Daily Briefing Pipeline

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    Automated pipeline to scrape sources, generate branded PDFs, and deliver daily reports via email and cron.

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    Daily Briefing Pipeline

    Example session with this skill installed

    Generate a briefing PDF from my tech-news.json config and set it to email me every morning at 8 AM.

    • Read your context and instructions
    • Compiled the daily briefing pipeline

    Briefing pipeline initialized.

    1. PDF generated: tech_brief_2023-10-27.pdf
    2. SMTP test: Success.
    3. Cron job added: 0 8 * * * /usr/bin/python3 build_briefing.py tech-news.json
      Your daily briefing is now active.
    tech_brief_2023-10-27.pdf

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    About this skill

    The problem

    Manually checking multiple news feeds, weather reports, and API dashboards every morning is a fragmented time sink. Most automated tools require expensive monthly subscriptions or leak your data to third-party cloud platforms.

    What it does

    • Aggregates data from RSS feeds, API endpoints, and static JSON blocks into a centralized report.
    • Generates a branded, formatted PDF with custom headers, accents, and section layouts.
    • Automates daily delivery via SMTP email using a pre-configured cron job script.
    • Handles Latin-1 sanitization to prevent common PDF generation crashes caused by emojis or special characters.

    Frameworks & tools

    Python 3.8+, fpdf2, SMTP, and standard Linux/macOS cron.

    Why this beats prompting it yourself

    Setting up a reliable PDF generation pipeline with Python requires handling complex layout logic and encoding errors that crash standard libraries. This skill provides a tested, crash-resistant script and a ready-to-use cron installer, saving you hours of debugging boilerplate automation code.

    Use cases

    • Create a daily morning brief combining tech news, weather, and calendar events.
    • Build an automated competitor monitoring report for executive teams.
    • Generate daily security bulletins from CISA KEV and threat intelligence feeds.
    • Automate internal team status reports from project management APIs.

    Known limitations

    Requires an environment with cron support (Linux/macOS). PDF generation uses fpdf2, which requires Latin-1 sanitization for stability, potentially filtering out complex Unicode characters.

    Requires Linux/macOS for cron automation. PDF generation is optimized for Latin-1, which may impact complex Unicode or emoji rendering.

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    Python
    macOS

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    Listed2 months ago
    Updated2 months ago

    What's inside

    Frequently Asked Questions

    This skill automates the entire reporting workflow: it scrapes your chosen data sources, formats them into a branded PDF, and handles the daily email delivery via a scheduled cron job. It eliminates the manual effort of checking multiple dashboards and solves common PDF generation crashes related to special character encoding.

    The skill is designed for environments that support Python 3.8+ and standard cron scheduling, which includes most Linux distributions and macOS. While it operates as a standalone Python-driven pipeline, the generated output can be easily integrated into broader AI agent workflows that require structured daily inputs.

    You will receive the complete Python source code for the aggregation and PDF engine, the SMTP configuration module, and a ready-to-use cron installer script. It also includes documentation on how to hook up your own RSS feeds and API endpoints.

    To ensure stability and prevent the PDF generator from crashing, the script uses a Latin-1 sanitization layer. While this provides a highly reliable output, it means complex Unicode characters or certain emojis may be filtered out to maintain document integrity.

    Setup involves configuring your data sources and SMTP credentials in the provided config file, then running the installer script to activate the daily schedule. Because it uses standard system tools like cron, you don't need to manage an expensive third-party cloud subscription to keep it running.

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