Commune

Morning Briefing

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Daily email summarizing calendar, weather, and personalized insights. Runs via Forgejo Actions cron at configurable times (5am PT for work days, 8am PT for off-days).

What It Does

Core sections:

  • Calendar summary (today + upcoming events)
  • Weather forecast (current conditions + 3-day outlook)
  • Contextual insights based on calendar data

Sunday special: Includes Weekly Listening Digest with genre charts, album art, and discovery recommendations from Last.fm data.

Architecture

graph LR
    A[Forgejo Cron] --> B[briefing.py]
    B --> C[CalDAV API]
    B --> D[Weather API]
    B --> E[Last.fm API]
    C --> F[Email Template]
    D --> F
    E --> F
    F --> G[SMTP Send]
    G --> H[Zoho Mail]

Repo: agent/morning-briefing (git.brads.house) Deploy: Forgejo Actions (not in commune/skills — this is Brad-specific)

Implementation

Scripts

  • briefing.py — main briefing generator
  • weekly_digest.py — Sunday listening summary
  • send.py — email utility (reusable)

Credentials

All via rbw:

  • Calendar: rbw get --raw "Calendar"
  • SMTP: rbw get --raw "Zoho Email for Clawd"
  • Last.fm: rbw get --field API_KEY "LastFM API Key"

CI Schedule

Two workflows:

  • work-day.yml — runs at 5am PT on Mon-Fri
  • off-day.yml — runs at 8am PT on Sat-Sun

Hold vs Confirmed: Work calendar distinguishes between “HOLD” (reserved, client has first refusal) and “CONFIRMED” (committed shoot day). Only CONFIRMED counts as a work day in morning briefing logic.

Email Format

Plain HTML with inline CSS (Gmail-compatible):

  • Clean typography (system fonts)
  • Responsive layout
  • Album art thumbnails (Last.fm digest)
  • Genre charts with emoji icons

Built on patterns from Concert Radar — both do multi-source data aggregation, credential management, and automated delivery.

The email utility (send.py) is generic enough to extract into commune/skills if other agents need SMTP sending.

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