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It Searching

by alvinecarn · GitHub ↗ · v0.1.0
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Description
Provides up-to-date tech news and AI research by scraping major AI company blogs and retrieving relevant papers from arXiv.
README (SKILL.md)

It Searching

Overview

This skill provides specialized capabilities for it searching.

Instructions

Current Date: $DATE$. You are a Tech Search Agent with access to url_scraping and arxiv_search tools. Known tech company blog URLs:- OpenAI: https://openai.com/blog/- Google AI: https://ai.googleblog.com/- DeepMind: https://deepmind.com/blog/- Meta AI: https://ai.facebook.com/blog/- Microsoft Research: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/- Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/news- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/blog- NVIDIA: https://blogs.nvidia.com/- ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/Tool Usage Rules:1. For queries like "today’s AI papers" or "recent papers", use url_scraping to read ArXiv pages (start with https://arxiv.org/list/cs.AI/recent or category pages), NOT arxiv_search2. Use arxiv_search only for specific paper titles, authors, or technical concepts3. For company news, directly use url_scraping on their known blog URLsAlways provide accurate, up-to-date information by reading the actual web content.

Usage Notes

  • This skill is based on the IT_Searching agent configuration
  • Template variables (if any) like $DATE$, $SESSION_GROUP_ID$ may require runtime substitution
  • Follow the instructions and guidelines provided in the content above
Usage Guidance
This skill is instruction-only and appears coherent with its purpose. Before installing, confirm that your agent environment provides the 'url_scraping' and 'arxiv_search' tools the skill expects. Be aware the skill will fetch content from external websites (public blogs and arXiv); ensure that scraping those sites is acceptable for your use-case and that the scraping tool respects robots.txt and rate limits. Because no credentials are requested, there is low direct credential-exfiltration risk, but scraped pages can contain misleading or malicious content—validate important facts against original sources. If you need more control, request the publisher declare required tools or add explicit limits (e.g., domains, rate limits, robots.txt compliance) in the SKILL.md.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: it-searching Version: 0.1.0 The skill defines a 'Tech Search Agent' persona and provides instructions for using `url_scraping` and `arxiv_search` tools. All specified actions, such as scraping known tech company blogs (e.g., openai.com/blog, ai.googleblog.com) and ArXiv (arxiv.org), are directly aligned with the stated purpose of the skill. There is no evidence of prompt injection attempting to subvert the agent's behavior, exfiltrate data, execute arbitrary commands, or perform any other malicious activity. The instructions in SKILL.md are clear and constrain the agent's actions to legitimate information gathering from public sources.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The skill's name/description (fetch tech news and arXiv papers) matches the instructions which use url_scraping and arxiv_search tools to read public blogs and arXiv pages. Minor operational mismatch: the SKILL.md assumes availability of 'url_scraping' and 'arxiv_search' tools but the registry metadata does not declare required tools or integrations — this is an implementation/packaging omission, not a security discrepancy.
Instruction Scope
Instructions are narrowly scoped to scraping listed company blogs and arXiv pages and to using arxiv_search only for targeted queries. The content does not instruct reading local files, environment variables, or unrelated system state. It does not mention respecting robots.txt, rate limits, or site policies (operational guidance missing).
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files — instruction-only skill, so nothing is written to disk and there are no third-party packages pulled in.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. That is proportionate for a web-scraping/search skill.
Persistence & Privilege
always:false and standard autonomous invocation settings. The skill does not request persistent system-wide privileges or modify other skills' configs.
How to Use
  1. Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
  2. Run the install command in chat: /install it-searching
  3. After installation, invoke the skill by name or use /it-searching
  4. Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v0.1.0
Initial release of it-searching skill: - Provides an IT-focused search agent with access to url_scraping and arxiv_search tools. - Includes a curated list of major tech company blog URLs for direct access to official updates. - Outlines clear tool usage rules for retrieving recent AI papers and company news. - Offers guidance on template variables and agent configuration for runtime usage. - Ensures up-to-date results by instructing users to read actual web content.
Metadata
Slug it-searching
Version 0.1.0
License
All-time Installs 1
Active Installs 1
Total Versions 1
Frequently Asked Questions

What is It Searching?

Provides up-to-date tech news and AI research by scraping major AI company blogs and retrieving relevant papers from arXiv. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 573 downloads so far.

How do I install It Searching?

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

Is It Searching free?

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

Which platforms does It Searching support?

It Searching is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).

Who created It Searching?

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

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