Will I get duplicate stories from different sources?

The agent uses the summarize skill to detect when multiple sources cover the same story. It picks the best source and skips the rest, so your digest stays clean.

Can I get alerts for breaking news instead of a daily digest?

Yes. You can set the cron job to run every few hours instead of once daily. Or you can keep the daily digest and add a separate instruction: "If you find news about [critical keyword], send it to me immediately regardless of the schedule."

What languages does it support?

The agent can search and summarize content in any language your AI model supports. If your industry news is in German or Japanese, specify that in your watch topics and the agent will include those sources.

Playbook

News Monitoring Agent

A daily filtered digest of industry news, competitor mentions, and keyword alerts — delivered to your chat. Not a firehose, only what matters.

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What You Will Get

You have tried Google Alerts. You have tried RSS readers. You have tried following hashtags. The result is always the same: 90% noise, 10% signal, and the one article that actually mattered got buried under a pile of SEO spam and press releases that say nothing. By the time you spot something important, your competitor already tweeted about it.

After this setup, your agent scans dozens of sources every morning — news sites, industry blogs, RSS feeds, social mentions — and filters them through your specific criteria. It knows which competitors you care about, which keywords signal an opportunity, and which topics are just background noise. What lands in your Telegram, Slack, or WhatsApp is a short, readable digest: 5-10 items that are actually worth your time, each with a one-sentence summary and a link.

The difference between this and a generic news alert is judgment. Your agent uses the summarize skill to read each article, decide if it matches your interests, and rank it by relevance. You wake up, glance at the digest over coffee, and you are caught up. No scrolling, no tab explosions, no FOMO.

Setup Steps

Get your daily news digest running in about 10 minutes.

Install the Monitoring Skills

Message your agent: "Install the tavily-search skill, the blogwatcher skill, and the summarize skill." Tavily handles real-time web searches. Blogwatcher monitors RSS feeds. Summarize condenses articles into key takeaways.

Define Your Watch Topics

Tell the agent what you care about. Message it: "My watch topics are: [your industry], [competitor names], [specific technologies], and [regulatory keywords]. Ignore generic press releases and listicle articles." Be specific — "AI agents for customer support" works better than "artificial intelligence."

Add Your RSS Feeds

Message your agent: "Monitor these RSS feeds daily: [paste 3-5 feed URLs]." Include industry publications, competitor blogs, and any niche sources you trust. The blogwatcher skill will check these every time the digest runs.

Set Your Digest Format

Tell the agent how you want results: "Format each item as: headline, one-sentence summary, source name, and link. Group items by topic. Limit to 10 items max. Skip anything older than 24 hours."

Choose Your Delivery Channel

Decide where you want the digest — Telegram, Slack, or WhatsApp. Message the agent: "Send my daily news digest to Telegram every morning at 7:30 AM."

Create the Cron Job

In your RunTheAgent dashboard, set up a scheduled task that runs at your chosen time. The prompt should be: "Run my daily news monitoring scan and send the digest." The agent handles the rest.

Tune After Three Days

After a few digests, tell the agent what to adjust. "Too many articles about [topic] — deprioritize that. I want more coverage of [other topic]." The agent learns your preferences over time.

Tips and Best Practices

Start Narrow, Then Expand

Begin with 3-5 watch topics and 2-3 RSS feeds. Once the digest quality is good, gradually add more sources. Starting too broad produces noisy results that take longer to tune.

Use Competitor Names as Keywords

Add your top 3-5 competitors by name. The agent will flag any article that mentions them — funding rounds, product launches, partnerships, or leadership changes you might otherwise miss.

Set a Hard Limit on Items

Cap your digest at 8-10 items. If the agent finds 30 relevant articles, forcing it to pick the top 10 means you only see what truly matters. You can always ask for the full list later.

Add a Weekend Roundup

Set a second cron job on Monday mornings that covers Saturday and Sunday. This catches weekend news without cluttering your days off with alerts.

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