morning-briefing

What This Skill Does

The Morning Briefing skill provides a comprehensive, zero-cost personal dashboard by leveraging the briefing CLI. It synthesizes local data including weather, calendar events, RSS news headlines, and task reminders into a single cohesive report. Unlike cloud-based alternatives, this skill processes data entirely locally, ensuring that your sensitive calendar events and daily routines remain private. By utilizing standard Unix-style command arguments, you can trigger specific parts of your briefing or customize the output format to suit your workflow, whether you prefer a human-readable summary or a structured JSON feed for further automation within your OpenClaw environment.

Installation

To install this skill, run the following command in your OpenClaw terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/ddakju/morning-briefing-pro. Once installed, initialize your preferences by running briefing config init. If you are on macOS, ensure that your terminal emulator has been granted the necessary permissions in System Settings under Privacy & Security to access your Calendar and Reminders. If you require a specific license, activate it using briefing activate <license-key> and verify your status with briefing status.

Use Cases

The primary use case is personal productivity optimization. You can integrate this skill into your morning routine to stay organized without checking multiple apps. It is ideal for users who want a consolidated view of their day, professionals tracking multiple time-bound deadlines, and privacy-conscious individuals who prefer local data aggregation over third-party API dependencies. It also supports automated scheduling via the OpenClaw cron utility, allowing you to receive your summary at a specific time every morning.

Example Prompts

1. "What does my day look like? Please run my morning briefing."
2. "I'm in a rush, just give me a compact summary of my calendar and reminders."
3. "OpenClaw, what is the weather like today and what is on my schedule for the next three days?"

Tips & Limitations

• Scheduling: Use openclaw cron add --name "morning-briefing" --schedule "0 7 * * *" to automate your daily start.
• Customization: Use the --location flag if you are traveling to get accurate weather updates.
• Data Privacy: Because the skill reads local files, ensure your system permissions are correctly configured.
• Limitations: The skill is strictly local; if you do not have RSS feeds configured or system calendar sync active, those specific sections will appear empty or omitted.