AI News Automation Bot
Muhammad Talha
📰 Ai-News-Automation-Bot
A Python-based automation tool that fetches the latest AI news twice daily, summarizes it using the Perplexity API, rates it for small business relevance, and stores the results in Google Sheets.
📌 Features
✅ Scrapes AI news from top tech sites:
🧠 Uses OPEN AI API for smart, concise summaries
🔍 Rates each news item (1–10) for small business relevance
🗓️ Automatically runs twice daily (via cron-job.org)
📊 Saves news data to Google Sheets with:
Date
Title
Summary
URL
Relevance rating
🛠 Built with Python + CrewAI + Flask, ready to deploy on Render or Replit
⚙️ Tech Stack
Python 3.10+
Crew Ai
Flask (lightweight backend)
Open AI API for AI-powered summarization
Google Sheets API for data storage
BeautifulSoup + requests for scraping
Cron-job.org or GCP Cloud Scheduler for scheduling
🧪 How It Works
Scrape: Gets latest articles from the web
Summarize: Calls Perplexity API with article link or content
Rate: Adds a 1–10 rating based on relevance to small businesses
Save: Uploads to Google Sheets
📄 Deployment Options
🔸 Render: Serverless deployment with CRON setup
🔸 Replit + cron-job.org:
🔐 All secrets handled via environment variables and secure base64-encoded credentials
✅ To-Do / Future Enhancements
Add Telegram/Slack notifications
Dashboard to browse recent summaries
More granular rating using sentiment/keywords
UI for non-dev users
🙋♂️ Author
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Posted Jul 22, 2025
Automated AI news summaries with Python, Open AI API, and Google Sheets.
