Daily Briefing

Daily Briefing

Generates a morning briefing combining weather, today's tasks, news headlines, and calendar events.

Configuration

Create ~/.echo-agent/briefing.yaml:

schedule: "0 8 * * *"  # 每天早上8点
location: Beijing
sections:
  - weather
  - reminders
  - rss
  - calendar
rss_feeds:
  - https://hnrss.org/frontpage
  - https://arxiv.org/rss/cs.AI
max_news: 5
channel: telegram  # delivery channel

Briefing Template

☀ 每日简报 — {date}

## 天气
{location}: {condition} {temp}°C, 湿度 {humidity}%

## 今日待办
- [ ] {reminder_1}
- [ ] {reminder_2}

## 新闻摘要
1. {title_1} — {source}
2. {title_2} — {source}

## 日程
- 09:00 {event_1}
- 14:00 {event_2}

Script Usage

# Generate briefing now
python3 scripts/generate_briefing.py

# Generate with custom config
python3 scripts/generate_briefing.py --config ~/.echo-agent/briefing.yaml

# Preview without sending
python3 scripts/generate_briefing.py --dry-run

Scheduling

Add to Echo Agent's cron channel for automatic daily delivery. The cron expression 0 8 * * * fires at 8:00 AM daily.

Create the job with the cronjob tool. If the briefing produces a file (e.g. a voice version), deliver it inside the same run — for audio use text_to_speech(..., deliver=true), for other files call send_file with the target channel/chat. An unattended run may end right after generating the file, so a "generate now, send later" split silently drops it.

After creating the job: confirm, then stop

When cronjob(action="create") returns, send the user ONE confirmation — job id, schedule, next fire time — and end the turn. Do NOT "verify delivery" by reading gateway/server.py / a2a/server.py or curling internal endpoints (/v1/chat, /api/v1/message); that is not a delivery test, it just burns the turn and leaves the user without a reply. To sanity-check, use cronjob(action="list"); the scheduled fire is the real delivery.