Finance News & Portfolio Tracker
Financial news aggregation, portfolio tracking, and market alert skill for OpenClaw agents. Covers briefings, portfolio monitoring, and Lobster workflow integration with Docker support.
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Finance News Skill for OpenClaw
AI-powered market news briefings with configurable language output and automated delivery.
Features
- Multi-source aggregation: Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Tagesschau, Handelsblatt
- Global markets: US (S&P, Dow, NASDAQ), Europe (DAX, STOXX, FTSE), Japan (Nikkei)
- AI summaries: LLM-powered analysis in German or English
- Automated briefings: Morning (market open) and evening (market close)
- WhatsApp/Telegram delivery: Send briefings via openclaw
- Portfolio tracking: Personalized news for your stocks with price alerts
- Lobster workflows: Approval gates before sending
Quick Start
Docker (Recommended)
# Build the Docker image
docker build -t finance-news-briefing .
# Generate a briefing
docker run --rm -e KIMI_API_KEY -v "$PWD/config:/app/config:ro" \
finance-news-briefing python3 scripts/briefing.py \
--time morning --lang de --json --fast
Lobster Workflow
# Set required environment variables
export FINANCE_NEWS_TARGET="[email protected]" # WhatsApp JID or Telegram chat ID
export FINANCE_NEWS_CHANNEL="whatsapp" # or "telegram"
# Run workflow (halts for approval before sending)
lobster run workflows/briefing.yaml --args-json '{"time":"morning","lang":"de"}'
CLI (Legacy)
# Generate a briefing
finance-news briefing --morning --lang de
# Use fast mode + deadline (recommended)
finance-news briefing --morning --lang de --fast --deadline 300
Environment Variables
| Variable | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
FINANCE_NEWS_TARGET | Delivery target (WhatsApp JID, group name, or Telegram chat ID) | Required |
FINANCE_NEWS_CHANNEL | Delivery channel | whatsapp or telegram |
KIMI_API_KEY | Enables direct Kimi briefing generation inside Docker | sk-kimi-... |
SKILL_DIR | Path to skill directory (for Lobster) | $HOME/projects/finance-news-openclaw-skill |
Installation
Option 1: Docker (Recommended)
git clone https://github.com/kesslerio/finance-news-openclaw-skill.git
cd finance-news-openclaw-skill
docker build -t finance-news-briefing .
Option 2: Native Python
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/kesslerio/finance-news-openclaw-skill.git \
~/openclaw/skills/finance-news
# Create virtual environment
cd ~/openclaw/skills/finance-news
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
# Create CLI symlink
ln -sf ~/openclaw/skills/finance-news/scripts/finance-news ~/.local/bin/finance-news
Configuration
Configuration is stored in config/config.json:
- RSS Feeds: Enable/disable news sources per region
- Markets: Choose which indices to track
- Delivery: WhatsApp/Telegram settings
- Language: German (
de) or English (en) output - Schedule: Cron times for morning/evening briefings
- LLM: Model order preference for headlines, summaries, translations
Run the setup wizard for interactive configuration:
finance-news setup
Lobster Workflow
The skill includes a Lobster workflow (workflows/briefing.yaml) that:
- Generates briefing via Docker
- Translates portfolio headlines (German only, via openclaw)
- Halts for approval (shows preview)
- Sends macro briefing to channel
- Sends portfolio briefing to channel
Workflow Arguments
| Arg | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
time | morning | Briefing type: morning or evening |
lang | de | Language: en or de |
channel | env var | whatsapp or telegram |
target | env var | Group JID/name or chat ID |
fast | false | Use fast mode (shorter timeouts) |
Portfolio
Manage your stock watchlist in config/portfolio.csv:
finance-news portfolio-list # View portfolio
finance-news portfolio-add NVDA # Add stock
finance-news portfolio-remove TSLA # Remove stock
finance-news portfolio-import stocks.csv # Import from CSV
Portfolio briefings show:
- Top gainers and losers from your holdings
- Relevant news articles with translations
- Shortened hyperlinks for easy access
Dependencies
- Python 3.10+
- Docker (recommended)
- openclaw CLI (for message delivery and LLM)
- Lobster (for workflow automation)
Optional
- OpenBB (
openbb-quote) for enhanced market data
License
Apache 2.0 - See LICENSE file for details.
Related Skills
- task-tracker: Personal task management with daily standups
// HOW IT'S BUILT
TECHNOLOGY STACK
This skill is built with Docker, Python., with containerization support, and includes automated tests.
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