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This skill digest newsletters by summarizing content, extracting key insights, and building prioritized reading lists tailored to your interests.

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---
name: newsletter-digest
description: Summarize newsletters and articles, extract key insights, create reading lists
author: clawd-team
version: 1.0.0
triggers:
  - "summarize newsletter"
  - "digest emails"
  - "article summary"
  - "reading list"
  - "what should I read"
---

# Newsletter Digest

Tame your inbox. Get AI summaries of newsletters and articles so you read what matters.

## What it does

Processes forwarded newsletters and linked articles, extracts key insights, creates prioritized reading lists, and learns your interests over time. Never miss important content, never drown in noise.

## Usage

**Summarize content:**
```
"Summarize this newsletter" [forward/paste]
"Digest https://article-url.com"
"What's important in my newsletters today?"
```

**Build reading lists:**
```
"Add to reading list: [url]"
"What's on my reading list?"
"Clear completed reads"
```

**Get insights:**
```
"Key takeaways from tech newsletters this week"
"Trending topics across my subscriptions"
"Compare viewpoints on [topic]"
```

**Manage preferences:**
```
"I'm interested in AI, fintech, productivity"
"Skip newsletters about marketing"
"Prioritize Stratechery"
```

## Features

- **Smart summaries**: Key points, not just shortened text
- **Topic extraction**: Tags and categorizes automatically
- **Cross-reference**: Finds related content across sources
- **Save for later**: Queue articles for focused reading time

## Tips

- Forward newsletters to Clawd for processing
- Say "brief" for 2-sentence summaries, "detailed" for deep analysis
- Ask "what did I miss this week?" for catch-up digest
- Works with any text content—not just newsletters

Overview

This skill digests newsletters and articles into concise, actionable summaries and prioritized reading lists. It extracts key insights, tags topics automatically, and adapts to your preferences so you see more of what matters. Use it to reduce inbox overload and focus reading time on high-value content.

How this skill works

Forward or paste newsletter text or provide article URLs and the skill fetches content, removes boilerplate, and generates smart summaries that highlight main claims, evidence, and implications. It tags topics, cross-references related items across your corpus, and maintains a prioritized reading queue you can manage with simple commands.

When to use it

When your inbox contains multiple newsletters and you need the main takeaways fast
Before meetings or research to get quick context from several articles
To build a prioritized reading list for focused study sessions
When you want trend or topic summaries across a week or month of subscriptions
To compare viewpoints on a specific topic across different sources

Best practices

Forward newsletters directly or paste full article text for highest-quality summaries
Specify summary length: 'brief' for 2-sentence highlights or 'detailed' for in-depth analysis
Set and update interest tags (e.g., AI, fintech) so prioritization improves over time
Use the reading queue to mark items as 'saved', 'in-progress', or 'done' to keep lists clean
Ask for cross-references to surface related coverage and avoid duplicate reading

Example use cases

Daily morning digest that lists top 5 takeaways from all your newsletter subscriptions
Create a reading list of long-form pieces to save for a focused weekend session
Weekly trend report summarizing signals and repeated themes across tech newsletters
Compare how three outlets cover a policy change and extract consensus and disagreements
Filter out topics you don’t want and prioritize authors or publications you trust

FAQ

Can it process links and full newsletter forwards?

Yes. It accepts forwarded newsletter text and article URLs; for links it fetches and extracts the main content before summarizing.

How do I control summary length and detail?

Use simple modifiers like 'brief' for short highlights or 'detailed' for full analysis. You can also request bullet points, action items, or a TL;DR.