SKILL · NEWSLETTERS

Newsletter digest

By Nick Basile

I subscribe to about a dozen newsletters. I was either skimming all of them badly or ignoring most of them entirely. This skill reads them for me and tells me what's worth paying attention to.

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OVERVIEW

What it does

A daily briefing from your own reading list

Newsletter Digest connects to Gmail through Claude Cowork's MCP integration and grabs every newsletter that arrived in the last 24 hours. It reads all of them, finds the threads that run across sources, and compiles a digest.

You get the big themes, a few highlights per newsletter, and any links that are actually worth your time. The output goes straight to the conversation — copy it wherever you want.

It works with any newsletters in your Gmail inbox. No configuration needed — it detects newsletter-style emails automatically.

WORKFLOW

How it works

How it works

Three steps from inbox to insight.

1

Fetch newsletters

Connects to Gmail via MCP and grabs every newsletter from the last 24 hours. Skips receipts, promos, and transactional emails.

2

Read and analyze

Reads each newsletter's full content. Identifies themes across sources and pulls out the key takeaways.

3

Compile digest

Outputs a structured digest: 3-5 top themes, highlights per newsletter, action items, and links worth opening.

PREREQUISITES

What you need

What you need

  • Claude — Available via the Cowork desktop or web app, or the CLI.
  • Gmail MCP — Connected via Claude Cowork for reading newsletter emails.

EXAMPLE

Sample output

Example output

A typical daily digest looks like this: 

# Newsletter Digest — 2026-04-06

## Top Themes
1. **AI agents are moving from demos to production** — multiple newsletters covered real deployments
2. **Context windows matter less than context management** — focus shifting to RAG and retrieval
3. **Developer tooling consolidation** — VS Code, Cursor, and Claude Cowork converging on similar patterns

## Newsletter Highlights

### The Batch (Andrew Ng)
- New benchmark shows agent frameworks struggling with multi-step reasoning
- Practical guide to fine-tuning for domain-specific tasks

### TLDR AI
- Claude 4 benchmarks show significant gains in code generation
- Open-source model releases accelerating

## Action Items
- [ ] Read the context engineering guide — practical framework worth trying
- [ ] Test new Claude Cowork MCP server for database queries

## Links Worth Reading
- [Context Engineering Guide](https://example.com) — practical framework for RAG pipelines
- [Agent Benchmark Results](https://example.com) — where current frameworks fall short

INSTALL

Get started

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FAQ

Common questions

Which newsletters does it pick up?

Anything in your Gmail inbox from the last 24 hours that looks like a newsletter. It uses sender patterns and email structure to filter — you don't need to configure a list.

Can I change the digest format?

The output format is defined in the skill's markdown file. You can edit the summary structure, change how many highlights per source, or add your own sections.

Does it work with email providers other than Gmail?

Right now it uses the Gmail MCP integration. If your email provider has an MCP server, you could swap it in — the rest of the skill doesn't depend on Gmail specifically.

Where does the output go?

Straight to the conversation. It doesn't write files or modify anything on your system. Copy the digest wherever you want — notes app, journal, Slack, wherever.

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