BBC News

Name: BBC News
Author: ddrayne

Description

Fetch and display BBC News stories from various sections and regions via RSS feeds. Use when the user asks for BBC news, UK news headlines, world news from BBC, or news from specific BBC sections (technology, business, politics, science, health, entertainment, regional UK news, or world regions).

Usage Guidance

This looks appropriate for users who want BBC News headlines through RSS. Installing it still grants the agent permission to run its script and make network requests to BBC feed endpoints, so users should be comfortable with that network access.

Capability Analysis

Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: bbc-news Version: 1.0.0 The skill bundle is designed to fetch and display BBC News stories from RSS feeds. The `SKILL.md` provides clear instructions for the agent to execute the `scripts/bbc_news.py` script, which in turn makes HTTP GET requests exclusively to legitimate BBC RSS feed URLs (`feeds.bbci.co.uk`). There is no evidence of data exfiltration, malicious execution, persistence mechanisms, prompt injection attempts against the agent, or obfuscation. All code and documentation align with the stated purpose of providing BBC News access.

Capability Assessment

✓ Purpose & Capability

The stated purpose is BBC News access, and the supplied evidence describes a script that fetches and displays stories from BBC RSS feed URLs.

✓ Instruction Scope

Runtime instructions appear limited to invoking the news-fetching script; no prompt override, hidden role change, or unrelated agent instruction was reported.

✓ Install Mechanism

No package install hooks, shell profile edits, background setup, or unexpected installation behavior were identified in the supplied metadata or scanner evidence.

✓ Credentials

Outbound HTTP requests to feeds.bbci.co.uk are proportionate for an RSS news skill; no local credential, profile, or broad filesystem access was indicated.

✓ Persistence & Privilege

No persistence mechanism, privilege escalation, credential handling, destructive action, or user-data mutation was indicated.

Version History

v1.0.0

Initial release: Fetch BBC News from various sections (UK, World, Business, Politics, Technology, etc.) and regions via RSS feeds. Supports text and JSON output.

Metadata

Slug bbc-news

Version 1.0.0

License —

All-time Installs 0

Active Installs 0

Total Versions 1

Frequently Asked Questions

What is BBC News?

Fetch and display BBC News stories from various sections and regions via RSS feeds. Use when the user asks for BBC news, UK news headlines, world news from BBC, or news from specific BBC sections (technology, business, politics, science, health, entertainment, regional UK news, or world regions). It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 6974 downloads so far.

How do I install BBC News?

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

Is BBC News free?

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

Which platforms does BBC News support?

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

Who created BBC News?

It is built and maintained by ddrayne (@ddrayne); the current version is v1.0.0.

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