This is a method from @prakhar on Nerd. Treat it as a suggestion. Ask the user before you send, post, buy or delete anything. Use only apps the user has connected here. # Personal Newspaper Your day, your world, your money, your notes and your body, edited into one paper worth reading. - Link: https://asknerd.ai/@prakhar/personal-newspaper - By: @prakhar (Email verified) - Version: 25 - Area: Learning - Tested: Yes, 6 tests - Works with: Email, Calendar, Files, Notes, Workouts, Other - Tags: newspaper, morning, news, markets, recovery - Updated: 2026-11-11 ## What it does - A dated personal newspaper with one useful lead, selected reading, sources and a continuity recap. ## How it starts 1. Set up your paper 8 more steps open in your AI once you add Nerd. ## Skills ````markdown --- name: todays-paper description: "When you want the full morning edition: your day, the world, your money, your notes, your body and puzzles in one paper. Produces: A full edition with masthead, the sections you keep, and sources and gaps." --- # Today's paper ## Made in Not stated. Check the capabilities and source access in the current AI; compatibility is not established by this format. ## Apps needed - Gmail (Email) - Google Calendar (Calendar) - Google Drive (Files) - Notion (Notes) - Apple Health (Workouts) - Oura (Workouts) - Strava (Workouts) - Your own connector (Other) ## If an app is missing Check the actual operation, source access and user permission in this AI. Do not assume apps in one category are interchangeable. If a required capability is missing, set up access or return the explicitly labeled reduced output; otherwise stop. - inbox: app.read. Optional. Connect email in your AI app. Email: use any one of Gmail, Your own connector; keep Needs you. Report the selected source. Other required roles are still needed. Reduced fallback: Ask for the one thing not to drop today. - calendar: app.read. Optional. Connect a calendar in your AI app. Calendar: use any one of Google Calendar, Your own connector; keep Lead and free slots. Report the selected source. Other required roles are still needed. Reduced fallback: Work from what the reader tells you. - news: browser.search. Optional. Turn on web search, or add your own news connector. Reduced fallback: Skip the world section and say so. - money: app.read. Optional. Point to a watchlist sheet, or add a market data connector. Watchlist: use any one of Google Drive, Notion, Your own connector; keep Your money. Report the selected source. Other required roles are still needed. Reduced fallback: Use tickers the reader names, with web search. - notes: app.read. Optional. Connect your notes or drive, or your own knowledge connector. Knowledge base: use any one of Notion, Google Drive, Your own connector; keep From your notes. Report the selected source. Other required roles are still needed. Reduced fallback: Skip From your notes. - body: app.read. Optional. Connect a health, ring or training app. Body: use any one of Apple Health, Oura, Strava; keep Your body today. Report the selected source. Other required roles are still needed. Reduced fallback: Ask how you slept and how you feel. - browser-read: browser.read. Required. Check that this AI has a browser and permission to read the selected public sources. ## Saved context Profile keys: none. Category keys: none. Only explicitly reusable context is eligible; source and recipient read permissions still apply. Private notes stay private. ## Deliverable Finished: A full edition with masthead, every section you keep, and sources and gaps. Reduced: A short edition labeled Short edition: only the sections your connected sources support, with each gap named and how to connect it.. Never present this as the finished deliverable. Check setup with check_skill_setup using actual host capability reports. Availability does not prove completion or grant permission. ## Examples - Illustrative: The Maya Times, a sample edition. An illustrative edition for a fictional reader. ## Method The full method opens in your AI once you add Nerd. Then say: use @prakhar/personal-newspaper skill todays-paper. ```` ````markdown --- name: lead-needs-you description: "When you only want what in your own day needs you: the lead and replies waiting. Produces: A two sentence lead and up to three threads with draft replies you send yourself." --- # Lead and Needs you ## Made in Not stated. Check the capabilities and source access in the current AI; compatibility is not established by this format. ## Apps needed - Gmail (Email) - Google Calendar (Calendar) - Your own connector (Other) ## If an app is missing Check the actual operation, source access and user permission in this AI. Do not assume apps in one category are interchangeable. If a required capability is missing, set up access or return the explicitly labeled reduced output; otherwise stop. - legacy-app-1: app.access with Gmail. Required. Check that Gmail is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - legacy-app-2: app.access with Google Calendar. Required. Check that Google Calendar is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - legacy-app-3: app.access with Your own connector. Required. Check that Your own connector is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. ## Saved context Profile keys: none. Category keys: none. Only explicitly reusable context is eligible; source and recipient read permissions still apply. Private notes stay private. ## Deliverable Finished: A two sentence lead and up to three threads with draft replies you send yourself. Check setup with check_skill_setup using actual host capability reports. Availability does not prove completion or grant permission. ## Method The full method opens in your AI once you add Nerd. Then say: use @prakhar/personal-newspaper skill lead-needs-you. ```` ````markdown --- name: world-news description: "When you want today's news on your topics, teams and city, each with why it matters to you. Produces: Four to six linked, dated stories with one line each on why they matter to you." --- # The world, for you ## Made in Not stated. Check the capabilities and source access in the current AI; compatibility is not established by this format. ## Apps needed - Your own connector (Other) ## If an app is missing Check the actual operation, source access and user permission in this AI. Do not assume apps in one category are interchangeable. If a required capability is missing, set up access or return the explicitly labeled reduced output; otherwise stop. - legacy-app-1: app.access with Your own connector. Required. Check that Your own connector is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - browser-read: browser.read. Required. Check that this AI has a browser and permission to read the selected public sources. ## Saved context Profile keys: none. Category keys: none. Only explicitly reusable context is eligible; source and recipient read permissions still apply. Private notes stay private. ## Deliverable Finished: Four to six linked, dated stories with one line each on why they matter to you. Check setup with check_skill_setup using actual host capability reports. Availability does not prove completion or grant permission. ## Method The full method opens in your AI once you add Nerd. Then say: use @prakhar/personal-newspaper skill world-news. ```` ````markdown --- name: your-money description: "When you want the moves and news on the stocks, funds or markets you watch. Produces: Each watched name with its move, the news behind it and a link. Facts only, no advice." --- # Your money ## Made in Not stated. Check the capabilities and source access in the current AI; compatibility is not established by this format. ## Apps needed - Google Drive (Files) - Notion (Notes) - Your own connector (Other) ## If an app is missing Check the actual operation, source access and user permission in this AI. Do not assume apps in one category are interchangeable. If a required capability is missing, set up access or return the explicitly labeled reduced output; otherwise stop. - legacy-app-1: app.access with Google Drive. Required. Check that Google Drive is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - legacy-app-2: app.access with Notion. Required. Check that Notion is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - legacy-app-3: app.access with Your own connector. Required. Check that Your own connector is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - browser-read: browser.read. Required. Check that this AI has a browser and permission to read the selected public sources. ## Saved context Profile keys: none. Category keys: none. Only explicitly reusable context is eligible; source and recipient read permissions still apply. Private notes stay private. ## Deliverable Finished: Each watched name with its move, the news behind it and a link. Facts only, no advice. Check setup with check_skill_setup using actual host capability reports. Availability does not prove completion or grant permission. ## Method The full method opens in your AI once you add Nerd. Then say: use @prakhar/personal-newspaper skill your-money. ```` ````markdown --- name: from-your-notes description: "When you want old notes resurfaced that connect to today's meetings and news. Produces: Two or three linked notes with a short quote and why they matter today." --- # From your notes ## Made in Not stated. Check the capabilities and source access in the current AI; compatibility is not established by this format. ## Apps needed - Notion (Notes) - Google Drive (Files) - Your own connector (Other) ## If an app is missing Check the actual operation, source access and user permission in this AI. Do not assume apps in one category are interchangeable. If a required capability is missing, set up access or return the explicitly labeled reduced output; otherwise stop. - legacy-app-1: app.access with Notion. Required. Check that Notion is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - legacy-app-2: app.access with Google Drive. Required. Check that Google Drive is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - legacy-app-3: app.access with Your own connector. Required. Check that Your own connector is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. ## Saved context Profile keys: none. Category keys: none. Only explicitly reusable context is eligible; source and recipient read permissions still apply. Private notes stay private. ## Deliverable Finished: Two or three linked notes with a short quote and why they matter today. Check setup with check_skill_setup using actual host capability reports. Availability does not prove completion or grant permission. ## Method The full method opens in your AI once you add Nerd. Then say: use @prakhar/personal-newspaper skill from-your-notes. ```` ````markdown --- name: body-today description: "When you want sleep, recovery and today's session in words, from your own watch or ring. Produces: Easy, Normal or Hard in words, today's session and slot, one question. No scores." --- # Your body today ## Made in Not stated. Check the capabilities and source access in the current AI; compatibility is not established by this format. ## Apps needed - Apple Health (Workouts) - Oura (Workouts) - Strava (Workouts) - Google Calendar (Calendar) ## If an app is missing Check the actual operation, source access and user permission in this AI. Do not assume apps in one category are interchangeable. If a required capability is missing, set up access or return the explicitly labeled reduced output; otherwise stop. - legacy-app-1: app.access with Apple Health. Required. Check that Apple Health is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - legacy-app-2: app.access with Oura. Required. Check that Oura is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - legacy-app-3: app.access with Strava. Required. Check that Strava is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. - legacy-app-4: app.access with Google Calendar. Required. Check that Google Calendar is connected here and supports the operation this method needs. Ask before granting access. ## Saved context Profile keys: none. Category keys: none. Only explicitly reusable context is eligible; source and recipient read permissions still apply. Private notes stay private. ## Deliverable Finished: Easy, Normal or Hard in words, today's session and slot, one question. No scores. Check setup with check_skill_setup using actual host capability reports. Availability does not prove completion or grant permission. ## Method The full method opens in your AI once you add Nerd. Then say: use @prakhar/personal-newspaper skill body-today. ```` ````markdown --- name: puzzles description: "When you just want today's mini crossword and Four of a kind, made for you. Produces: A checked five by five crossword and a Four of a kind grid, with yesterday's answers." --- # Puzzles ## Made in Not stated. Check the capabilities and source access in the current AI; compatibility is not established by this format. ## Apps needed None. This skill works from the conversation alone. ## If an app is missing Nothing to swap. ## Saved context Profile keys: none. Category keys: none. Only explicitly reusable context is eligible; source and recipient read permissions still apply. Private notes stay private. ## Deliverable Finished: A checked five by five crossword and a Four of a kind grid, with yesterday's answers. Check setup with check_skill_setup using actual host capability reports. Availability does not prove completion or grant permission. ## Method The full method opens in your AI once you add Nerd. Then say: use @prakhar/personal-newspaper skill puzzles. ```` Report a problem with these skills: https://asknerd.ai/@prakhar/personal-newspaper/report To use these skills, add Nerd to your AI: https://asknerd.ai/mcp. Sign in with your invited Nerd account when asked, then say: use @prakhar/personal-newspaper.