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/install hami-news-summary
Description
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...
README (SKILL.md)
News Summary
Overview
Fetch and summarize news from trusted international sources via RSS feeds.
RSS Feeds
BBC (Primary)
# 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
# World news
curl -s "https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-regions=world&post_type=best"
NPR (US perspective)
curl -s "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"
Al Jazeera (Global South perspective)
curl -s "https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml"
Parse RSS
Extract titles and descriptions:
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml" | \
grep -E "\x3Ctitle>|\x3Cdescription>" | \
sed 's/\x3C[^>]*>//g' | \
sed 's/^[ ]*//' | \
head -30
Workflow
Text summary
- Fetch BBC world headlines
- Optionally supplement with Reuters/NPR
- Summarize key stories
- Group by region or topic
Voice summary
- Create text summary
- Generate voice with OpenAI TTS
- Send as audio message
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": "\x3Cnews 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
Usage Guidance
What to check before installing:
- Ask the publisher to clarify the missing credential declaration. The SKILL.md calls OpenAI's TTS endpoint using $OPENAI_API_KEY but the skill metadata lists no required environment variables — verify whether the skill will actually require and use your OpenAI API key. If you provide a key, the skill will send the news text to OpenAI for TTS (i.e., external transmission of generated content).
- Verify the author/owner: _meta.json contains a different ownerId than the registry metadata shown in the package summary. That mismatch could be benign (packaging error) but is worth confirming.
- Network access: the skill will make outbound requests to the listed RSS feeds (BBC, Reuters, NPR, Al Jazeera). Ensure you are comfortable with those external requests and with any data sent to OpenAI for TTS.
- File writes: the example writes /tmp/news.mp3 — temporary but confirm your environment's file policies if you have strict sandboxing.
- If you do not want audio sent to OpenAI, ask for a variant that omits the TTS step or run the skill with the OPENAI_API_KEY unset. If the author intends to use another TTS provider, ask them to update the docs and declared env vars.
If the author confirms the use of OpenAI TTS and updates the metadata to declare the required env var(s) (and explains the ownerId discrepancy), the skill would be coherent for its stated purpose. Until then, treat the mismatch as a red flag and proceed cautiously.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: hami-news-summary
Version: 1.0.1
The skill is designed to fetch news from reputable RSS feeds (BBC, Reuters, NPR, Al Jazeera) and generate audio summaries using the OpenAI TTS API. The shell commands in SKILL.md are used for legitimate data retrieval and text processing, and the use of the $OPENAI_API_KEY is consistent with the stated functionality of creating voice summaries.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name/description (news summaries from RSS, optional voice) align with the provided curl commands and parsing steps. The listed RSS endpoints (BBC, Reuters, NPR, Al Jazeera) are consistent with a news-summary purpose.
Instruction Scope
The SKILL.md explicitly instructs the agent to call external RSS endpoints and to call OpenAI's TTS endpoint using $OPENAI_API_KEY. The skill's declared surface does not list any required env vars, but the instructions rely on an API key and network access. The SKILL.md also writes an audio file to /tmp/news.mp3 — benign for temporary output but something to note. Overall, the instructions reference credentials and external endpoints not declared in the metadata.
Install Mechanism
Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files; nothing is written to disk by an installer. This is low-risk from an install-mechanism perspective.
Credentials
SKILL.md uses the environment variable $OPENAI_API_KEY for text→speech, but requires.env/primary credential fields declare no credentials. Requesting no credentials in metadata while instructing use of a secret is an incoherence and could lead to unexpected API key use or fail at runtime.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not always: true and is user-invocable; it does not request persistent privileges or claim to modify other skills or system-wide config.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install hami-news-summary - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/hami-news-summary - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.1
Initial release
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is 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... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 191 downloads so far.
How do I install News Summary?
Run "/install hami-news-summary" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is News Summary free?
Yes, News Summary is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does News Summary support?
News Summary is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created News Summary?
It is built and maintained by niceNASA (@nicenasa); the current version is v1.0.1.
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