bbc-news
Fetch and display BBC News stories from various sections and regions via RSS feeds. Use when the user asks for BBC news, UK news headlines, world news from BBC, or news from specific BBC sections (technology, business, politics, science, health, entertainment, regional UK news, or world regions).
Why use this skill?
Automate news retrieval with the bbc-news OpenClaw skill. Get real-time headlines from UK, world, tech, and business sections in text or JSON formats.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/ddrayne/bbc-newsWhat This Skill Does
The bbc-news skill acts as a dedicated gateway to real-time information by bridging the OpenClaw agent with BBC News' extensive RSS infrastructure. By leveraging a lightweight Python CLI interface, it parses official news feeds to retrieve high-quality journalism across a vast spectrum of global and localized topics. Whether you need a macro-level overview of global geopolitical developments via the 'world' feed or hyper-local insights from the 'northern-ireland' section, this skill automates the data fetching process. It supports formatted text output for quick human reading or structured JSON output for programmatic integration, making it an essential utility for users who need timely, reliable news updates without manually browsing websites.
Installation
To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/ddrayne/bbc-news
Ensure that your system environment meets the requirements by installing the necessary dependency. This skill relies on the feedparser library to process RSS content effectively:
pip3 install feedparser
Verify your installation by running the help command or listing available sections via python3 scripts/bbc_news.py --list.
Use Cases
- Research & Intelligence: Keep track of breaking developments in specific industries such as 'technology', 'business', or 'science' without noise from non-editorial sources.
- Regional Monitoring: Automate the aggregation of regional news from the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or global regions (Africa, Asia, Latin America) to stay informed on localized issues.
- Data Pipelines: Use the
--jsonflag to export news content directly into other OpenClaw workflows or external databases, allowing for the creation of automated news summaries or sentiment analysis trackers. - Executive Briefings: Configure the skill to fetch a limited number of top stories at the start of your day, providing a concise 'morning briefing' style report.
Example Prompts
- "OpenClaw, fetch the latest 5 technology news stories for me."
- "What is happening in Scotland today? Give me the headlines."
- "Show me the top world news stories as a JSON object so I can save them to my daily log."
Tips & Limitations
- Rate Limiting: While this skill is efficient, avoid calling it in a tight, high-frequency loop to ensure you comply with BBC RSS usage policies.
- Customization: You can combine the
--limitflag with specific sections to prevent information overload. Start with--limit 3to keep your workspace clean. - Data Accuracy: This skill reflects content published on BBC RSS feeds. If a feed experiences latency, the agent output will reflect that specific delay.
- Connectivity: Because this skill performs live requests, ensure your machine has active internet access; the tool does not provide offline caching of news articles.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-ddrayne-bbc-news": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, code-execution