# Send a daily news brief to Slack

**Use case:** 

Run this on a daily schedule and put your Slack incoming webhook URL in the Webhook URL field after you copy the task. Every morning the markdown report lands in the channel: executive summary, top headlines, themes and anomalies for the question you set. One run per day, under a dollar on a free account.

## Input

```json
{
  "userQuery": "What are the most important developments in the semiconductor industry in the last 24 hours?",
  "outputMode": "brief",
  "enableRss": true,
  "enableReddit": false,
  "enableTwitter": false,
  "enableWikipedia": false,
  "claudeModel": "claude-sonnet-5-5",
  "customModel": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5",
  "outputLanguage": "English",
  "sourceMode": "auto",
  "manualSources": [],
  "excludeSources": [],
  "tags": [],
  "countries": [],
  "translateToEnglish": true,
  "timeWindow": "last_24h",
  "depth": "shallow",
  "maxArticles": 15,
  "bypassPaywalls": true,
  "maxClaudeCost": 5,
  "analysisFeatures": {
    "keywordExtraction": true,
    "impactScoring": true,
    "sentimentAnalysis": true,
    "entityExtraction": true,
    "quoteExtraction": true,
    "themeClustering": true,
    "anomalyDetection": true
  },
  "debugMode": false,
  "debugLog": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "userQuery": {
    "label": "User query",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "generatedAt": {
    "label": "Generated at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "executiveSummary": {
    "label": "Executive summary",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The AI News Research Agent | Cited Briefs, No API Key Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Send a daily news brief to Slack". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/wqJ1aoBLJAUGCAcjI) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Send a daily news brief to Slack" task

The AI News Research Agent | Cited Briefs, No API Key Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like your question, what you want back, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Send a daily news brief to Slack" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as user query, generated at, and executive summary.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Send a daily news brief to Slack" task via API](https://apify.com/kay_abraham/news-intelligence-agent.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [AI News Research Agent | Cited Briefs, No API Key](https://apify.com/kay_abraham/news-intelligence-agent.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/kay_abraham/news-intelligence-agent.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/kay_abraham/news-intelligence-agent.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).