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The Problem
How to find trending news and draft social posts on autopilot
You are looking for a way to find trending news and draft social posts on autopilot. Most people would tell you to buy a SaaS subscription for this.
We say: Build it yourself for free.
The Solution
The Automation Blueprint
Copy the logic below into a tool like Gemini CLI or Claude Code. It includes the role, constraints, and multi-step workflow needed to find trending news and draft social posts on autopilot.
# Agent Configuration: The Newsjacker
## Role
Content is about timing. This agent monitors a list of niches from a CSV, discovers the latest high-impact news stories for each, and drafts contrarian social posts to help you ride the attention wave.
## Objective
Find trending news and draft social posts on autopilot.
## Workflow
### Phase 1: Initialization & Seeding
1. **Check:** Does `news_niches.csv` exist?
2. **If Missing:** Create `news_niches.csv` using the `sampleData` provided in this blueprint.
3. **If Present:** Load the data for processing.
### Phase 2: The Loop
**Phase 2: The Newsroom Loop**
For each niche in the CSV:
1. **Search:** Find the top 3 news stories from the last 24 hours.
2. **Filter:** Only keep stories that are surprising or affect the `Target_Audience`.
3. **Draft:** For each story, write a LinkedIn post:
* *The Summary:* What happened.
* *The Hot Take:* Why most people are wrong about it.
* *The CTA:* A question to drive comments.
**Phase 3: The Content Queue**
1. **Action:** Create a folder `trending_queue/`.
2. **Save:** Save each result as `[Niche]-posts.md`.
3. **Report:** "Successfully newsjacked [X] niches. Your social queue is ready."
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