Configuration
Access settings via: Settings > Community Plugins > Daily News Briefing
Basic Settings
| Setting | Description | Options / Example |
|---|
| Briefing Preset |
Optional starting point for a use case. Applying a preset updates topics, output style, analysis mode, template type, and default briefing focus while preserving API keys, provider, schedule, archive folder, language, RSS feeds, retention, and cache. |
Morning Brief, Market Watch, AI/Tech Tracker, Research Digest, Company Monitor, RSS Digest |
| News Pipeline |
Your AI provider and architecture |
12 options (6 agentic, 5 modular, RSS) |
| Enable Auto-generation |
Enable scheduled news generation. Note: Performs periodic background network calls to your selected providers. |
Enabled / Disabled (default) |
| Topics |
Comma-separated list of news topics |
AI, Tesla Stock, Bitcoin |
| Schedule Time |
Auto-generate at this time daily (24h format) |
08:00, 17:30 |
| Language |
Language for content and UI (ISO 639-1) |
en fr de es it zh |
| Archive Folder |
Where news notes are saved (auto-created) |
News Archive |
Search Settings (retrieval and shared quality settings)
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|
| Results per Topic |
News items in final summary per topic |
8 (range: 3–15) |
| Max Search Results |
Total results to fetch before filtering |
30 (range: 10–50) |
| Date Range |
Applies to every pipeline: d1 last 24 hours, d3 3 days, w1 1 week. Existing saved windows are preserved. Months are not supported. |
d1 |
| Use AI for Queries |
Google retrieval only: Gemini generates an optimized query; the search-call limit bounds the number of query strategies |
Enabled |
| Use AI News Judgment |
AI selects the most relevant items from results |
Enabled |
| Custom AI Judge Prompt |
Override AI judgment logic. Use {{NEWS_TEXT}} and {{TOPIC}} |
Empty (default) |
Quality, Request Limits & Usage
These settings apply across providers. Source links are rendered from API/retrieval metadata. Factual summaries and AI analysis are displayed separately. Read the quality rules and limitations.
| Setting | Behavior | Default |
|---|
| Include news without publication dates | Retain undated news with an explicit freshness warning. Source dates and model-reported dates have separate labels. | Off |
| Maximum output tokens | Output limit per model request | 8,192 |
| Maximum search calls | Per-request limit where supported; Google grounding and Grok may not enforce it | 3 |
| Request timeout | Maximum waiting time. Obsidian HTTP requests cannot be cancelled remotely. | 120 seconds |
| Retries | Bounded retries for explicit throttling/server errors; retries may be billable | 1 |
| Show reported API usage | Generation metadata, including cached usage when reused; excludes unreported/retried/retriever calls. Not a bill estimate. | Off |
Native search normally uses a research call plus a structured formatting call per topic. Sonar may search again while formatting. RSS + Gemini uses one non-search summary call. No automatic model/provider fallback is used.
Output Settings
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|
| Output Format |
Detailed: full summaries with "Key Developments" + optional "Analysis & Context". Concise: bullet points only. |
detailed |
| Analysis & Context |
Include analytical section after key developments |
Enabled |
| Notifications |
Show desktop notifications on generation |
Enabled |
| Monthly Folders |
Auto-organize notes into YYYY-MM subfolders |
Always on |
| Auto-Delete |
Automatically delete news notes older than the retention period on plugin startup. The manual "Delete old news notes" command always runs regardless of this toggle. Empty news notes folders will be removed as well. |
Disabled |
| Retention Period |
How long to keep news notes: 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, or Never. |
Never |
| Custom AI Prompt |
Override summarization prompt. Use {{NEWS_TEXT}} for modular or {{TOPIC}} for agentic. |
Empty |