News Brief Skill

Generate structured daily news briefs from the web. Search for latest news, fetch article previews, and compile into a professional brief with curated sections.

When to Use

✅ USE this skill when:

• "Give me a briefing on tech news today"
• "What are the latest industry policies?"
• "Summarize the top news stories from today"
• "Show me trending topics in AI/tech"
• "Prepare a morning briefing on [topic]"

Supported Briefing Types

Global Tech News Brief

• Focus: Major tech companies, AI breakthroughs, venture capital, product launches, tech regulations
• Command: news-brief tech or web_search: tech news latest developments

Industry Policy Brief

• Focus: Regulatory changes, government policies, legislation affecting specific industries
• Command: news-brief policy or web_search: policy regulations changes for [industry]

Custom Topic Brief

• Focus: Any specific topic, theme, or keyword
• Command: news-brief custom [topic] or web_search: [topic] news latest

Brief Structure

Each briefing includes:

1. Overview - 2-3 sentences summarizing the day's key developments
2. Top Headlines - 3-5 selected stories with sources and summaries
3. Key Highlights - Bullet points of important takeaways
4. Trending Topics - Emerging themes gathering momentum
5. Sources & Links - Links to original articles (when fetched)

Implementation Workflow

This skill uses the web_search and web_fetch tools to:

1. Search - Use web_search to find latest public information on the specified topic
2. Fetch - Optionally use web_fetch to extract readable content from key articles
3. Format - Curate and structure the information into a coherent brief

Example: Tech News Brief

User: Give me the latest tech news briefing

Assistant executes:
web_search(query="global technology news latest today 2026", count=10)
web_fetch(url="https://example.com/article1")
web_fetch(url="https://example.com/article2")
Then formats results into structured brief.

Example: Policy Brief for Industry

User: What's the latest policy on semiconductor manufacturing?

Assistant executes:
web_search(query="semiconductor manufacturing policy regulations today 2026", count=10)
Then formats results into structured brief.

Brief Output Format

# 📰 [Brief Title]

---

## Overview
[2-3 sentences summarizing key developments]

## 📋 Top Headlines
1. **[Headline 1]**
   - Source: [URL]
   - Summary: [2-3 sentences]

2. **[Headline 2]**
   - Source: [URL]
   - Summary: [2-3 sentences]

## 🔑 Key Highlights
• [Highlight 1]
• [Highlight 2]
• [Highlight 3]

## 🔥 Trending Topics
• [Trend 1]
• [Trend 2]
• [Trend 3]

## 🔗 Sources
- [Source URL 1]
- [Source URL 2]
- [Source URL 3]

Resources

scripts/news_brief.py

Helper script that demonstrates how to structure search queries and output format.

Run directly for guidance:

python3 scripts/news_brief.py tech
python3 scripts/news_brief.py policy
python3 scripts/news_brief.py custom "climate tech"