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Scheduling Daily News Summary Automations with Claude Cowork Scheduled Tasks

A quick way to automatically generate daily news briefs using AI agents. See how Claude Cowork leverages web search tools and your personal context to find news, and learn how to schedule these tasks to run every morning.

Learning Timeline
Key Insights

The Power of Project Context

You don't need to upload files repeatedly. Claude Cowork uses 'memories' within a Project to automatically understand your interests before performing a web search.

Source Accuracy Tips

Use the 'mandatory sources' section in the task settings to ensure the AI checks specific trusted news websites every morning without fail.
Prompts

Personal News Brief Prompt

Target: Claude Cowork
Create a personalized news brief for me.
Step by Step

How to Schedule a Daily News Brief Automation

  1. Open Claude Cowork and ensure you are in a 'Project' that already contains your profile or 'memories'.
  2. Type your news brief request prompt into the chat input box.
  3. Let the AI perform 'web search' and 'remote control browser' tasks to find the latest global and AI news relevant to your context.
  4. Once the first result is generated, navigate to the top of the chat window and click the small dropdown arrow icon.
  5. Select the 'Schedule' option from the dropdown menu.
  6. Enter additional details if necessary, or press Enter to set the time.
  7. Set the schedule frequency in the configuration window, for example, select 'Every weekday at 8 a.m.'.
  8. Click the 'Create a schedule task' confirmation button to activate the automation.
  9. For more accurate results, click the 'Edit' button on the scheduled task and add specific URLs or news portals in the 'sources' section.

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