publish-now if your Revid account has the relevant socials connected.
API call template
POST /api/public/v3/render
Host: www.revid.ai
Content-Type: application/json
key: $REVID_API_KEY{
"workflow": "article-to-video",
"source": {
"prompt": "{TOPIC_OR_NICHE}"
},
"aspectRatio": "9:16",
"voice": { "enabled": true, "stability": 0.6, "speed": 1.0, "language": "en-US" },
"captions": { "enabled": true, "position": "middle", "autoCrop": true },
"music": { "enabled": true, "syncWith": "beats", "trackName": "news-upbeat" },
"media": {
"type": "stock-video",
"density": "medium",
"animation": "soft",
"quality": "pro",
"videoModel": "pro",
"imageModel": "good"
},
"options": {
"fetchNews": true,
"targetDuration": 45,
"summarizationPreference": "summarize",
"soundEffects": true,
"hasToGenerateCover": true,
"coverTextType": "headline"
},
"render": { "resolution": "1080p", "frameRate": 30 }
}options.fetchNews: true tells Revid to crawl fresh news for the prompt instead of using the prompt as the script directly.
Daily automation example
# crontab — every day at 06:00
0 6 * * * /opt/revid/daily-news.sh "AI tools this week"# daily-news.sh
TOPIC="${1:?topic required}"
PID=$(curl -fsS https://www.revid.ai/api/public/v3/render \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "key: $REVID_API_KEY" \
-d "$(jq -n --arg p "$TOPIC" '{
workflow:"article-to-video",
source:{prompt:$p},
aspectRatio:"9:16",
voice:{enabled:true,stability:0.6},
captions:{enabled:true},
music:{enabled:true,syncWith:"beats"},
media:{type:"stock-video",density:"medium",quality:"pro",videoModel:"pro"},
options:{fetchNews:true,targetDuration:45,summarizationPreference:"summarize",hasToGenerateCover:true},
render:{resolution:"1080p"}
}')" | jq -r .pid)
# poll → publish via /publish-now or download the videoUrl …Examples
Failure modes
| Symptom | Fix |
|---|---|
| News for niche topic is sparse / off-topic | Make the prompt more specific (e.g. "AI coding tools released this week") and consider switching to revid-article-to-short with a hand-picked URL. |
| Same news repeats day-over-day | Track pid history client-side and add a date phrase to the prompt: "AI tools — week of 2026-04-26". |
| Tone too neutral / dry for the niche | Add voice.voiceId matching a known persona, and pass source.stylePrompt: "Punchy, opinionated, end with a take." |
See also
revid-article-to-shortfor known URLs.revid-prompt-to-videofor ideas Revid
shouldn't research live.