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Daily Briefing Automation with Moltbot

Start your day with an automated morning briefing. Get weather, calendar events, news summaries, and task reminders delivered to your messaging app.

What is a Daily Briefing?

An automated daily briefing (also called morning digest) aggregates data from multiple sources and delivers a personalized summary to start your day. Professionals spend 2+ hours daily staying informed across dozens of sources. An automated briefing reclaims that time.

Weather

Current conditions, hourly forecast, and weather alerts

Calendar

Today's meetings, preparation reminders, and conflicts

News

Industry news, tech updates, and AI-summarized articles

Tasks

To-do highlights, overdue items, and priority tasks

System Architecture

Weather API

OpenWeatherMap, WeatherAPI, or Weatherbit

Calendar API

Google Calendar or Microsoft Graph API

News API

NewsAPI, MediaStack, or RSS feeds

Content Aggregator

Moltbot collects and processes data

Delivery

WhatsApp, Telegram, Email, or Discord

Implementation with Moltbot

1. Configure Data Sources

// moltbot.config.js
module.exports = {
  dailyBriefing: {
    enabled: true,
    schedule: '0 7 * * *', // 7:00 AM daily
    timezone: 'America/New_York',
    
    sources: {
      weather: {
        provider: 'openweathermap',
        apiKey: process.env.WEATHER_API_KEY,
        location: 'New York, NY'
      },
      calendar: {
        provider: 'google',
        credentials: process.env.GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS
      },
      news: {
        sources: ['hackernews', 'techcrunch', 'arxiv'],
        maxArticles: 5
      }
    },
    
    delivery: {
      channels: ['whatsapp', 'email'],
      format: 'markdown'
    }
  }
}

2. Create Custom Briefing Skill

// skills/daily-briefing.js
module.exports = {
  name: 'daily-briefing',
  
  async run({ config, apis }) {
    // Fetch weather
    const weather = await apis.weather.getForecast(config.location);
    
    // Fetch calendar events
    const events = await apis.calendar.getTodayEvents();
    
    // Fetch news
    const articles = await apis.news.getTopStories();
    
    // Generate AI summary
    const summary = await apis.ai.summarize(articles);
    
    // Format briefing
    return formatBriefing({ weather, events, summary });
  }
};

function formatBriefing({ weather, events, summary }) {
  return `
Good morning! Here is your daily briefing:

🌤️ Weather
Current: ${weather.temp}°F, ${weather.description}
High: ${weather.high}°F | Low: ${weather.low}°F

📅 Today's Schedule
${events.map(e => `• ${e.time}: ${e.title}`).join('
')}

📰 News Summary
${summary}

Have a productive day!
  `;
}

Sample Briefing Output

Good morning! Here is your daily briefing for Monday, January 27:

🌤️ Weather in New York

Currently 42°F and partly cloudy

High: 48°F | Low: 38°F

No precipitation expected today

📅 Today's Schedule

  • • 9:00 AM - Product Review Meeting
  • • 11:30 AM - Lunch with Sarah
  • • 2:00 PM - Engineering Standup
  • • 4:30 PM - Client Call (Zoom)

📰 Top Stories

  • • OpenAI announces GPT-5 development roadmap
  • • New TypeScript 5.4 features released
  • • AWS launches new serverless database service

✅ Tasks Due Today

  • • [ ] Review quarterly budget (Overdue)
  • • [ ] Submit expense report

Productivity Benefits

10+

Hours Saved Weekly

Reclaim time spent checking multiple apps

Proactive Start

Begin your day with intention, not reaction

Never Miss Important Updates

Critical information delivered reliably

Reduced Anxiety

No FOMO from endless scrolling

Automate Your Mornings

Start each day informed and prepared. Build your personalized daily briefing with Moltbot.