Our clients were drowning in industry news from dozens of sources and struggling to keep up with regulatory changes and competitor moves that directly affected their strategic decisions. The volume of information was overwhelming, and they needed a way to stay informed without spending hours sifting through content. This created an urgent need for an intelligent solution that could not only filter relevant news but also provide our unique analytical perspective. I designed and built an end-to-end agentic digest system that transforms how clients consume industry intelligence. Starting with a comprehensive mapping of the most critical news sources for each industry, I developed a workflow using APIs and orchestration tools to automatically crawl, filter, and summarize articles. The core innovation was building an automated analysis engine that connects breaking news with Recon Analytics' proprietary first-party survey data, providing clients with our expert take on what the day's top stories mean for their business. I created two consumption channels to meet different client preferences: a personalized morning email tailored to each client's specific interests, and a private podcast feed that delivers the same insights in audio format for on-the-go listening. The system now operates at significant scale, generating dozens of customized digests each morning that process thousands of news articles across a wide array of industries. By synthesizing and analyzing trends as they happen while injecting Recon's own survey data into the conversation, the digests keep us top of mind with our clients and create a valuable feedback loop where we're all operating from the same perspective on industry developments each morning. Most importantly, clients can now spend less time keeping up with what's happening and more time making critical strategic decisions about how to react, transforming our relationship from research provider to indispensable daily strategic partner.
