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.
How do I install this agent skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/kirkluokun/awesome-a-stock-openclawskills --skill news-summaryIs this agent skill safe to install?
- Gen Agent Trust Hubpass
The skill fetches and summarizes news from reputable international RSS feeds and generates audio summaries using the OpenAI API. While generally safe, the ingestion of third-party content poses a minor risk of indirect prompt injection.
- Socketpass
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- Snykwarn
Risk: MEDIUM · 1 issue
- Runlayerpass
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- ZeroLeakspass
Score: 93/100 · 2 sections analyzed
What does this agent skill do?
News Summary
Overview
Fetch and summarize news from trusted international sources via RSS feeds.
RSS Feeds
BBC (Primary)
# World news
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml"
# Top stories
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
# Business
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/business/rss.xml"
# Technology
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"
Reuters
# World news
curl -s "https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-regions=world&post_type=best"
NPR (US perspective)
curl -s "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"
Al Jazeera (Global South perspective)
curl -s "https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml"
Parse RSS
Extract titles and descriptions:
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml" | \
grep -E "<title>|<description>" | \
sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | \
sed 's/^[ \t]*//' | \
head -30
Workflow
Text summary
- Fetch BBC world headlines
- Optionally supplement with Reuters/NPR
- Summarize key stories
- Group by region or topic
Voice summary
- Create text summary
- Generate voice with OpenAI TTS
- Send as audio message
curl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/speech \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "tts-1-hd",
"input": "<news summary text>",
"voice": "onyx",
"speed": 0.95
}' \
--output /tmp/news.mp3
Example Output Format
📰 News Summary [date]
🌍 WORLD
- [headline 1]
- [headline 2]
💼 BUSINESS
- [headline 1]
💻 TECH
- [headline 1]
Best Practices
- Keep summaries concise (5-8 top stories)
- Prioritize breaking news and major events
- For voice: ~2 minutes max
- Balance perspectives (Western + Global South)
- Cite source if asked
How can the creator link this skill?
Add the canonical catalog link to the repository README so users can inspect current installs and available audits. The publishing guide covers the complete discovery path.
<a href="https://skillzs.dev/skills/kirkluokun/awesome-a-stock-openclawskills/news-summary">View news-summary on skillZs</a>