News Summary OpenClaw Skill
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.
Installation
clawhub install news-summary
Requires npm i -g clawhub
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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 -30Workflow
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.mp3Example 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
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Author
joargp
@joargp
Latest Changes
v1.0.1 · Jan 6, 2026
- 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.
Quick Install
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