Horizon

by Sheng QiangCLI toolGet updates sent to me

Turns the news sources you follow into a ranked daily briefing in English or Chinese

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The problem it solves

You open five news sites and three forums every morning and still worry you missed the one story that mattered.

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Before: You skim every feed yourself and lose the background and the discussion behind each headline.
After: Each morning you get one ranked briefing with summaries, background and community discussion, by email, webhook or as a page.

Stars: ★ 11k
License: MIT
Cost: Usage-based
Platforms: Mac · Win · Linux
Level: Advanced

Screenshots

From the project's own repository · 2 images, swipe or use the arrows.

A Horizon daily briefing listing 16 selected news stories, each with an AI importance score — Image: Sheng Qiang (MIT). Original file

Overview

Horizon is an open-source news radar by Sheng Qiang that you run on your own computer or server. You list the sources you follow, such as RSS feeds, Hacker News, Reddit, Telegram channels or GitHub, and an AI model scores each item, merges repeats and writes a summary with background and community discussion. The result is a daily briefing in English and Chinese, saved as Markdown or sent by email, webhook or WeChat. It suits people who follow tech or finance news and are willing to set it up once.

You decide what is worth reading through profiles with your own scoring rules, instead of relying on a feed's ranking.

Try these first

Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.

Use the Horizon skill to set up Horizon with one RSS feed: [feed URL]. Fetch the last 24 hours and show me the briefing.First try · uses API credits
Add Hacker News and the subreddit [name] as sources, and keep only stories scored 7 or higher.
Write the briefing in Chinese and cap it at 20 items, with at most 5 about AI.
Send the daily briefing to [email address] every morning.sends email

Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.

Features

From the creator's documentation.

Feature	What it does	Runs
Sources	RSS, Hacker News, Reddit, Telegram, X, GitHub, Google News and more	Public sources
AI scoring	Scores each item with your profile rules and merges repeated stories	Your AI provider
Summaries	Adds a summary, background and community discussion where they help	Your AI provider
Two languages	Writes the briefing in English and Chinese as Markdown files	Your computer
Delivery	Email, webhooks such as Slack or Feishu, WeChat or a GitHub Pages site	Sends data out
Agent control	An agent skill and an MCP server let your AI assistant set it up and run it	Your computer

Good to know

You follow a handful of news sources and want one short daily read. Horizon fetches them, has a model score and summarise each item, and writes a ranked briefing you can read as Markdown or receive by email.

Limits

Setup uses the command line: a Python environment, a config file and an AI provider key. The agent skill lets your AI assistant do these steps, but you still supply the key.
Scores and summaries come from the model you configure. Check important stories against the original link.

Notes by Agent Flows Hub (original project name: Horizon), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. Horizon README · Horizon configuration guide

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How to start

Install itPaste the install request into an AI agent you already use, or run the official command yourself or follow the official guide.macOS, Windows, Linuxnpx skills add Thysrael/Horizon --skill horizon -g
macOS, Windows, Linuxgit clone https://github.com/Thysrael/Horizon.git cd Horizon # Install with uv (recommended) uv sync
Set it upFollow the first-run steps in the official guide.
Give it a first taskRun the setup wizard with one RSS feed you already read and a 24-hour window. Compare the briefing's picks with the feed itself.

Steps follow the creator's instructions. The request tells your agent to read them first and wait for your OK.

Before you start

A computer with macOS, Windows or Linux.
Python 3.11 or newer and the uv tool
An API key for an AI model, or a ChatGPT plan through Sign in with ChatGPT
Node.js 22.20 or newer, only for the agent skill install
Pay per use. The AI service it calls charges for what you use.

Details

Made by: Sheng Qiang
License: MIT Terms
Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
Runs on: Your computer, Self-hosted server

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For AI agents

This page as a Markdown install brief:

/en/library/horizon/install.md

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