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Compose a short briefing from several sources at once — headlines, tracked topics, and the user's own open items — as one digest instead of separate answers. Use when the user asks for a briefing, a digest, a rundown, or "what do I need to know today".

Overview

Publisheramd
Repositorygaia
Skill namedaily-brief
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Instructions only
LicenseMIT
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  • Markdown instructions

    A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.

  • Works with any LLM

    AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.

  • Self-contained

    Everything the model needs lives in the instructions — no extra files to sync.

  • Open source

    Published by amd on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Daily Brief AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

1

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

  1. Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
  2. Choose "Install from GitHub".
  3. Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
    https://github.com/amd/gaia/tree/main/hub/skills/daily-brief
  4. Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.
Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.
2

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/amd/gaia.git /tmp/gaia
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/gaia/hub/skills/daily-brief .claude/skills/daily-brief
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Daily Brief in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Daily Brief on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Daily Brief is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

  • Loaded only when it is needed

    The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.

  • Switch models mid-chat

    Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

Daily Brief

The composition example: several independent sources collapsed into one thing worth reading. The hard part is not gathering — it is cutting.

Configure

The user picks the sections. A good default:

SectionSource
Headlinessearch_web on the user's 2–3 tracked topics
Tracked pagesfetch_page on specific URLs they follow
Their own itemsrecall of open commitments and reminders

Procedure

  1. Gather each section independently. Run the searches and fetches for every configured section before writing anything.
  2. Tolerate partial failure. If one source is unreachable, produce the brief without it and add a one-line "couldn't reach X" note. A brief that fails entirely because one feed was down is useless.
  3. Cut hard. Three items per section, maximum. If nothing in a section is worth reading, drop the section and say "nothing new" — do not pad.
  4. Write it in this shape:
    • One line up top — the single thing that matters most today.
    • Per section — up to three bullets, each one sentence, each with its link.
    • Your items — open commitments from memory, with dates.
    • Gaps — sources that failed, in one line.
  5. Keep it under 250 words. A brief that takes ten minutes to read is not a brief.

Honest limits

  • It is not delivered to you — you ask for it. The flagship version of this idea (arrives at 7am as a voice note on Telegram) needs two things GAIA does not have yet: gaia schedule add wired to run a skill directly (the flag exists but is rejected — see #1019), and Telegram voice-note support. Text-to-speech already exists as the text_to_speech agent tool. See the guide for what would unblock it.
  • Headlines come from search_web (DuckDuckGo), not a curated news API, so coverage is uneven. Say where a claim came from.
  • The "your items" section needs memory enabled; drop it silently if not.

Fork this

Swap the sections for your morning: a status page you fetch, a repo's releases page, and your own task list. The gather-tolerate-cut-write skeleton is the reusable part.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Daily Brief AI skill do?

Compose a short briefing from several sources at once — headlines, tracked topics, and the user's own open items — as one digest instead of separate answers. Use when the user asks for a briefing, a digest, a rundown, or "what do I need to know today".

Why use Daily Brief on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Daily Brief is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Daily Brief in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/amd/gaia/tree/main/hub/skills/daily-brief. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Daily Brief?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Daily Brief?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Daily Brief with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Daily Brief AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by amd under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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