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Run npx skillmds@latest add kesslerio/finance-news in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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kesslerio (@kesslerio) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Finance News by kesslerio — Agent Skill

Name: Finance News
Author: kesslerio

Finance News

Market news briefings with AI summaries and price alerts. Aggregates headlines from US/Europe/Japan markets. Use when: 'stock news', 'market updates', 'morning briefing', 'evening market wrap', 'financial headlines', 'price alerts', 'what happened in the market'. Supports WhatsApp delivery and English/German output. NOT for fundamental analysis or scoring (use equity-research). NOT for raw financial data queries (use openbb).

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Finance News Skill

AI-powered market news briefings with configurable language output and automated delivery via WhatsApp/Telegram.

First-Time Setup

Run the interactive setup wizard:

finance-news setup

The wizard configures RSS feeds, markets (US/Europe/Japan/Asia), delivery channels (WhatsApp/Telegram), language (English/German), and cron schedule.

Configure individual sections:

finance-news setup --section feeds     # Just RSS feeds
finance-news setup --section delivery  # Just delivery channels
finance-news setup --section schedule  # Just cron schedule
finance-news setup --reset             # Reset to defaults

Verify setup completed correctly:

finance-news config                    # Show current config
finance-news briefing --morning        # Test a dry-run briefing

Quick Start

finance-news briefing --morning                                  # Morning briefing
finance-news briefing --evening --send --group "Market Briefing" # Evening + WhatsApp
finance-news market                                              # Market overview
finance-news portfolio                                           # Portfolio news
finance-news news AAPL                                           # Ticker-specific news

See COMMANDS.md for the full CLI reference including portfolio management, cron setup, and configuration details.

Cron Jobs

Scheduled morning/evening briefings run via openclaw cron — the add/verify commands (and the manual crontab fallback) live in COMMANDS.md → Cron Jobs. Quick check: openclaw cron list.

Integration

Combine with OpenBB for detailed quotes before news:

openbb-quote AAPL && finance-news news AAPL

Run briefings via Lobster for approval gates and resumability — see workflows/README.md for full documentation:

lobster "workflows.run --file workflows/briefing.yaml"

Troubleshooting

Issue	Fix
Briefing writer failing	Verify `KALLIOPE_SERVING_API_KEY` is set and the Kalliope Ornith route (`http://100.124.155.99:4000/v1`) is reachable; scheduled runs fail closed and do not select another model
RSS feeds timing out	Check network; WSJ/Barron's may need subscription cookies; CNBC/Yahoo always work
WhatsApp delivery failing	Verify group exists and bot has access; run `openclaw doctor`

---name: finance-newsdescription: Market news briefings with AI summaries and price alerts. Aggregates headlines from US/Europe/Japan markets. Use when: 'stock news', 'market updates', 'morning briefing', 'evening market wrap', 'financial headlines', 'price alerts', 'what happened in the market'. Supports WhatsApp delivery and English/German output. NOT for fundamental analysis or scoring (use equity-research). NOT for raw financial data queries (use openbb).---# Finance News SkillAI-powered market news briefings with configurable language output and automated delivery via WhatsApp/Telegram.## First-Time SetupRun the interactive setup wizard:```bashfinance-news setup```The wizard configures RSS feeds, markets (US/Europe/Japan/Asia), delivery channels (WhatsApp/Telegram), language (English/German), and cron schedule.Configure individual sections:```bashfinance-news setup --section feeds # Just RSS feedsfinance-news setup --section delivery # Just delivery channelsfinance-news setup --section schedule # Just cron schedulefinance-news setup --reset # Reset to defaults```Verify setup completed correctly:```bashfinance-news config # Show current configfinance-news briefing --morning # Test a dry-run briefing```## Quick Start```bashfinance-news briefing --morning # Morning briefingfinance-news briefing --evening --send --group "Market Briefing" # Evening + WhatsAppfinance-news market # Market overviewfinance-news portfolio # Portfolio newsfinance-news news AAPL # Ticker-specific news```See [COMMANDS.md](COMMANDS.md) for the full CLI reference including portfolio management, cron setup, and configuration details.## Cron JobsScheduled morning/evening briefings run via `openclaw cron` — the add/verify commands (and the manual crontab fallback) live in [COMMANDS.md](COMMANDS.md) → Cron Jobs. Quick check: `openclaw cron list`.## IntegrationCombine with OpenBB for detailed quotes before news:```bashopenbb-quote AAPL && finance-news news AAPL```Run briefings via [Lobster](https://github.com/openclaw/lobster) for approval gates and resumability — see [workflows/README.md](workflows/README.md) for full documentation:```bashlobster "workflows.run --file workflows/briefing.yaml"```## Troubleshooting| Issue | Fix ||-------|-----|| Briefing writer failing | Verify `KALLIOPE_SERVING_API_KEY` is set and the Kalliope Ornith route (`http://100.124.155.99:4000/v1`) is reachable; scheduled runs fail closed and do not select another model || RSS feeds timing out | Check network; WSJ/Barron's may need subscription cookies; CNBC/Yahoo always work || WhatsApp delivery failing | Verify group exists and bot has access; run `openclaw doctor` |

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