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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.

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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 -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

Statistics

Downloads 6.0k

Stars 17

Current installs 24

All-time installs 24

Versions 2

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Created Jan 6, 2026

Updated Feb 25, 2026

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

clawhub install news-summary