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News Aggregator Skill

by cclank · GitHub ↗ · v0.1.0
cross-platform ✓ Security Clean
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Install in OpenClaw
/install news-aggregator-skill
Description
Comprehensive news aggregator that fetches, filters, and deeply analyzes real-time content from 8 major sources: Hacker News, GitHub Trending, Product Hunt, 36Kr, Tencent News, WallStreetCN, V2EX, and Weibo. Best for 'daily scans', 'tech news briefings', 'finance updates', and 'deep interpretations' of hot topics.
Usage Guidance
Install this only if you are comfortable with a Python skill making live requests to multiple public news sites, optionally following article links in deep mode, and saving generated reports locally. Prefer narrower source selections when possible, treat fetched article text as untrusted web content, and pin dependencies in a controlled environment for better reproducibility.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: news-aggregator-skill Version: 0.1.0 The skill is classified as suspicious primarily due to prompt injection instructions found in `SKILL.md`. Specifically, the 'Smart Keyword Expansion' section explicitly instructs the AI agent to automatically expand and modify the user's input keywords (e.g., 'AI' -> 'AI,LLM,GPT,...') before executing the `fetch_news.py` script. While the stated intent is to broaden search results, this constitutes an instruction for the agent to override or augment user input, which is a form of prompt manipulation. Additionally, the `scripts/fetch_news.py` performs extensive web scraping, including fetching content from arbitrary article URLs if the `--deep` flag is used, which is a high-risk capability, though it appears to be aligned with the skill's stated purpose and lacks direct malicious indicators like exfiltration or arbitrary code execution.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The stated purpose matches the implementation: it fetches and filters public news/trending content from named sources, optionally retrieves article text for deeper summaries, and emits JSON for agent-written reports.
Instruction Scope
Keyword expansion, broad global scans, Chinese newsletter formatting, and smart-fill behavior are explicit workflow instructions tied to news coverage; they may broaden results beyond a literal query but are disclosed and purpose-aligned.
Install Mechanism
Installation uses normal skill-copy/CLI patterns plus pip dependencies. The dependencies are common for HTTP fetching and HTML parsing, but they are unpinned, so installs are less reproducible.
Credentials
Outbound HTTP requests to the listed sources, and to article URLs when --deep is used, are proportionate for a news aggregator. Deep mode should still be treated as broad contact with third-party web content.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill instructs the agent to save timestamped Markdown reports under a local reports/ directory, and this is disclosed. No elevated privileges, background service, credential access, account mutation, or destructive behavior were found.
How to Use
  1. Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
  2. Run the install command in chat: /install news-aggregator-skill
  3. After installation, invoke the skill by name or use /news-aggregator-skill
  4. Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v0.1.0
Initial release of news-aggregator-skill: - Aggregates, filters, and deeply analyzes real-time news from 8 major sources including Hacker News, GitHub Trending, Product Hunt, and more. - Supports broad "global scan" and smart keyword expansion for user queries. - Adds deep fetching mode to extract article text (`--deep` flag). - Interactive menu system for user guidance via templates. - Smart time filtering and "smart fill" to ensure meaningful reports. - Responses formatted in Magazine/Newsletter style with deep interpretations (in Simplified Chinese). - Full reports automatically saved to `reports/` directory and presented to the user.
Metadata
Slug news-aggregator-skill
Version 0.1.0
License
All-time Installs 0
Active Installs 0
Total Versions 1
Frequently Asked Questions

What is News Aggregator Skill?

Comprehensive news aggregator that fetches, filters, and deeply analyzes real-time content from 8 major sources: Hacker News, GitHub Trending, Product Hunt, 36Kr, Tencent News, WallStreetCN, V2EX, and Weibo. Best for 'daily scans', 'tech news briefings', 'finance updates', and 'deep interpretations' of hot topics. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 11254 downloads so far.

How do I install News Aggregator Skill?

Run "/install news-aggregator-skill" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.

Is News Aggregator Skill free?

Yes, News Aggregator Skill is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.

Which platforms does News Aggregator Skill support?

News Aggregator Skill is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).

Who created News Aggregator Skill?

It is built and maintained by cclank (@cclank); the current version is v0.1.0.

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