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# Daily research agent

> Build an agent that researches a topic each morning and texts you the summary.

The canonical end-to-end agent: every weekday at 8am, it searches the web on a topic, summarizes the findings, and sends them to your phone via iMessage.

No client code. No server code. One config file.

## Prerequisites

1. A [swarmlord](https://swarmlord.ai) account.
2. A [Sendblue](https://sendblue.co) account with an API key.
3. Your iMessage-capable phone number.

## 1. Set the secrets

```bash theme={null}
swarmlord secret set SENDBLUE_API_KEY_ID
swarmlord secret set SENDBLUE_API_SECRET_KEY
```

## 2. Scaffold

```bash theme={null}
swarmlord init research-agent
cd research-agent
```

## 3. The bundle

Replace `swarmlord.jsonc`:

```jsonc swarmlord.jsonc theme={null}
{
  "name": "research-agent",
  "model": { "providerId": "openrouter", "modelId": "anthropic/claude-opus-4.8" },

  "instructions": [
    "You are a research assistant.",
    "When invoked, search the web on the user's topic, read the top sources, and",
    "send a 5-bullet summary to +1XXXXXXXXXX via the sendblue MCP.",
    "Cite the URL after each bullet. Keep the total reply under 800 characters."
  ].join("\n"),

  "mcps": ["sendblue"],
  "secretGrants": ["SENDBLUE_API_KEY_ID", "SENDBLUE_API_SECRET_KEY"],

  "triggers": [
    { "kind": "cron", "expression": "0 8 * * 1-5" }
  ],

  "command": {
    "research": {
      "template": "Research \"${1}\" and text me a 5-bullet summary with citations."
    }
  }
}
```

Replace `+1XXXXXXXXXX` with your real phone number.

## 4. Deploy

```bash theme={null}
swarmlord deploy
```

## 5. Try it

```bash theme={null}
swarmlord research "the latest in AI agent platforms"
```

The agent will call `websearch`, `webfetch`, then `send_message` (Sendblue). A text lands on your phone with the summary and links.

## 6. Let cron take over

The cron fires every weekday at 8am UTC. To make the topic dynamic, swap the trigger to a webhook and POST the topic in from your morning routine.

## Variations

* **News digest** — "summarize the top 5 tech stories from the last 24 hours."
* **Stock watch** — add a `customTools` block for a price lookup, send a daily snapshot.
* **PR review** — add the `github` MCP, diff yesterday's PRs each morning.
* **Slack instead** — swap `sendblue` for the `slack` MCP and post to a channel.