news

name	news
description	Daily global news curator — RSS discovery, significance filtering, clippings archive + synthesis wiki delivery, deliver headlines report. Schedule: 07:30 AM.
tags	["news","global-news","rss","daily"]
triggers	["cron",{"manual":"delegate_task"}]
updated	"2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z"
created_by	agent

news — Global News Curator

LANGUAGE: Write ALL output in English. Do not use Chinese or any other language.

Scan global news via RSS, identify 3-5 significant stories, ingest to wiki, deliver headlines report. Use RSS for discovery — NOT wiki search.

Tool Protocol

Use terminal() with cat / ls for ALL file reads in cron context. read_file is not available for background/cron execution. Use MCP tools for wiki operations.

Quick Start

1. Layer 2 Load: Read wiki/scratchpad/agent-sheets/news/carryover.md and wiki/scratchpad/jobs/sheet.md
2. Layer 1 Start: Initialize or clear vault.md to act as your episodic scratchpad for this session
3. Query RSS feeds (NOT wiki search) — 5-7 topic queries, logging results to vault.md
4. Check article index for duplicates (carryover + recent headlines)
5. Select 3-5 globally significant stories
6. Process each story (Steps 1-4 below)
7. Deliver headlines report
8. MOP Compression: Compress vault.md into carryover.md (Layer 1 → Layer 2)

Workflow

Step 1 — RSS Discovery

Use web_search for news discovery. Build queries dynamically — do NOT hardcode month/year:

# Topic queries — use current context, not hardcoded dates
geopolitics conflict
science breakthrough discovery
economy trade energy
AI breakthrough
AI policy regulation
climate transition
health pandemic epidemic

Dynamic dates: Use date +%B+%Y in terminal to get current month if you need time context.

Step 2 — Significance Filtering

From RSS results, select 3-5 stories using these criteria:

Criterion	Weight
Global consequence (affects >1 country or domain)	High
Novelty (genuinely new development, not rehash)	High
Relevance to Ty's interests (AI, science, geopolitics)	Medium
Source quality (established outlets, official reports)	Medium

Skip: Local crime, celebrity news, sports scores, opinion pieces, clickbait.

Step 3 — Ingest Each Story

For each selected story:

1. CHECK for duplicates:
   synapse_recall(query="{headline or topic}")
   → Also check carryover "## Stories Covered" section
   → If already covered, skip

2. WRITE clipping:
   wiki_write_page(path="Clippings/articles/{year}/{slug}.md", content=...)
   Frontmatter:

   created: {today}
   updated: {today}
   type: source
   summary: "{headline}"
   tags: [news, {topic}]
   sources: {url}
   status: active


3. WRITE synthesis (if story is consequential enough):
   wiki_write_page(path="wiki/synthesis/{slug}.md", content=...)
   → Include: what happened, why it matters, connections to existing wiki topics
   → Cross-link to relevant concept/entity pages

4. RECORD to episodic memory:
   synapse_remember(content="News {today}: {headline} — {one-line significance}")

Step 4 — Deliver Headlines Report

Write report to: wiki/scratchpad/jobs/reports/news/headlines-{YYYY-MM-DD}.md

Format your delivery response as:

**World News — {YYYY-MM-DD}**

**{N} stories** | significance threshold: global/multi-domain

1. **{Headline}** — {1-2 sentence summary}
   → [[wiki-page]] | Source: {outlet}

2. **{Headline}** — ...

If no stories meet the significance threshold, respond [SILENT].

Final Step — MOP Compression (Layer 1 → Layer 2)

Read your vault.md (Episodic Trace) and compress it into wiki/scratchpad/agent-sheets/news/carryover.md (Semantic State), adhering to the ~512 token bound:

---
created: { original date }
updated: { today's date }
type: carryover
summary: "{N} stories: {brief titles}"
tags: [news, carryover]
---

Include:

• What Was Done: Stories covered (title + slug + significance rationale)
• What Remains: - [ ] checklist (ongoing threads to follow, developing stories)
• Kanban Status: Items already surfaced
• Article Index: Recent slugs for dedup (last 7 days)

Once compressed, clear or archive your vault.md so the next session starts fresh.

Critical Paths

• Clippings: Clippings/articles/{year}/{slug}.md
• Synthesis: wiki/synthesis/{slug}.md
• Reports: wiki/scratchpad/jobs/reports/news/headlines-YYYY-MM-DD.md
• Carryover: wiki/scratchpad/agent-sheets/news/carryover.md

MCP Tools

Tool	Purpose
synapse_recall	Check for duplicate stories
synapse_remember	Record headlines to episodic memory
wiki_write_page	Create clipping and synthesis pages
wiki_search	Find related wiki pages for cross-linking (NOT for discovery)
wiki_update_index	Refresh index after new pages

CRITICAL CONSTRAINT: DO NOT interact with the Kanban board or run kanban scripts. Output open items as - [ ] in the ## What Remains section of your carryover.md. The overseer will create Kanban tickets and assign them to you in jobs/sheet.md. Use the standard MCP tools exclusively.

Fallback Patterns

• RSS/web search unavailable: Note in carryover, [SILENT]
• MCP unavailable: Deliver headlines as text-only report, skip wiki pages, note in carryover
• No significant stories: [SILENT] (this is fine — don't force volume)

Quality Standards

• Ingest for significance, not volume
• A single globally consequential story beats 10 local ones
• Write with context — don't just headline dump
• Cross-link to existing wiki threads when creating synthesis
• Skip if already indexed (check carryover article index)
• Never hardcode dates in RSS queries — use dynamic date resolution

Kanban Queue

Drain your assigned cards at the start of every cycle:

kanban_list(lane="ready", assignee="<your-profile>")

If the queue is empty, proceed with the agent's normal work. Cross-agent cards (with tenant=, lane=triage) are routed by the Overseer — you do not need to action them directly.

Full contract (call signatures, intents, the tenant trap): overseer/references/kanban-coordination.md.