AI-Powered News Scanning and Reporting Agent with Telegram Notifications
- AI Agent Development
- OpenAI
- API
Overview of Our Client
Our client was a growing organization that leaned heavily on timely information from multiple news portals. When the number of relevant sources doubled, manually tracking updates on specific topics became unproductive and prone to failure. Important news was often missed, and irrelevant content created mental fatigue from the media. The client wanted an automated solution that would minimize manual digestion of content and provide bite-sized information taken from different news sources.
Challenge
The client had no unified way to track news on different websites and portals. Monitoring required endless manual searches, bookmarking, and reading large volumes of content. Existing tools lacked advanced filtering, historical tracking, and meaningful summarization. As a result, the team spent too much time reading and sorting news instead of acting on it, while still missing important updates or receiving them too late.
Primary Objectives
In order to overcome all the challenges and produce a practical, easy-to-use solution, we specified the subsequent goals:
- Automate the scanning and collection of news from numerous web sources
- Provide the ability to filter content by specific subjects and keywords using semantic filtering
- Embed AI-based summarization to shorten reading time
- Provide timely notifications through a familiar communication channel
- Keep a searchable history of processed articles
Project Overview
We have developed and implemented an automated system for scanning news using artificial intelligence according to a predetermined schedule. In this approach, the system scanned the news from certain portals on its own and summarized the articles using thematic filtering. The system stored the summarized articles with historical values so that users could read articles for a certain period based on requirements. The main interface was a Telegram bot, which sent notifications and brief summaries directly to users, providing quick access to relevant information without distracting them from their daily work.
- Region: EMEA
- Industry: Media monitoring & information analytics
- Period: 2024
Summary of the Project
As a result, the client received a centralized, automated news monitoring system that transformed random web content into clear and useful analytical data. The platform removed the need to search for information manually and cut down on unnecessary updates. Important news was shown in real time, and AI summaries with topic-based filters helped users quickly understand what mattered. As a result, users always knew what was happening and spent way less time reading full materials.
Platform Features
- Scheduled scanning of numerous news portals using browser automation
- Topic- and keyword-based selection of relevant articles
- Concise summaries forged for faster consumption of information
- Storage and retrieval of previously processed articles
- Instant delivery of updates and reports via a Telegram bot
Technology Stack
To achieve all the goals regarding content processing, we used a modern and lightweight technology stack:
- AI & NLP: OpenAI, Langchain
- Web Automation & Scraping: Playwright, crawl4ai
- Messaging & Notifications: Telegram Bot API
Core Team
- Solution Architect: Developed the system architecture and data flow
- AI Engineer: Enforced content analysis and summarization logic
- Backend Developer: Created scraping workflows, data storage, and integrations
- QA Engineer: Approved trustworthiness of scraping, filtering, and notifications
Business Impact
The implementation of an AI-based news monitoring and analysis system had a tangible impact on the client's daily work and information processes. On average, the team reduced the time spent on manual news monitoring by 60-70%, eliminating the need to browse numerous portals, scan headlines, and read full articles. What previously required several hours per week per employee has now been converted into short interactions with concise summaries and alerts.