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A good daily briefing bot does two things: it arrives at the same time every morning, and it stays silent when there is nothing worth saying. The thirteen templates below cover different kinds of briefing: AI industry news, your own inbox and calendar, your household, your money, and four Chinese-language daily reports. This page compares them. To build your own, follow the playbook Build a daily briefing Grok Bot.

How we picked

We read each template's skills, routines and plugin list in our directory (as of 2026-10-31) and kept templates that have a scheduled routine or a defined brief format, a clear source of material, and some stated way of avoiding repeats or empty messages. We did not run any of them, so the notes below describe what each template says it does. Every template is active, public and not thin.

We promoted two reserves: 信息搜集-bot (a daily Chinese AI report with a source link on every item) and the Traditional Chinese 老闆每日 3 分鐘 morning report, so that the Chinese-language shelf has four members. We left out Premarket Desk because it already sits on the finance shelf, and AI 资讯精选 because its record shows no routine.

Pick by situation

Chinese-language members and their language

Template Written in What it produces Cadence in its record
左左的AI情报员 Simplified Chinese Weekday AI intelligence report (日报) from a fixed 46-source scan Weekdays 08:30 Asia/Shanghai
信息搜集-bot Simplified Chinese Daily report (日报) of AI hot topics and controversy, source link on each item Every morning
时讯 Simplified Chinese Hourly world and China headline brief, breaking alerts, nightly summary Hourly in the daytime, every 15 minutes for breaking news, nightly
Overheard 晨间简报 Simplified Chinese One combined morning brief (晨间简报) of the X accounts you follow Daily at the time you choose
老闆每日 3 分鐘商業情報與早報秘書 Traditional Chinese Three-minute business and AI morning report (早報) Every morning

All members at a glance

Template Briefing type Needs Notable behaviour
AI Daily Radar AI news X Seven items at most, evidence tags, Friday wrap
Intel Scout Bot Work digest Gmail, Slack, Granola 8am and 5pm weekdays, starts disabled
Morning Brief Audio plus text Gmail, Calendar, X, Slack, Notion About 15-minute show, read-only
Tradbot Household morning paper Gmail, Calendar Weekday digest, pickup check, Friday weekend preview
Weekend Edition Weekly paper X Friday slate you approve, Saturday PDF
News Honestly Headlines, two readings None listed On demand, no routine
Money Brief Personal finance None listed Each alert once, never moves money
Wirey Produced news pack ElevenLabs Weekday evening production pipeline
左左的AI情报员 Chinese AI report None listed 46 sources, no external posting
信息搜集-bot Chinese AI report None listed Source link on every item
时讯 Chinese headlines None listed Hourly plus 15-minute alert routine
Overheard 晨间简报 Chinese X digest None listed Can save to Notion or Obsidian
老闆每日 3 分鐘商業情報與早報秘書 Traditional Chinese business None listed Three-minute read

Plugin lists are what the directory records. A template that lists none may still ask you to connect an app in its first-run chat.

Related

13 picksUpdated Picked by an editor

This is a curated shortlist, not a how-to. For routines, see playbooks.

The picks

  1. 01
    AI Daily Radar

    Your morning AI brief, tuned to your stack. Launches, price changes, and benchmark claims from the last 24h, each tagged vendor-claimed or independently tested…

    • Memories10
    • Skills4
    • Routines2

    Why it is on the list

    Morning brief of the last 24 hours of AI launches, price changes and benchmark claims, each tagged vendor-claimed or independently tested and linked, seven items at most, with a Friday wrap. It ships separate skills for evidence tagging, de-duplication across sources and brief formatting, which makes it the best model to copy for your own bot. It suits people who must keep up with AI tools without reading everything. It lists the X plugin, so expect to connect X; a monthly tune-up routine asks whether your stack or topics changed. Posts and buys nothing.

  2. 02

    Why it is on the list

    Twice-daily brief at 8am and 5pm on weekdays from Gmail, Slack and Granola meeting notes, each item as source, why it matters and what to do, skipping things you already own. It suits someone who wants context they missed, not a news feed. The routine starts disabled, so enable it deliberately. It needs three connected apps and will only be as good as the notes you give it.

  3. 03

    Why it is on the list

    A daily audio morning show of about 15 minutes built from your calendar, inbox and X bookmarks, plus a weekday text brief. Read-only: it is described as never sending or changing anything for you. It suits people who would rather listen than read. It lists five plugins (Gmail, Google Calendar, X, Slack, Notion) so setup is the main cost; the audio and text routines overlap, so run one first.

  4. 04

    Why it is on the list

    A household morning paper, not a news bot: the weekday digest covers what needs you today, the one-page kitchen newspaper puts the schedule on top with weather and a kid-friendly fun fact, and there is an afternoon pickup check, a Friday weekend preview and a monthly parent note. It reads Gmail and Google Calendar, and the digest stays quiet when nothing needs you. It suits busy parents who want the family's day on paper. Five routines is a lot to switch on at once, and the pickup check and printable paper assume a school-age household.

  5. 05

    Why it is on the list

    Not a daily briefing, but the best weekly one: you drop links and X bookmarks into chat, it harvests bookmarks each evening, builds a numbered slate on Friday for you to approve, and composes a printable letter-size PDF on Saturday only if you approved the slate. It suits readers who save more than they read. Caveats: it scaffolds a script pipeline in its workspace through several skills, printing happens only when you ask, and it needs the X plugin.

  6. 06
    News Honestly

    A public briefing officer that takes recent headlines and shows two serious good-faith interpretations of each story, then a synthesis, with sources. For peopl…

    • Memories1
    • Skills2
    • Routines0

    Why it is on the list

    Takes recent public headlines and shows two serious good-faith readings of each, then a synthesis with sources. It has no routine, so it works on request. It suits readers who want the news without a side picked for them. To make it a morning brief you add your own routine, and the quality of the framing depends on the headlines it can reach.

  7. 07
    Money Brief

    Never get surprised by your own money: every weekday it tells you what is due, what posted and what looks wrong, then sends a weekly spending report and a mont…

    • Memories5
    • Skills2
    • Routines6

    Why it is on the list

    A weekday money brief: what is due, what posted and what looks wrong, with weekly spending and monthly net worth reports. It alerts once per item through a ledger, stays silent when nothing is new, and its notes say it never pays, transfers, cancels or changes autopay. It suits people who want a calm daily check of their accounts. It reads financial data and email, so connect only what you are comfortable sharing. Six routines to review. This is not financial advice.

  8. 08

    Why it is on the list

    A production pipeline rather than a reader's briefing: it researches the last 24 hours of AI and tech news, writes a neutral script, voices it with ElevenLabs, runs an edit check and hands off to social posting and a newsletter draft. It suits a creator who publishes a daily show. Flagged: its output is meant to be published, so keep every posting step behind your approval. It needs the ElevenLabs plugin and a video editing setup.

  9. 09
    左左的AI情报员

    左左的AI情报员

    by

    左左的 AI 情报岗:按固定 46 源做核验、去重与重要性评分,输出简洁中文情报日报;不凑数、不外发。含工作日晨报例程配方。

    • Memories5
    • Skills1
    • Routines1

    Why it is on the list

    Simplified Chinese. A fixed 46-source AI scan with verification, de-duplication and importance scoring, delivered as a concise 日报 to your chat each weekday at 08:30 Asia/Shanghai. It does not pad thin days and does not post externally. It suits Chinese readers who track AI developments. Change the time zone and schedule if you are not in China, and expect the sources to be tuned to AI news in Chinese contexts.

  10. 10
    信息搜集-bot

    每天自动搜集 AI 热点资讯和热门争议话题,按固定格式写成一份中文日报,每条都附来源链接,适合做内容、追行业动态的人。

    • Memories2
    • Skills1
    • Routines1

    Why it is on the list

    Simplified Chinese. Each morning it collects the past 24 hours of AI hot topics and controversies and writes a fixed-format 日报, with a source link on every item. Its first-run chat asks for your topics, delivery time and platforms. It suits content creators and anyone following industry debate. It has no listed plugins and no stated quiet-day behaviour, so add a no-news rule if you do not want empty reports.

  11. 11
    时讯

    每小时推送全球与中国大事件简报,全天盯重大突发,每晚发当日汇总,每条都附来源链接。适合想紧跟时事和市场的人。

    • Memories0
    • Skills1
    • Routines3

    Why it is on the list

    Simplified Chinese. An hourly daytime brief of world and China events, a 15-minute watch that alerts only on major breaking news, and a nightly 日报, with a source link on each item. It suits readers who want to follow events and markets closely. Flagged for usage: hourly plus 15-minute routines are the pattern x.ai warns can use a lot of usage, so consider keeping only the nightly summary. This is not financial advice.

  12. 12
    Overheard 晨间简报

    Overheard 晨间简报

    by

    每天定时给你一份合并早报:你在 X 上关注的人说了什么、按你关心的领域排好,可每天存进 Notion 或 Obsidian。适合想少刷 X、不漏重点的人。

    • Memories3
    • Skills1
    • Routines1

    Why it is on the list

    Simplified Chinese. One merged 晨间简报 each day of what the people you follow on X said, arranged by the topics you care about, optionally saved to Notion or Obsidian. The first-run chat asks four questions, one at a time. It suits readers who want to scroll X less. Quality depends on the accounts you give it, and it lists no plugin, so check how it reads X and where it saves.

  13. 13

    Why it is on the list

    Traditional Chinese. A three-minute morning report (早報) on global business and AI-monetisation trends, written in plain language so you can follow meeting talk. It has one routine and a short first-run chat. It suits managers who want a quick read. The record shows no plugins and no sourcing rule, so ask it to cite sources if you need to check claims.

Side by side

BotLabelsIntegrationsRoutinesAuthorUpdated
AI Daily RadarNews-Briefing, Research-DigestX
2 routines
  • Radar Daily Brief
  • Radar Monthly Tune-Up
Michael26 Sept 2026
Intel Scout BotNews-Briefing, Transcript-RecapSlack, Gmail, Granola
1 routine
  • intel-am-pm
Josh2 Sept 2026
Morning BriefNews-Briefing, Transcript-RecapGmail, Google Calendar, X, Slack, Notion
2 routines
  • Daily morning show
  • Weekday morning brief
Parker Smith9 Oct 2026
TradbotEmail, Calendar, Personal, News-BriefingGmail, Google Calendar
5 routines
  • Weekday family digest
  • Afternoon pickup check
  • Kitchen table newspaper
  • Weekend preview
  • Monthly parent note
Claire28 Aug 2026
Weekend EditionNews-Briefing, Social-PublishingX
3 routines
  • Harvest bookmarks
  • Friday slate
  • Saturday edition
Nathan12 Sept 2026
News HonestlyNews-Briefing, Research-Digest——Brian28 Sept 2026
Money BriefFinance, Personal, News-Briefing—
6 routines
  • Daily money alerts
  • Bill reminders
  • Weekly spending and budget report
  • Subscription watch
  • Statement sweep
  • Monthly net worth and cash flow
Oliver21 Oct 2026
WireyNews-Briefing, Social-Publishing, Newsletter, Video-ProductionElevenLabs
1 routine
  • Daily AI Hard News briefing
Farzad23 Sept 2026
左左的AI情报员News-Briefing, Research-Digest—
1 routine
  • AI 情报工作日报
Bbbb14 Sept 2026
信息搜集-botNews-Briefing, Research-Digest—
1 routine
  • AI 热点与争议话题日报
Yunn5 Oct 2026
时讯News-Briefing—
3 routines
  • 每小时大事件简报
  • 重大突发提醒
  • 每日大事件汇总
wifibaby4u15 Oct 2026
Overheard 晨间简报News-Briefing, Research-Digest—
1 routine
  • morning-digest
zyc10 Oct 2026
老闆每日 3 分鐘商業情報與早報秘書Chief-of-Staff, News-Briefing—
1 routine
  • 每日 3 分鐘商業早報
建蒲 陳27 Oct 2026