google-daily-brief

Google Daily Brief

What It Does

Voice-activated morning briefing that fetches weather, Google Calendar, and Gmail in parallel, then synthesizes everything into one ~60-second spoken summary. Weather is personalized per user via IP geolocation.

Suggested Trigger Words

• "good morning"
• "give me my brief"
• "give me a brief"
• "daily brief"
• "brief me"
• "start my day"
• "what did I miss"

Setup

1. Google Cloud Console — Create a project, enable Google Calendar API and Gmail API.

2. Create OAuth 2.0 credentials: Go to APIs & Services -> Credentials -> Click create credentials -> select Web application -> give it a name -> and under Authorized redirect URIs add this URL: https://developers.google.com/oauthplayground. Click save and download the JSON.

3. Get tokens — Use Google OAuth 2.0 Playground:

   • Click the gear icon (⚙️) and enable "Use your own OAuth credentials"
   • Enter your Client ID and Client Secret from the downloaded JSON
   • Select scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly and https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly
   • Click "Authorize APIs" and sign in with your Google account
   • Click "Exchange authorization code for tokens"
   • Copy the access_token and refresh_token — you'll paste these into main.py

4. Update main.py — Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID_HERE, YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET_HERE, YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE, and YOUR_REFRESH_TOKEN_HERE with your values.

5. Upload — Zip this folder, upload to app.openhome.com → Abilities → Add Custom Ability, set trigger words in the dashboard.

How It Works

1. User says a trigger phrase (e.g. "good morning").
2. Ability fetches weather (Open-Meteo, free), calendar (Google Calendar API), and email (Gmail API) in parallel.
3. LLM synthesizes the data into one cohesive spoken briefing.
4. User can say "repeat", "check my calendar", or "no" to exit.

Example Conversation

User: "Good morning." AI: "Good morning! Let me get your brief." AI: "Right now in Lahore it's 79 degrees with clear skies. Your calendar is clear today. You've got 201 unread emails including one from iCloud about storage. That's your brief!" AI: "Anything else?" User: "Check my calendar." AI: "There's nothing on your calendar today." AI: "Anything else?" User: "No." AI: "Have a great day!"