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This guide walks through building a recurring market briefing, a scheduled task that runs every morning and delivers a market read before you start your day. It is the single most popular scheduled task and a good first one to build. The concept behind this is Scheduled Tasks, and the Skill it runs is usually Market Pulse.

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When to use this

  • You want a consistent market read every morning
  • You track a watchlist and want overnight changes summarized
  • You want the briefing waiting for you instead of building it yourself

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Step 1: Write the briefing prompt

A scheduled task is just a prompt that runs on a schedule. Start by writing the prompt as if you were asking it live, then add the scheduling details: 
Every weekday at 8 AM New York time, scan my watchlist and send a pre-market briefing. Include major news, price moves, earnings events, and risks to watch today.

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Step 2: Specify the six elements

A complete scheduled task includes:
  • Frequency — “every weekday”
  • Time zone — “8 AM New York time” (always anchor the zone)
  • Universe — “my watchlist” (or name specific tickers/markets)
  • Output format — “a briefing with major news, price moves, earnings, risks”
  • Delivery channel — where it should arrive (web, Telegram)
  • Thresholds — what to emphasize or flag
The more of these you specify, the more useful and less noisy the output.

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Step 3: Choose where it arrives

For a morning briefing you read on your phone, route it to Telegram: 
Deliver the briefing to Telegram each morning.
For a briefing you want to inspect closely with files, keep it in the web app.

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Step 4: Tune it after a few runs

Let it run for a few days, then adjust. If it is too broad, narrow the universe or tighten the format: 
Make the briefing shorter: top 5 things only, ranked by importance, one line each.
If it is missing something, add it: 
Also include any unusual options activity on my watchlist names.

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Example variations

A focused, scannable version: 
Every weekday at 7:30 AM New York time, give me a 5-bullet pre-market briefing on my watchlist: biggest move, key news, any earnings today, one risk to watch, and one opportunity. Deliver to Telegram.
A market-wide version: 
Every trading day at 8 AM, summarize the overnight market action: index moves, notable sector moves, the main news driving them, and what to watch at the open.

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Common mistakes

  • No time zone. “8 AM” is ambiguous. Always anchor it.
  • Too broad. A briefing covering everything covers nothing well. Scope it to your watchlist or market.
  • Set and forget. Review the first few runs and tune. The best briefings are iterated, not written once.