| name | media-news-digest |
| description | Generate media & entertainment industry news digests. Covers Hollywood trades (THR, Deadline, Variety), box office, streaming, awards season, film festivals, and production news. Four-source data collection from RSS feeds, Twitter/X KOLs, Reddit, and web search. Pipeline-based scripts with retry mechanisms and deduplication. Supports Discord and email output with PDF attachments. |
| version | 2.1.1 |
| homepage | https://github.com/draco-agent/media-news-digest |
| source | https://github.com/draco-agent/media-news-digest |
| metadata | {"openclaw":{"requires":{"bins":"[Truncated]"},"optionalBins":["mail","msmtp"],"credentialAccess":"This skill does NOT read, store, or manage any platform credentials itself. Email delivery uses send-email.py with system mail (msmtp). Twitter and web search API keys are passed via environment variables and used only for outbound API calls. No credentials are written to disk by this skill.\n"}} |
| env | [{"name":"X_BEARER_TOKEN","required":false,"description":"Twitter/X API v2 bearer token for KOL monitoring (official backend)"},{"name":"TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY","required":false,"description":"twitterapi.io API key (alternative Twitter backend)"},{"name":"TWITTER_API_BACKEND","required":false,"description":"Twitter backend selection: official, twitterapiio, or auto (default: auto)"},{"name":"BRAVE_API_KEY","required":false,"description":"Brave Search API key for web search (single key)"},{"name":"BRAVE_API_KEYS","required":false,"description":"Comma-separated Brave API keys for multi-key rotation (preferred over BRAVE_API_KEY)"},{"name":"TAVILY_API_KEY","required":false,"description":"Tavily Search API key (alternative web search backend)"}] |
Media News Digest
Automated media & entertainment industry news digest system. Covers Hollywood trades, box office, streaming platforms, awards season, film festivals, production news, and industry deals.
Quick Start
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Generate Digest (unified pipeline — runs all 4 sources in parallel):
python3 scripts/run-pipeline.py \
--defaults <SKILL_DIR>/config/defaults \
--config <WORKSPACE>/config \
--hours 48 --freshness pd \
--archive-dir <WORKSPACE>/archive/media-news-digest/ \
--output /tmp/md-merged.json --verbose --force
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Use Templates: Apply Discord or email templates to merged output
Data Sources (65 total, 64 enabled)
- RSS Feeds (36, 35 enabled): THR, Deadline, Variety, IndieWire, The Wrap, Collider, Vulture, Awards Daily, Gold Derby, Screen Rant, Empire, The Playlist, /Film, Entertainment Weekly, Roger Ebert, CinemaBlend, Den of Geek, The Direct, MovieWeb, CBR, What's on Netflix, Decider, Anime News Network, and more
- Twitter/X KOLs (18): @THR, @DEADLINE, @Variety, @FilmUpdates, @DiscussingFilm, @BoxOfficeMojo, @MattBelloni, @Borys_Kit, @TheAcademy, @letterboxd, @A24, and more
- Reddit (11): r/movies, r/boxoffice, r/television, r/Oscars, r/TrueFilm, r/entertainment, r/netflix, r/marvelstudios, r/DC_Cinematic, r/anime, r/flicks
- Web Search (9 topics): Brave Search / Tavily with freshness filters
Topics (9 sections)
- 🇨🇳 China / 中国影视 — China mainland box office, Chinese films, Chinese streaming
- 🎬 Production / 制作动态 — New projects, casting, filming updates
- 💰 Deals & Business / 行业交易 — M&A, rights, talent deals
- 🎞️ Upcoming Releases / 北美近期上映 — Theater openings, release dates, trailers
- 🎟️ Box Office / 票房 — NA/global box office, opening weekends
- 📺 Streaming / 流媒体 — Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO, viewership
- 🏆 Awards / 颁奖季 — Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, BAFTAs
- 🎪 Film Festivals / 电影节 — Cannes, Venice, TIFF, Sundance, Berlin
- ⭐ Reviews & Buzz / 影评口碑 — Critical reception, RT/Metacritic scores
Scripts Pipeline
Unified Pipeline
python3 scripts/run-pipeline.py \
--defaults config/defaults --config workspace/config \
--hours 48 --freshness pd \
--archive-dir workspace/archive/media-news-digest/ \
--output /tmp/md-merged.json --verbose --force
- Features: Runs all 4 fetch steps in parallel, then merges + deduplicates + scores