news-aggregator-skill

What This Skill Does

The News Aggregator Skill is a sophisticated, multi-source intelligence tool designed for OpenClaw users who require real-time information synthesis. By leveraging connections to 8 major digital hubs—including Hacker News, GitHub, Product Hunt, 36Kr, Tencent News, WallStreetCN, V2EX, and Weibo—this skill serves as a centralized newsroom. It doesn't just list headlines; it employs a --deep fetching mechanism that downloads and extracts the raw content from linked articles, allowing for meaningful semantic analysis and summary generation. Whether you are tracking global tech trends, financial markets, or niche community discussions, this tool automates the heavy lifting of information gathering.

Installation

To integrate the News Aggregator Skill into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/cclank/news-aggregator-skill

Ensure that your OpenClaw environment is updated to the latest version before running the install command to maintain compatibility with the deep-fetching module.

Use Cases

• Daily Briefings: Generate a curated summary of tech or finance news to start your day without visiting eight different websites.
• Trend Forecasting: Monitor specific industries (like AI or Web3) by utilizing the smart keyword expansion feature, which automatically broadens simple terms into comprehensive search queries.
• Competitive Intelligence: Keep tabs on specific project mentions or company updates across multiple platforms simultaneously.
• Deep Research: Use the --deep flag to perform rapid content analysis on high-traffic threads, saving time on manual link browsing and reading.

Example Prompts

1. "news-aggregator-skill, give me a deep scan of the latest AI trends across all sources."
2. "I need a finance update from WallStreetCN regarding current market conditions, focusing on crypto and stocks."
3. "Show me what's trending on GitHub and Hacker News about Android development today."

Tips & Limitations

• Keyword Expansion: Always leverage the smart keyword expansion. If you search for "AI," the system intelligently maps it to LLM, GPT, and RAG concepts to ensure you don't miss peripheral trends.
• Deep Fetching: Use the --deep flag sparingly if you are limited by bandwidth or specific rate-limiting environments, as it requires individual content extraction for every news item fetched.
• Interactive Menu: If you ever get lost, type "news-aggregator-skill 如意如意" to trigger the interactive command list and view current template options.