Morning Briefing Generator

Generates a personalized morning briefing with weather, calendar events, urgent emails, trending topics, health data, news, and priorities to save time.

Security Scan

The skill's instructions expect many external credentials and local config edits (calendar, email OAuth, Telegram .env, Oura, task managers, etc.) but the published metadata declares no required environment variables or config paths — this mismatch is concerning and should be clarified before installing.

Purpose & Capability

The skill's stated purpose (aggregating weather, calendar, email, tasks, health, news and delivering via messaging) legitimately requires many third‑party integrations and credentials. However, the registry metadata declares no required environment variables, primary credential, or config paths — which is inconsistent with the integrations described in SKILL.md.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md explicitly instructs the agent to access OAuth calendars and email, read/write user preferences in TOOLS.md or HEARTBEAT.md, check a .env bot token, create cron jobs, and deliver messages to external services (Telegram/WhatsApp/Slack/email). Those steps require access to local files and many credentials but the skill does not declare or limit that access in metadata; instructions also include team briefings (accessing multiple people's calendars) which widens scope.

Install Mechanism

This is an instruction-only skill with no install spec and no bundled code. That lowers installation risk because nothing is downloaded or written by a packaged installer. The risk arises from the runtime instructions rather than an installer.

Credentials

SKILL.md references many secrets and tokens (Google/Apple/Outlook OAuth for calendars, Gmail OAuth, Telegram bot token in .env, OpenWeatherMap API key, Oura health token, Asana/Todoist/Notion/Linear/GitHub tokens). Yet the registry lists no required env vars or primary credential. This mismatch suggests either metadata omission or the skill will ask the agent/user to supply sensitive tokens at runtime — both merit caution.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not always-enabled (always: false). It suggests creating cron jobs and sending automated messages (Telegram), which is a normal capability for an automation skill, but the potential to send data externally combined with the large set of integrations increases blast radius if credentials are misused. No evidence it requests persistent system-wide privileges beyond cron and editing user config files.

What to consider before installing

Before installing, get clarity from the publisher about exactly which credentials and files the skill will access and how they are stored. Specific checks: (1) Ask for a concrete list of required env variables (Telegram bot token, Google OAuth client/refresh tokens, Gmail OAuth, OpenWeatherMap key, Oura token, Asana/Todoist tokens, etc.). (2) Confirm whether the skill will read or write TOOLS.md, HEARTBEAT.md, or .env and what contents it will change — avoid storing secrets in plain .env files if possible. (3) Prefer OAuth flows that store refresh tokens securely and limit scopes to least privilege (read-only calendar and email filters). (4) For delivery channels (Telegram/WhatsApp/Slack), verify the destination is under your control and that messages do not leak other users' private data. (5) Test first with a throwaway account and minimal permissions. (6) If the publisher cannot provide a clear list of required credentials and a privacy design, treat the metadata omission as a red flag and avoid installing.

Version: 1.0 Price: $15 Category: Productivity Est. Revenue: $300-1,000/month

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What It Does

Generates personalized morning briefings with:

• Weather forecast for your location
• Today's calendar events
• Tomorrow's calendar preview
• Urgent emails from last 12 hours
• Trending topics in your areas of interest
• Health metrics (if connected)
• News highlights
• Daily priorities from task manager

Saves 30+ minutes every morning.

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Use Cases

• Executives - Start day informed without checking 5 apps
• Sales professionals - Know today's meetings and follow-ups
• Freelancers - Track client calls and deadlines
• Content creators - See trending topics to cover
• Anyone - who wants a productive morning routine

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How to Use

Basic Briefing

Generate my morning briefing for [CITY]

Detailed Briefing

Create my morning briefing including:
- Weather for San Francisco
- My Google Calendar events for today and tomorrow
- Urgent emails from the last 12 hours
- Top 5 trending topics in AI and tech
- My high-priority Asana tasks

Automated Daily Briefing (Cron)

Create a cron job that runs every weekday at 7am.
Generate my morning briefing and send it via Telegram.

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Configuration

Add to TOOLS.md or HEARTBEAT.md:

## Morning Briefing Preferences

- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Calendar: [e-mail], [e-mail]
- Interests: AI, tech, startups, cryptocurrency
- Task Manager: Asana (workspace: "My Company")
- Email Accounts: [e-mail], [e-mail]
- Delivery: Telegram at 7am weekdays
- Additional: Include Oura Ring sleep score if below 70%

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Example Output

🌅 Morning Briefing - Monday, Feb 13, 2026

📍 San Francisco, CA
☀️ Partly Cloudy, 58°F → 67°F
☔ 10% chance of rain

📅 TODAY'S SCHEDULE
• 9:00 AM - Team standup (30 min)
• 11:00 AM - Client call: Acme Corp (1 hr)
• 2:00 PM - Product review (45 min)
• 4:30 PM - 1:1 with Sarah (30 min)

📅 TOMORROW PREVIEW
• 10:00 AM - Investor update call
• 3:00 PM - Design review

📧 URGENT EMAILS (2)
• From: [e-mail] - "Q1 targets due Friday"
• From: [e-mail] - "Can we reschedule?"

🔥 TRENDING IN AI/TECH
• OpenAI announces GPT-5
• Apple Vision Pro sales exceed expectations
• New Claude model released
• AI regulation updates in EU
• Startup funding trends

✅ PRIORITY TASKS
• [ ] Finalize Q1 presentation
• [ ] Review contractor invoices
• [ ] Send proposal to Acme Corp

😴 SLEEP SCORE: 72/100
Feeling rested. Good day for deep work.

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Briefing generated at 7:00 AM PST

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Integration Options

Weather

• Built-in weather skill (no API key needed)
• Or specify: "Use OpenWeatherMap with my API key"

Calendar

• Google Calendar (OAuth)
• Apple Calendar
• Outlook
• Any iCal feed

Email

• Gmail (OAuth)
• Multiple accounts supported

Task Manager

• Asana
• Todoist
• Notion
• Linear
• GitHub Issues

Delivery

• Telegram (recommended)
• WhatsApp
• Slack
• Email

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Advanced Features

Smart Prioritization

Include only calendar events tagged "important" or "client-facing"

Custom Time Ranges

Show me calendar events for the next 3 days, not just today/tomorrow

Filtered News

Only show trending topics related to: SaaS, B2B, enterprise software

Conditional Logic

If my Oura readiness score is below 70, suggest rescheduling intense meetings

Team Briefings

Generate a team briefing with everyone's meetings and shared tasks

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Sample Prompts

For Executives

Generate my executive morning briefing:
- Weather for New York
- Today's meetings (board, investors, leadership)
- Urgent emails from executives only
- Market summary for my watchlist: AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL
- Top business news

For Sales

Create my sales morning briefing:
- Client meetings today
- Follow-ups due
- New leads from overnight
- Industry news in my vertical

For Creators

Generate my creator morning briefing:
- Today's content schedule
- Trending topics in my niche
- New comments/DMs to respond to
- Platform algorithm updates

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Troubleshooting

"No calendar events showing"

• Check calendar permissions
• Verify calendar IDs in TOOLS.md
• Test: "Show me my calendar for today"

"Weather shows wrong location"

• Update location in TOOLS.md
• Or specify in prompt: "Weather for [exact city]"

"Not receiving Telegram messages"

• Verify bot token in .env
• Test: "Send me a test message via Telegram"

"Emails not loading"

• Re-authenticate email account
• Check OAuth tokens haven't expired

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Pricing & Value

Cost: $15 one-time Time Saved: 30+ minutes every morning Value: At $100/hour, saves $50/day = $1,500/month ROI: 10,000%+ in first month

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Installation

1. Install skill from ClawHub
2. Configure preferences in TOOLS.md
3. Set up cron job for automation
4. Or use manually: "Generate my morning briefing"

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Support

• ClawHub community Discord
• Email: [support email]
• Documentation: docs.openclaw.ai

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Created by Vernox Part of the Productivity Suite