Daily News Collection Workflow

Set up an efficient daily routine for collecting news with Capcat.

What You'll Learn

• Fetch from multiple sources at once
• Use bundles for organized collection
• Generate browsable HTML versions
• Establish a daily routine

The Morning Routine

Option 1: Quick Tech News

Collect 20 articles from tech sources:

./capcat bundle tech --count 20 --html

This fetches from:

• IEEE Spectrum
• Mashable
• Gizmodo

Result: Organized folders with articles and HTML for browser reading.

Option 2: Professional Developer News

Get deeper technical content:

./capcat bundle techpro --count 15 --html

This fetches from:

• Hacker News (with comments)
• Lobsters
• InfoQ

Option 3: Mixed News Diet

Get everything:

./capcat bundle news --count 10
./capcat bundle tech --count 15
./capcat bundle science --count 10

The Evening Routine

Catch Up on Saved Articles

Check your saved articles:

cd ../News/news_$(date +%d-%m-%Y)
ls -la

Open the HTML index (if you used --html):

open Hacker_News_DD-MM-YYYY/index.html

Add Interesting Single Articles

Found something interesting during the day?

./capcat single https://interesting-article.com/story --html

Saved in ../Capcats/ for quick access.

Weekly Deep Dive

Saturday Research Collection

Collect more articles for weekend reading:

./capcat bundle science --count 30 --html --media
./capcat bundle ai --count 25 --html

The --media flag downloads videos and PDFs for offline reading.

Custom Daily Bundle

Create Your Personal Bundle

Edit your bundle configuration:

vim sources/active/bundles.yml

Add your custom bundle:

daily:
  description: "My daily news bundle"
  sources:
    - hn
    - bbc
    - nature
    - mitnews
  default_count: 15

Use it:

./capcat bundle daily --html

Automation with Cron

Set Up Daily Auto-Collection

Edit crontab:

crontab -e

Add morning collection (8 AM):

0 8 * * * cd /path/to/Capcat/Application && ./capcat bundle tech --count 20 --html >> ~/capcat.log 2>&1

Add evening collection (6 PM):

0 18 * * * cd /path/to/Capcat/Application && ./capcat bundle news --count 15 --html >> ~/capcat.log 2>&1

Check your log:

tail -f ~/capcat.log

Pro Tips

Save Time:

• Use --html flag for browser reading
• Skip --html for Markdown-only (faster)
• Use smaller counts for daily (10-20), larger for weekly (30-50)

Stay Organized:

• Articles auto-organize by date
• Each source gets its own folder
• HTML indexes make browsing easy

Don't Miss Content:

• Bundle 'all' sources: ./capcat bundle all --count 10
• Test new sources: ./capcat fetch newsource --count 3
• Check source health: ./capcat list sources

Example Daily Script

Create daily-news.sh:

#!/bin/bash
# Daily news collection script

DATE=$(date +%d-%m-%Y)
LOG="$HOME/capcat-$DATE.log"

echo "Collecting news for $DATE..." | tee -a "$LOG"

# Morning tech news
./capcat bundle tech --count 20 --html >> "$LOG" 2>&1

# General news
./capcat bundle news --count 15 --html >> "$LOG" 2>&1

# AI updates
./capcat bundle ai --count 10 --html >> "$LOG" 2>&1

echo "Collection complete!" | tee -a "$LOG"

Make executable and run:

chmod +x daily-news.sh
./daily-news.sh

Next Steps

Customize further:

• Managing Your Sources - Add/remove sources
• Bundles - Create custom bundles
• Customizing Output - Configure output formats

Technical details:

• CLI Commands Comprehensive - All command options
• Configuration Comprehensive - System settings

Quick Reference

# Morning routine
./capcat bundle tech --count 20 --html

# Evening catch-up
./capcat bundle news --count 15

# Weekend deep dive
./capcat bundle science --count 30 --html --media

# Check what's available
./capcat list bundles

# Custom bundle
./capcat bundle mybundle --count 25