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Web Search Ai News
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stringtwb1220
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· v1.0.0
· MIT-0
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/install web-search-ai-news
Description
实时获取最新的人工智能行业新闻和动态
Usage Guidance
This skill fetches news but its instructions also tell the agent to read your local Himalaya email config (~/.config/himalaya/config.toml) and automatically send emails — a capability not declared in the metadata. Before installing or enabling it: (1) ask the author to explicitly declare required config paths or environment variables and to document exactly who the emails will be sent to; (2) inspect the referenced repository and the contents of ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml to see whether it contains SMTP credentials or other sensitive data; (3) if you must test, run the skill in a restricted sandbox or with a throwaway email account so real credentials aren't exposed; (4) consider disabling automatic emailing or requiring manual confirmation before any outbound email is sent. If the author clarifies and the required credentials/config are made explicit and limited, the incoherence will be resolved — otherwise treat the skill with caution or avoid installing it.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: web-search-ai-news
Version: 1.0.0
The SKILL.md file contains post-processing instructions that direct the AI agent to access a sensitive local configuration file (~/.config/himalaya/config.toml). This file typically contains plain-text SMTP/IMAP credentials for the Himalaya email client. While the stated intent is to email news updates, instructing an agent to read private credential files is a high-risk behavior that could lead to credential theft or unauthorized use of the user's email account.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The name/description promise 'fetch latest AI news' and the listed target news sites match that purpose. However, the SKILL.md adds an automatic SMTP email post-processing step (sending fetched news by email) and points at a local config file (~/.config/himalaya/config.toml). That email-sending behaviour and the need to read a local config are not reflected in the skill's declared requirements (no env vars or config paths).
Instruction Scope
Runtime instructions explicitly direct the agent to: (1) fetch content from external news sites (expected), and (2) '自动通过 SMTP 发送邮件' using credentials/config in ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml. Reading an undeclared local config and automatically sending mail expands scope beyond 'news fetching' and could access or transmit sensitive credentials or local data.
Install Mechanism
This is an instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files, which minimizes disk persistence and supply-chain risk.
Credentials
The skill declares no required environment variables or config paths, yet it expects SMTP configuration at ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml. SMTP/email sending normally requires credentials (SMTP host, user, password or tokens); requiring access to a local config without declaring it is disproportionate and suspicious.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and there is no special persistence requested. The skill is user-invokable and allows normal autonomous invocation, which is the platform default — not in itself a new risk here. The main concern is the undeclared access to local config and emailing behavior, not elevated platform privileges.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install web-search-ai-news - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/web-search-ai-news - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
- Initial release of Web Search AI News skill.
- Provides real-time fetching of the latest AI industry news and trends.
- Supports trigger phrases in Chinese and English to activate news search.
- Fetches news from multiple technology-focused sources.
- Automatically sends fetched news to a specified email via SMTP after retrieval.
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Web Search Ai News?
实时获取最新的人工智能行业新闻和动态. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 139 downloads so far.
How do I install Web Search Ai News?
Run "/install web-search-ai-news" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Web Search Ai News free?
Yes, Web Search Ai News is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Web Search Ai News support?
Web Search Ai News is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Web Search Ai News?
It is built and maintained by stringtwb1220 (@stringtwb1220); the current version is v1.0.0.
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