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claw://News
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ClawNews.de
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· v1.0.1
· MIT-0
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Install in OpenClaw
/install newsticker
Description
German-language news skill for the OpenClaw and AI agent ecosystem. Use when the user asks for current news, briefings, breaking alerts, or ClawNews.de archi...
Usage Guidance
This skill is internally consistent and does what it says: fetches RSS and WordPress API endpoints on clawnews.de and formats summaries with the included templates. There are no requested secrets or installs. Before installing, consider: (1) Breaking Alerts are built-in and cannot be disabled by the skill — if you need to opt out of proactive alerts, be prepared to decline proactive automation or modify agent behavior; (2) the skill will store simple preferences in the agent's persistent Memory if available; (3) it performs outbound HTTP requests to clawnews.de, so only install if you trust that domain. Because it's instruction-only (no downloaded code), the technical risk is low.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: newsticker
Version: 1.0.1
The 'newsticker' skill is a German-language news aggregator for the clawnews.de platform. It provides functionality for news briefings, archive searches via the WordPress REST API, and 'Breaking Alerts' using standard RSS feeds (e.g., https://clawnews.de/feed/). The skill instructions in SKILL.md and formatting templates in references/templates.md are consistent with its stated purpose, focusing on information retrieval and user preference management without any evidence of data exfiltration, malicious execution, or harmful prompt injection.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The skill's name, description, and runtime steps all describe fetching and summarizing ClawNews.de content (RSS + WordPress REST API). There are no unrelated requirements (no secrets, no external binaries) and the requested behavior matches a news/briefing skill.
Instruction Scope
Instructions are narrowly scoped to fetching/parsing feeds and formatting output using the provided templates. Notable policy choices: (1) Breaking Alerts are declared always-active and non-disableable inside the skill text, and (2) the skill asks to save user preferences in persistent agent Memory if available and to run checks proactively if the agent supports heartbeats/schedulers. These are design choices (not technical red flags) but affect user experience and may cause the agent to make periodic outbound requests.
Install Mechanism
No install script or code files beyond static templates and SKILL.md. Instruction-only skills have low filesystem/execution risk since nothing is downloaded or extracted at install time.
Credentials
The skill declares no required environment variables, no credentials, and no config paths. It only references internal persistent Memory (optional) to store preferences, which is proportionate to its function.
Persistence & Privilege
always:false (normal). The skill recommends storing configuration in the agent's persistent Memory and supports proactive checks (heartbeats/scheduler) for Breaking Alerts. This grants the skill the ability to trigger periodic network fetches if the agent enables such automation — expected for a news notifier but worth noting to users who dislike unsolicited alerts or background network activity.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install newsticker - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/newsticker - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.1
- Skill-Name und Installationsbefehl geändert: von "newsticker" zu "clawnews" in vorherigen Versionen, jetzt einheitlich "newsticker" und `clawhub install newsticker`.
- Keine funktionalen Änderungen am Skill selbst; nur Namens- und Installationsanpassungen in der Dokumentation.
- Alle Funktionen, Anwendungsfälle und Formatierungsregeln bleiben unverändert.
v1.0.0
Initial release: Briefings on demand, archive search via REST-API, breaking alerts prioritized on every feed check, configurable setup with 12 categories and 3 modes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is claw://News?
German-language news skill for the OpenClaw and AI agent ecosystem. Use when the user asks for current news, briefings, breaking alerts, or ClawNews.de archi... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 185 downloads so far.
How do I install claw://News?
Run "/install newsticker" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is claw://News free?
Yes, claw://News is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does claw://News support?
claw://News is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created claw://News?
It is built and maintained by ClawNews.de (@clawnewsde); the current version is v1.0.1.
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