Milan News Briefing

Run the briefing pipeline and manage sources with deterministic scripts.

Execute Daily Brief

1. Ensure dependencies are installed: python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Generate report: python -m src.news_briefing.main
3. Use dry run for debugging: python -m src.news_briefing.main --dry-run
4. Default report date follows config timezone (Europe/Rome) when --date is omitted.
5. Agent can choose layout/order at call time: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/run_briefing.py --layout editorial --section-order weather,strikes,ai_news,world_news,italian_news,milan_events
6. Agent can request JSON output for post-processing: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/run_briefing.py --output-format json

Manage Source Pipelines

Use scripts/manage_sources.py in this skill folder.

1. List configured sources: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_sources.py list python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_sources.py --json list
2. Add RSS source: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_sources.py add --section ai_news --name "Example AI" --type rss --url "https://example.com/rss.xml"
3. Add JSON API source with parser: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_sources.py add --section strikes --name "Strike API" --type json --url "https://example.com/strikes" --parser italy_transport_strikes_v1
4. Add HTML source (for parser using webpage table): python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_sources.py add --section strikes --name "Strike HTML" --type html --url "https://example.com/strikes-page" --parser italy_mit_strikes_html_v1
5. Remove source by exact name: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_sources.py remove --section world_news --name "BBC World"

Daily Ops

Use scripts/daily_ops.py for daily automation.

1. Run once with precheck + auto degrade + retry: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/daily_ops.py --auto-degrade --max-retries 2 --retry-delay 120
2. Run once and send fail alert: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/daily_ops.py --auto-degrade --alert-webhook "https://example.com/webhook"
3. Print cron line (7:00 daily): python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/daily_ops.py --print-cron --cron-hour 7 --cron-minute 0
4. Optional success alert: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/daily_ops.py --alert-webhook "https://example.com/webhook" --alert-success
5. Skip precheck explicitly (not recommended): python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/daily_ops.py --skip-precheck

Cron Scheduling

Use scripts/manage_cron.py to manage one tagged cron entry.

1. Install/replace 07:00 daily run: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_cron.py install --hour 7 --minute 0 python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_cron.py install --hour 7 --minute 0 --timezone Europe/Rome python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_cron.py install --hour 7 --minute 0 --timezone Europe/Rome --layout editorial --output-format markdown
2. Install with webhook: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_cron.py install --hour 7 --minute 0 --webhook "https://example.com/webhook"
3. Show current managed entry: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_cron.py show python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_cron.py --json show
4. Remove managed entry: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/manage_cron.py remove

Health Check And Validation

1. Check all configured sources: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/check_feeds.py --timeout 12 --write-report output/logs/feed-health.json
2. Validate full stack locally: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/validate_stack.py --skip-network
3. Validate with network checks: python skills/milan-news-briefing/scripts/validate_stack.py

Operate Safely

1. Keep configuration in config/sources.yaml as source-of-truth.
2. Keep strike source URL non-empty if real strike monitoring is required.
3. Keep per-section count at 5 for stable daily format unless user asks otherwise.
4. Preserve SQLite database data/briefing.db; do not clear it unless user asks to reset dedup history.
5. Check output/logs/ after failures and use webhook payload tail for quick triage.
6. Use --auto-degrade in production cron to bypass temporary source outages.
7. Prefer --json flags on management scripts when an agent needs machine-readable state.

Extend Parsers

1. Add parser logic in src/news_briefing/parse.py.
2. Register parser in src/news_briefing/pipeline.py parser maps.
3. Reference parser key in config/sources.yaml source item.

Read references/source_schema.md before adding JSON-based sources.