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/install news
Description
Personalized news briefings that learn your interests, formats, and timing preferences.
Usage Guidance
Install this if you are comfortable with it keeping a local news profile and engagement history under ~/news/. Review or edit those files if your interests change or if you do not want certain preferences reused; only install the related suggested skills after explicit confirmation.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: news
Version: 1.0.1
The OpenClaw AgentSkills skill bundle appears benign. The `SKILL.md` file clearly outlines the agent's purpose of providing personalized news briefings and explicitly states strong security and privacy constraints. It instructs the agent to store all user preferences and history locally within a confined `~/news/` directory and explicitly denies sending data to external services, accessing files outside `~/news/`, or storing news content permanently. There are no instructions for malicious execution, data exfiltration, persistence mechanisms, or prompt injection attempts designed to subvert the agent's intended behavior.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The stated purpose is personalized news briefings, and the instructions to collect interests, formats, timing preferences, source context, and engagement history fit that purpose.
Instruction Scope
Runtime instructions are scoped to news briefing quality, source citation, uncertainty handling, and local preference use; there are no prompt overrides, deception, or unrelated high-impact actions.
Install Mechanism
The artifact contains only SKILL.md and no executable scripts, installers, dependencies, or credential setup. It references memory-template.md, but that file is absent, which is a completeness issue rather than a security concern.
Credentials
The requested file access is limited to ~/news/ for user preferences and engagement history, which is proportionate for personalized news briefings and explicitly bounded.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill discloses persistent local memory in ~/news/memory.md and ~/news/history.md; this is purpose-aligned but users should understand it can shape future briefings.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install news - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/news - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.1
Added structure with Core Rules and memory system
v1.0.0
Initial release
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is News?
Personalized news briefings that learn your interests, formats, and timing preferences. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 7306 downloads so far.
How do I install News?
Run "/install news" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is News free?
Yes, News is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does News support?
News is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (linux, darwin, win32).
Who created News?
It is built and maintained by Iván (@ivangdavila); the current version is v1.0.1.
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