finance-news

name	finance-news
description	Market news briefings with AI summaries. Use when asked about stock news, market updates, portfolio performance, morning/evening briefings, financial headlines, or price alerts. Supports US/Europe/Japan markets, WhatsApp delivery, and English/German output.

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