tech-news-bulletin

Tech News Bulletin

Collect the latest technology and AI news from two sources: 1. RSS feeds — e.g., TechCrunch, Wired AI, Google AI Blog 2. TLDR.tech AI Newsletter — yesterday's edition, fetched and sanitized automatically

Merge both into a single deduplicated digest and send it to a list of email addresses.

When to use (trigger phrases)

Use this skill immediately when the user asks any of:

Workflow

1. Fetch RSS feeds from configured sources 2. Fetch TLDR.tech AI newsletter for the previous day (https://tldr.tech/ai/YYYY-MM-DD) 3. Sanitize TLDR HTML — extract article title, canonical link, and summary; strip sponsor blocks, navigation, footers 4. Merge & deduplicate all articles by URL 5. Sort by date (newest first) and limit to MAX_ARTICLES 6. Summarize each article via Ollama (falls back to the description snippet if unavailable) 7. Build HTML digest with per-article source badges (RSS source name vs. "TLDR AI") 8. Send digest to all configured email addresses via SMTP

Installation

Install required Python packages:

pip install feedparser requests beautifulsoup4

Ensure environment variables are set:

export SMTP_EMAIL="your-email@example.com"
export SMTP_PASSWORD="your-app-password"

Configuration

Edit scripts/bulletin.py to customize:

The Ollama endpoint is http://172.20.86.203:11434 with model glm-4.7-flash:latest.

Usage

To run the bulletin now:

python3 /home/juniarto/.openclaw/workspace/skills/tech-news-bulletin/scripts/bulletin.py

Check the log output:

tail -f /tmp/openclaw-debug.log

Or let the skill handle it automatically via cron:

openclaw cron add --job='{
  "name": "daily-tech-bulletin",
  "schedule": { "kind": "every", "everyMs": 86400000, "anchorMs": 42000000 },
  "payload": { "kind": "systemEvent", "text": "run-tech-news-bulletin" },
  "sessionTarget": "isolated",
  "enabled": true
}'

Digest Format

Subject: Daily Tech & AI News Bulletin

Body (HTML):

Differences from tech-news-digest

| Feature | tech-news-digest | tech-news-bulletin | |---|---|---| | RSS feeds | ✅ | ✅ | | TLDR.tech AI newsletter | ❌ | ✅ | | Source badges in digest | ❌ | ✅ | | HTML sanitizer (inline) | ❌ | ✅ | | Combined deduplication | ❌ | ✅ |

Rules

To run the bulletin now:

python3 /home/juniarto/.openclaw/workspace/skills/tech-news-bulletin/scripts/bulletin.py

Check the log output:

tail -f /tmp/openclaw-debug.log

Or let the skill handle it automatically via cron:

openclaw cron add --job='{
  "name": "daily-tech-bulletin",
  "schedule": { "kind": "every", "everyMs": 86400000, "anchorMs": 42000000 },
  "payload": { "kind": "systemEvent", "text": "run-tech-news-bulletin" },
  "sessionTarget": "isolated",
  "enabled": true
}'

Edit scripts/bulletin.py to customize:

The Ollama endpoint is http://172.20.86.203:11434 with model glm-4.7-flash:latest.