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+# Custom Morning Brief
+
+You wake up and spend the first 30 minutes of your day catching up — scrolling news, checking your calendar, reviewing your to-do list, trying to figure out what matters today. What if all of that was already done and waiting for you as a text message?
+
+This workflow has OpenClaw send you a fully customized morning briefing every day at a scheduled time, covering news, tasks, ideas, and proactive recommendations.
+
+## What It Does
+
+- Sends a structured morning report to Telegram, Discord, or iMessage at the same time every day (e.g., 8:00 AM)
+- Researches overnight news relevant to your interests by browsing the web
+- Reviews your to-do list and surfaces tasks for the day
+- Generates creative output (full scripts, email drafts, business proposals — not just ideas) while you sleep
+- Recommends tasks the AI can complete autonomously to help you that day
+
+## Pain Point
+
+You're spending your most productive morning hours just getting oriented. Meanwhile, your AI agent sits idle all night. The morning brief turns idle overnight hours into productive prep time — you wake up to work already done.
+
+## Skills You Need
+
+- Telegram, Discord, or iMessage integration
+- Todoist / Apple Reminders / Asana integration (whichever you use for tasks)
+- [x-research-v2](https://clawhub.ai) for social media trend research (optional)
+
+## How to Set It Up
+
+1. Connect OpenClaw to your messaging platform and task manager.
+
+2. Prompt OpenClaw:
+```text
+I want to set up a regular morning brief. Every morning at 8:00 AM,
+send me a report through Telegram.
+
+I want this report to include:
+1. News stories relevant to my interests (AI, startups, tech)
+2. Ideas for content I can create today
+3. Tasks I need to complete today (pull from my to-do list)
+4. Recommendations for tasks you can complete for me today
+
+For the content ideas, write full draft scripts/outlines — not just titles.
+```
+
+3. OpenClaw will schedule this automatically. Verify it's working by checking your messages the next morning.
+
+4. Customize over time — just text your bot:
+```text
+Add weather forecast to my morning brief.
+Stop including general news, focus only on AI.
+Include a motivational quote each morning.
+```
+
+5. If you can't think of what to include, you don't have to — just say:
+```text
+I want this report to include things relevant to me.
+Think of what would be most helpful to put in this report.
+```
+
+## Key Insights
+
+- The AI-recommended tasks section is the most powerful part — it has the agent proactively think of ways to help you, rather than waiting for instructions.
+- You can customize the brief just by texting. Say "Add stock prices to my morning brief" and it updates.
+- Full drafts (not just ideas) are the key to saving time. Wake up to scripts, not suggestions.
+- It doesn't matter what industry you're in — a morning brief with tasks, news, and proactive suggestions is universally useful.
+
+## Based On
+
+Inspired by [Alex Finn's video on life-changing OpenClaw use cases](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41_TNGDDnfQ).