Emailed AI news briefing
Perplexity Comet searched major outlets for the day's AI news, picked the top five stories, and emailed the author a brief.
A five-story AI news brief arrived by email from one prompt; the author says plain LLMs only draft text and cannot send it.
Overview
How it was set up
Perplexity Comet browser with its Gmail connector. The author notes the prompt can be saved as a shortcut or set as a recurring task.
Worth knowing
Comet can be slower than doing the task by hand, and long multi-step prompts often stop partway through.
A prompt to start from
Search today's [topic] news across major outlets, pick the top 5 stories, and email me a short brief at [email address].
Written by Agentic Feats from the source. Not the author's exact prompt.
Sources 1
History
- Source published
- 2025-09-30
- Added to Agentic Feats
- 2026-10-13
- Pick
- No
- Markdown copy
- /c/emailed-ai-news-briefing-perplexity-comet.md
More in research
36 featsResultIt created the text file as asked, but after clicking a result it took a screenshot too early and hallucinated the answer.
ResultOperator handled tour search and lesson plan but was slow; adding three grocery items took 15 minutes and an Uber price check took five.
ResultThe draft was usable but weaker than accepted NSF summaries; thinking mode helped, though it began hallucinating and misreading the sources.