Briefing Room

What This Skill Does

Briefing Room is a sophisticated macOS-native audio/document generation agent that acts as a personalized morning radio show host. By synthesizing data from multiple sources—including Open-Meteo for weather, Coinbase for crypto prices, Google Trends, and live web search results for news—the skill compiles a 10-minute conversational briefing. Unlike standard news aggregators, it provides a dual-format output: an MP3 audio recording using high-quality local text-to-speech (MLX-Audio or Apple native) and a formatted DOCX document for reference. It is designed to run asynchronously, allowing the AI to remain responsive while it builds your briefing in the background.

Installation

To install this skill, run the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/matusvojtek/briefing-room.

Once installed, you must initialize the configuration to ensure the skill knows your location and language preferences. Run: python3 SKILL_DIR/scripts/config.py init. You can verify your setup status at any time by executing the status script provided in the skill directory. The skill requires write access to your Documents folder to save the resulting files.

Use Cases

• Commuters: Generate a briefing while getting ready for work to stay informed on world events, local news, and traffic/weather.
• Market Enthusiasts: Get a automated summary of current cryptocurrency and stock market trends alongside major headlines.
• Language Learners: Leverage the language override feature to generate briefings in different languages, practicing listening comprehension through local macOS TTS voices.
• Information Overload Reduction: Instead of scrolling through multiple social media feeds, get a curated, high-level summary that respects your time.

Example Prompts

1. "Good morning! Give me a quick daily briefing and summarize the crypto market."
2. "What's happening in the world today? Please generate a morning update."
3. "Briefing Room, po slovensky, prosím." (Requesting a briefing in Slovak)

Tips & Limitations

• Performance: As this skill performs web searches and audio generation, it may take a few minutes to complete the full pipeline. Do not close the agent window while it is generating.
• OS Restriction: This skill is strictly for macOS. It relies on system-level components like afplay and macOS TTS engines.
• Customization: Modify the ~/.briefing-room/config.json file to change your voice preference, enabling higher-quality neural voices available within your macOS settings for a more natural radio-host experience.