rss-reader
Monitor RSS and Atom feeds for content research. Track blogs, news sites, newsletters, and any feed source. Use when monitoring competitors, tracking industry news, finding content ideas, or building a personal news aggregator. Supports multiple feeds with categories, filters, and summaries.
Why use this skill?
Efficiently monitor, filter, and summarize RSS and Atom feeds with the OpenClaw RSS Reader skill. Perfect for content research, competitor tracking, and industry news.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/dimitripantzos/rss-readerWhat This Skill Does
The RSS Reader skill for OpenClaw is a powerful automation tool designed to monitor and aggregate content from RSS and Atom feeds. Whether you are tracking industry news, monitoring competitor activity, or gathering content ideas, this skill streamlines the process by centralizing diverse data streams. It allows you to organize feeds into categories, filter incoming items by specific keywords, and generate summaries, effectively turning raw data into actionable insights. By supporting multiple formats—including a text-based list, an 'ideas' format for content planning, and JSON for downstream system integration—it provides maximum flexibility for researchers and power users.
Installation
To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, ensure you have the necessary runtime dependencies and then execute the installation command via the terminal:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/dimitripantzos/rss-reader
Once installed, you can manage your feeds directly from the command line interface provided by the script. Feeds are persisted in the rss-reader/feeds.json configuration file, allowing for consistent tracking even across system reboots or agent restarts.
Use Cases
This skill is highly versatile for professionals across multiple fields. For content creators, it serves as a robust engine for ideation by summarizing the latest posts from niche blogs, providing you with trending topics to respond to or expand upon. Marketers use it to stay ahead of the curve by monitoring competitor updates in real-time. For developers and researchers, the JSON output format makes it an ideal tool for piping fresh industry data into larger AI workflows or database systems, automating the ingestion process entirely.
Example Prompts
- "Check my tech category feeds for any new articles from the last 12 hours and summarize the key points for me."
- "Add the OpenAI blog feed to my RSS reader under the category 'AI-News' and list all current subscriptions."
- "Search all my feeds for items containing 'automation' and present them in the content ideas format, focusing on the latest trends."
Tips & Limitations
To maintain high signal-to-noise ratios, take advantage of the keyword filtering feature when checking feeds. Use the maxAgeDays setting in the feeds.json file to prune stale entries and keep your feed data lean. Note that the skill relies on the presence of valid RSS/Atom tags; ensure that the URLs you provide lead to standard syndication endpoints to avoid parsing errors. For high-volume monitoring, integrate the check command into your system's heartbeat or cron scheduler to automate your daily information retrieval tasks.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-dimitripantzos-rss-reader": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read
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