Automated Company News Summary Report
Automatically gathers the latest news about a specified company, uses AI to create a concise summary, and emails a formatted report to a recipient.
This automation streamlines the process of staying informed about a company's recent activities. Here’s how it works:
- News Search: It begins by performing a targeted web search for recent news articles about the company you specify, focusing on a list of reputable sources within a defined time period (e.g., the last 7 days).
- AI Summarization: The content of the top articles is then passed to an AI model. The AI synthesizes the information into a single, cohesive summary, focusing on key developments and business implications rather than just recapping each article.
- Email Report: Finally, the automation compiles the AI-generated summary and a list of the source articles into a professionally formatted HTML email. It sends this report to your specified email address using a connected Gmail account.
This process provides a quick and comprehensive overview of important company news, delivered directly to your inbox.
Usage Ideas
- Competitive Intelligence: Automatically track your competitors' news, product launches, and strategic shifts.
- Investment Tracking: Monitor news for companies in your investment portfolio or on your watchlist to stay ahead of market-moving events.
- Sales & Business Development: Prepare for client meetings by getting a quick summary of their recent company news and activities.
- Public Relations: Keep an eye on your own company's media coverage and public perception.
- Executive Briefings: Create a daily or weekly news digest for leadership on key industry players and trends.
Customization Ideas
You can easily tailor this automation to fit your specific monitoring needs. The Agent Builder Assistant can help you make several customizations:
- Change the Email Service: While it defaults to using Gmail, you can switch to another email provider or even send the summary to a messaging app like Slack.
- Refine the AI Summary: You have full control over the AI's instructions. You can ask it to adopt a different tone (e.g., more casual or strictly financial), focus on specific topics (like product launches or executive changes), or change the length and format of the summary.
- Adjust News Sources: You can provide your own list of preferred news websites or publications to ensure the search is focused on sources that are most relevant to you.
- Customize the Email's Look: The design of the final email report can be modified. You can change the colors, add your company's logo, or alter the layout to match your brand.
- Control the Scope: You can easily change the number of articles to include in the summary and how many days back the news search should cover.
Agent Inputs
Required Parameters
Name | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|
companyName | string | None |
The company name to search news for | ||
recipientEmail | string | None |
Email address where the news summary will be sent | ||
Optional Parameters
Name | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|
maxArticles | number | 5 |
Maximum number of news articles to include (1-10) | ||
maxSummaryWords | number | 500 |
Maximum word count for the AI summary | ||
timePeriodDays | number | 7 |
How many days back to search for news | ||
