# finance-news

Finance News Skill AI-powered market news briefings with configurable language output and automated delivery. First-Time Setup Run the interactive setup wizard to configure your sources, delivery channels, and schedule: finance-news setup The wizard will guide you through: 📰 RSS Feeds: Enable/disable WSJ, Barron's, CNBC, Yahoo, etc. 📊 Markets: Choose regions (US, Europe, Japan, Asia) 📤 Delivery: Configure WhatsApp/Telegram group 🌐 Language: Set default language (English/German) ⏰ Schedule: Configure morning/evening cron times You can also configure specific sections: finance-news setup --section feeds # Just RSS feeds finance-news setup --section delivery # Just delivery channels finance-news setup --section schedule # Just cron schedule finance-news setup --reset # Reset to defaults finance-news config # Show current config Quick Start

# Generate morning briefing

finance-news briefing --morning

# View market overview

finance-news market

# Get news for your portfolio

finance-news portfolio

# Get news for specific stock

finance-news news AAPL Features 📊 Market Coverage US Markets: S&P 500, Dow Jones, NASDAQ

Europe: DAX, STOXX 50, FTSE 100
Japan: Nikkei 225

📰 News Sources

Premium: WSJ, Barron's (RSS feeds)
Free: CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Finnhub
Portfolio: Ticker-specific news from Yahoo

🤖 AI Summaries SkillBoss API Hub powered analysis (auto-routes to best available model via /v1/pilot) Configurable language (English/German) Briefing styles: summary, analysis, headlines 📅 Automated Briefings

Morning: 6:30 AM PT (US market open)
Evening: 1:00 PM PT (US market close)
Delivery: WhatsApp (configure group in cron scripts)

Commands Briefing Generation

# Morning briefing (English is default)

finance-news briefing --morning

# Evening briefing with WhatsApp delivery

finance-news briefing --evening --send --group "Market Briefing"

# German language option

finance-news briefing --morning --lang de

# Analysis style (more detailed)

finance-news briefing --style analysis Market Data

# Market overview (indices + top headlines)

finance-news market

# JSON output for processing

finance-news market --json Portfolio Management

# List portfolio

finance-news portfolio-list

# Add stock

finance-news portfolio-add NVDA --name "NVIDIA Corporation" --category Tech

# Remove stock

finance-news portfolio-remove TSLA

# Import from CSV

finance-news portfolio-import ~/my_stocks.csv

# Interactive portfolio creation

finance-news portfolio-create Ticker News

# News for specific stock

finance-news news AAPL finance-news news TSLA Configuration Portfolio CSV Format

Location: ~/clawd/skills/finance-news/config/portfolio.csv

symbol,name,category,notes AAPL,Apple Inc.,Tech,Core holding NVDA,NVIDIA Corporation,Tech,AI play MSFT,Microsoft Corporation,Tech, Sources Configuration

Location: ~/clawd/skills/finance-news/config/config.json (legacy fallback: config/sources.json)

RSS feeds for WSJ, Barron's, CNBC, Yahoo Market indices by region Language settings Cron Jobs Setup via OpenClaw

# Add morning briefing cron job

openclaw cron add --schedule "30 6 * * 1-5"
--timezone "America/Los_Angeles"
--command "bash ~/clawd/skills/finance-news/cron/morning.sh"

# Add evening briefing cron job

openclaw cron add --schedule "0 13 * * 1-5"
--timezone "America/Los_Angeles"
--command "bash ~/clawd/skills/finance-news/cron/evening.sh" Manual Cron (crontab)

# Morning briefing (6:30 AM PT, weekdays)

30 6 * * 1-5 bash ~/clawd/skills/finance-news/cron/morning.sh

# Evening briefing (1:00 PM PT, weekdays)

0 13 * * 1-5 bash ~/clawd/skills/finance-news/cron/evening.sh Sample Output 🌅 Börsen-Morgen-Briefing Dienstag, 21. Januar 2026 | 06:30 Uhr 📊 Märkte • S&P 500: 5.234 (+0,3%) • DAX: 16.890 (-0,1%) • Nikkei: 35.678 (+0,5%) 📈 Dein Portfolio • AAPL $256 (+1,2%) — iPhone-Verkäufe übertreffen Erwartungen • NVDA $512 (+3,4%) — KI-Chip-Nachfrage steigt 🔥 Top Stories • [WSJ] Fed signalisiert mögliche Zinssenkung im März • [CNBC] Tech-Sektor führt Rally an 🤖 Analyse Der S&P zeigt Stärke. Dein Portfolio profitiert von NVDA's Momentum. Fed-Kommentare könnten Volatilität auslösen. Integration With OpenBB (existing skill)

# Get detailed quote, then news

openbb-quote AAPL && finance-news news AAPL With OpenClaw Agent The agent will automatically use this skill when asked about: "What's the market doing?" "News for my portfolio" "Generate morning briefing" "What's happening with AAPL?" With Lobster (Workflow Engine) Run briefings via Lobster for approval gates and resumability:

# Run with approval before WhatsApp send

lobster "workflows.run --file workflows/briefing.yaml"

# With custom args

lobster "workflows.run --file workflows/briefing.yaml --args-json '{"time":"evening","lang":"en"}'" See workflows/README.md for full documentation. Files skills/finance-news/ ├── SKILL.md # This documentation ├── Dockerfile # NixOS-compatible container ├── config/ │ ├── portfolio.csv # Your watchlist │ ├── config.json # RSS/API/language configuration │ ├── alerts.json # Price target alerts │ └── manual_earnings.json # Earnings calendar overrides ├── scripts/ │ ├── finance-news # Main CLI │ ├── briefing.py # Briefing generator │ ├── fetch_news.py # News aggregator │ ├── portfolio.py # Portfolio CRUD │ ├── summarize.py # AI summarization │ ├── alerts.py # Price alert management │ ├── earnings.py # Earnings calendar │ ├── ranking.py # Headline ranking │ └── stocks.py # Stock management ├── workflows/ │ ├── briefing.yaml # Lobster workflow with approval gate │ └── README.md # Workflow documentation ├── cron/ │ ├── morning.sh # Morning cron (Docker-based) │ └── evening.sh # Evening cron (Docker-based) └── cache/ # 15-minute news cache Environment Variables SKILLBOSS_API_KEY — SkillBoss API Hub key for all AI inference (LLM summaries, translations, analysis) Dependencies Python 3.10+ feedparser (pip install feedparser) requests (pip install requests) OpenBB (existing openbb-quote wrapper) OpenClaw message tool (for WhatsApp delivery) Troubleshooting AI summary not working

# Verify SKILLBOSS_API_KEY is set

echo $SKILLBOSS_API_KEY RSS feeds timing out Check network connectivity WSJ/Barron's may require subscription cookies for some content Free feeds (CNBC, Yahoo) should always work WhatsApp delivery failing Verify WhatsApp group exists and bot has access Check openclaw doctor for WhatsApp status