How to automate a daily briefing with AI agents

9 real setups for a daily briefing, most-discussed first. Steps come from each source; the full prompt is one click away.

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9 real setups on agentsetups show how people automate a daily briefing with AI agents. Agents used: Claude (3), Codex (2), Hermes Agent (2), Grok Bot (2), Perplexity Computer (1).

Fastest start (from Set up a sourced daily brief in Hermes Agent by witcheer):

  1. Paste the prompt into a fresh Hermes chat. Rules: a source on every line, follow my topics exactly, create nothing until I say yes.
  2. It asks for three to five topics, then when and where the brief should arrive.
  3. It searches each topic once and shows a sample brief: one line per finding, link at the end, max ten lines.

+2 more steps in the copyable prompt.

Tools named most: cron (2), Slack (2).

Last updated · based on 336 use cases on agentsetups, each credited to its author.

1. Get daily briefings and follow-ups from WeChat

A local-first WeChat intelligence hub: read-only CLI, Codex skills, searchable history, daily briefings.

  1. Install the hub (read-only CLI).
  2. Use the Codex skills to search history.
  3. Get daily briefings, follow-ups and opportunity tracking.

Codex · tools: WeChat · by Rion-Wu-tech (GitHub, 4 Sep 2026) · source

2. Set up a sourced daily brief in Hermes Agent

A paste-in prompt: Hermes asks for 3–5 topics and a time, shows a sample brief with a link per line, then schedules a cron job.

  1. Paste the prompt into a fresh Hermes chat. Rules: a source on every line, follow my topics exactly, create nothing until I say yes.
  2. It asks for three to five topics, then when and where the brief should arrive.
  3. It searches each topic once and shows a sample brief: one line per finding, link at the end, max ten lines.
  4. It shows the exact scheduled job (name, schedule, prompt, delivery) and waits for yes.
  5. After yes it creates the job with its cron tool and tells you how to list and remove it.

Hermes Agent · tools: cron · by witcheer (X post, 18 Sep 2026) · source

3. Run daily routines in Claude without writing code

A 10 a.m. analytics check, a Mon/Wed/Fri drafts file and an HN digest, set up in plain English.

  1. Create a 10 a.m. routine that checks your numbers so you don’t spend hours analysing.
  2. Add a Mon/Wed/Fri routine that maintains a file of future post ideas.
  3. Add a scheduled task that digests Hacker News for you.
  4. Note: local routines need your computer awake and online.

Claude · tools: Claude Code routines, scheduled tasks · by Eugeniya Ivanova (DEV post, 18 Sep 2026) · source

4. Morning brief: read Outlook, Teams and Slack, draft replies

Overnight Claude Code keeps only what needs you and drafts every reply in your voice; nothing sends without approval.

  1. Overnight, read Outlook, Teams and Slack.
  2. Keep only what needs me.
  3. Draft every reply in my voice.
  4. Approved drafts land in my drafts folder. Nothing is sent without me.

Claude · tools: Outlook, Teams, Slack · by Gabriel Rosinol (Bielrv) (X post, 29 Sep 2026) · source

5. Get a Codex daily brief with Things 3 todos

A custom Things 3 MCP app loads in Claude or Codex; a scheduled morning brief checks email and suggests todos.

  1. Build an MCP (with an MCP app UI) for your todo app, here Things 3.
  2. Schedule a morning daily brief in which Codex checks all your emails.
  3. Review the suggested todos in the conversation and add them.

Claude, Codex · tools: Things 3, MCP · by Martin Merschroth (X post, 19 Sep 2026) · source

6. Print your kids a morning newspaper with Grok Bot

A Grok Bot auto-prints a 6am paper: school and sports news, weather with what to wear, the schedule, a comic and a riddle.

  1. Build a Grok Bot that compiles school & sports news, weather (with what to wear), the day’s schedule, a comic, a riddle and an animal-battle bit.
  2. Have it print automatically each morning at 6am.
  3. Optional: publish it as a template on the Grok Bot marketplace.

Grok Bot · by Tommy Keeley (X post, 10 Sep 2026) · source

7. Get a printed personal morning paper from Grok Bot

Users have Grok Bot research and print a daily paper (appointments, weather, chosen headlines) or a commute audio brief.

  1. Tell Grok Bot what to include: your appointments, the weather, the headlines you care about.
  2. Have it research and write it every morning.
  3. Have it print it (or deliver audio for your commute).

Grok Bot · by Michael Lee (X post, 7 Oct 2026) · source

8. Give your Hermes morning digest a voice

Hermes’ cron jobs dropped a text digest he scrolled past; adding a voice so it talks to you took about 5 minutes.

  1. Keep the Hermes cron jobs that build the morning digest.
  2. Add a voice output so it speaks the digest.

Hermes Agent · tools: cron · by AI Music Tools (X post, 14 Sep 2026) · source

9. Have Perplexity Computer triage inbox and Slack at 8:45

Set Perplexity Computer to check inbox + Slack each morning at 8:45 and summarise only what actually needs you.

  1. Schedule Perplexity Computer for 8:45 every morning.
  2. Have it check your inbox and Slack.
  3. Ask for a summary of only what needs you; ignore the rest.

Perplexity Computer · tools: Slack · by suzzie (X post, 30 Sep 2026) · source

Questions people ask

Which AI agent is best for automating a daily briefing?

In the 9 setups here, the agents named are Claude (3), Codex (2), Hermes Agent (2), Grok Bot (2), Perplexity Computer (1). That is what people used, not a quality ranking.

What do I need to automate a daily briefing with an AI agent?

An agent (Claude, Codex, Hermes Agent are the most common here) and, in these sources, tools such as cron, Slack. Each setup lists only the tools its source states.

Is there a prompt I can copy?

Yes. Every use-case page has a copyable prompt with the steps embedded and a “Based on” credit line, for example Set up a sourced daily brief in Hermes Agent.

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