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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 local Python skill contacting multiple public news sites, optionally following article links for full-text extraction, and saving generated Markdown reports locally. Treat fetched article text as untrusted web content, prefer narrower sources or no --deep mode for lower network exposure, and consider pinning dependencies in a controlled environment.
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 artifacts: it fetches public news/trending content from named sources, optionally downloads article text for deeper summaries, and formats reports. No credential access, account mutation, exfiltration, or destructive behavior was found.
Instruction Scope
Instructions broaden simple keywords and may include older high-value stories when a requested time window is sparse, but these behaviors are disclosed and related to improving news coverage rather than hidden control or deception.
Install Mechanism
Installation is documented through GitHub/NPX/manual skill copy plus pip dependencies. The Python dependencies are common for this purpose but are unpinned, so installs are less reproducible.
Credentials
External HTTP requests to the listed news sources, and to article URLs when deep fetching is enabled, are proportionate for a news aggregator. Deep fetching should still be treated as broad contact with third-party websites.
Persistence & Privilege
Persistence is limited to timestamped Markdown reports under a local reports/ directory as disclosed in SKILL.md. No privileged paths, background service, credential use, or elevated permissions are shown.
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 342
Active Installs 122
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 10036 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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