Agent skill

news-summary

This skill should be used when the user asks for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world. Fetches news from trusted international RSS feeds and can create voice summaries.

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Install this agent skill to your Project

npx add-skill https://github.com/LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills/tree/main/skills/news-summary

SKILL.md

News Summary

Overview

Fetch and summarize news from trusted international sources via RSS feeds.

RSS Feeds

BBC (Primary)

bash
# World news
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml"

# Top stories
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"

# Business
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/business/rss.xml"

# Technology
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"

Reuters

bash
# World news
curl -s "https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-regions=world&post_type=best"

NPR (US perspective)

bash
curl -s "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"

Al Jazeera (Global South perspective)

bash
curl -s "https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml"

Parse RSS

Extract titles and descriptions:

bash
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml" | \
  grep -E "<title>|<description>" | \
  sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | \
  sed 's/^[ \t]*//' | \
  head -30

Workflow

Text summary

  1. Fetch BBC world headlines
  2. Optionally supplement with Reuters/NPR
  3. Summarize key stories
  4. Group by region or topic

Voice summary

  1. Create text summary
  2. Generate voice with OpenAI TTS
  3. Send as audio message
bash
curl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "tts-1-hd",
    "input": "<news summary text>",
    "voice": "onyx",
    "speed": 0.95
  }' \
  --output /tmp/news.mp3

Example Output Format

📰 News Summary [date]

🌍 WORLD
- [headline 1]
- [headline 2]

💼 BUSINESS
- [headline 1]

💻 TECH
- [headline 1]

Best Practices

  • Keep summaries concise (5-8 top stories)
  • Prioritize breaking news and major events
  • For voice: ~2 minutes max
  • Balance perspectives (Western + Global South)
  • Cite source if asked

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