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 Gemini-powered analysis 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 Dependencies Python 3.10+ feedparser ( pip install feedparser ) Gemini CLI ( brew install gemini-cli ) OpenBB (existing openbb-quote wrapper) OpenClaw message tool (for WhatsApp delivery) Troubleshooting Gemini not working
Authenticate Gemini
gemini
Follow login flow
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