Build a Free AI News Digest with Node.js and GitHub Actions
I built a free AI news digest website that updates itself every morning. There’s no sign-up, login, or email requirement—you bookmark the page and open it whenever you want the day’s AI news. The site collects the latest AI stories from 12 trusted technology sites, including TechCrunch, The Verge, WIRED, and MIT Technology Review. It selects the top 12 stories from the past 48 hours, removes duplicates, and displays a short summary of each story as a swipeable card with a link to the full article. At the end of each digest, the site explains one AI term in plain English. The term comes from that day’s news, helping beginners learn as they read. The site costs nothing to run: it uses no server, paid tools, or API key. I built it with Claude Code and published it on GitHub Pages. Step-by-step: 1. I listed 12 AI news RSS feeds in a simple configuration file. 2. I wrote a Node.js script to fetch the feeds, select fresh and balanced stories with a maximum of two stories per site, remove duplicates, and create short summaries from each article’s opening lines. 3. I added a glossary of beginner-friendly AI terms that do not repeat until every term has been shown. 4. I built a clean, mobile-friendly web page to display the results. 5. I used GitHub Actions to run the workflow automatically every morning and publish the site for free on GitHub Pages. 6. I added automated tests to verify that dates, times, and summaries are generated correctly. Live site: https://bobthebuilder656.github.io/ai-digest-news/ Code (free to copy and run your own): https://github.com/bobthebuilder656/ai-digest-news
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