Eternal Daily Briefing

Generate a consolidated daily briefing with weather, calendar events, tasks, news, and market data. Use when the user asks for a morning briefing, daily update, daily digest, agenda summary, "what's happening today", or "give me my briefing". Also useful for scheduled morning check-ins via cron.

Daily Briefing

Generate a consolidated morning briefing from multiple data sources.

Quick Start

bash

python3 scripts/briefing.py              # full briefing
python3 scripts/briefing.py --weather    # weather only
python3 scripts/briefing.py --news       # news only
python3 scripts/briefing.py --crypto     # crypto prices only
python3 scripts/briefing.py --short      # compact one-liner version

Sections

Section	Source	Content
🌤️ Weather	wttr.in	Current conditions + 3-day forecast
📰 News	Google News RSS	Top headlines by region/topic
📈 Markets	Yahoo Finance	BTC, ETH, major indices, forex
📋 Tasks	Local file	Pending tasks from tasks.json
🎂 Events	Local file	Today's events from events.json

Configuration

Edit ~/.briefing/config.json:

json

{
  "location": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
  "news_topics": ["technology", "business"],
  "news_region": "BD",
  "crypto": ["BTC-USD", "ETH-USD", "SOL-USD"],
  "stocks": ["SPY", "QQQ", "AAPL"],
  "forex": ["EURUSD=X", "GBPUSD=X"],
  "timezone": "Asia/Dhaka"
}

Tasks File

Add tasks to ~/.briefing/tasks.json:

json

[
  {"task": "Submit project report", "due": "2026-03-31", "priority": "high"},
  {"task": "Call dentist", "due": "2026-04-01", "priority": "medium"}
]

Cron Integration

Schedule daily briefing with OpenClaw cron:

text

Schedule: 0 8 * * * (8:00 AM daily)
Command: python3 scripts/briefing.py --short

Output Modes

• Default: Full formatted briefing with all sections
• --short: Compact single-message version (good for chat delivery)
• --json: Machine-readable JSON output
• --section: Only specific section (weather/news/crypto/tasks)