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/install 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 feeds and can create voice summaries.
Usage Guidance
Installers should treat this as a public-news helper. Use the voice-summary option only when sending the summary text to OpenAI TTS is acceptable, and consider changing the fixed /tmp/news.mp3 example to a unique private temporary file before operational use.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: news-summary
Version: 1.0.1
The skill bundle is benign. It fetches news from legitimate RSS feeds (BBC, Reuters, NPR, Al Jazeera) using `curl` and processes the content with standard Unix tools (`grep`, `sed`, `head`). It also uses the `$OPENAI_API_KEY` to interact with the OpenAI TTS API for voice summaries, which is a legitimate use case for the skill's stated purpose. There is no evidence of data exfiltration to unauthorized endpoints, malicious execution, persistence mechanisms, or prompt injection attempts in SKILL.md.
Capability Assessment
Credentials
Network calls to public RSS feeds and the OpenAI TTS API are proportionate for news and voice-summary features, but voice mode transmits generated summary text to a third-party API.
Install Mechanism
The inspected artifact is a single non-executable Markdown skill file with no install scripts, packaged code, dependency installation, or tool replacement behavior.
Instruction Scope
The activation wording is somewhat broad, but the examples and workflow stay within news and current-events requests rather than unrelated agent behavior.
Persistence & Privilege
There is no persistence, privilege escalation, background worker, or credential harvesting; the only local write described is the optional voice output at a fixed /tmp/news.mp3 path.
Purpose & Capability
The skill only describes fetching public RSS feeds, summarizing news, and optionally creating an audio summary, which matches its stated news-briefing purpose.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install news-summary - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/news-summary - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.1
- Added detailed documentation of news sources and RSS feed usage, with example `curl` commands for BBC, Reuters, NPR, and Al Jazeera.
- Clarified workflows for fetching, parsing, and summarizing news headlines, both as text and as short audio using OpenAI TTS.
- Included example output format for news summaries, grouped by topic.
- Outlined best practices: concise coverage (5–8 stories), balanced perspectives, and citation guidance.
- No functional changes to skill logic—documentation only.
v1.0.0
news-summary 1.0.0
- Initial release of the news-summary skill.
- Fetches and summarizes news from NRK (Norwegian) and BBC (International) RSS feeds.
- Provides concise text news briefings grouped by category (Norge, Verden, Vær, Sport).
- Supports generating voice summaries using OpenAI TTS.
- Designed to answer requests for news updates, daily briefings, and world events in Norwegian.
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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 feeds and can create voice summaries. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 51390 downloads so far.
How do I install News Summary?
Run "/install 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 (open-source). 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 joargp (@joargp); the current version is v1.0.1.
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