News

What This Skill Does

The News skill is a highly customizable, locally-hosted briefing engine designed for OpenClaw. Unlike generic news aggregators, it builds a deep understanding of your personal information ecosystem. By maintaining a structured memory repository in ~/news/, it tracks your specific interest proportions (e.g., 60% cybersecurity, 40% venture capital), preferred delivery formats, and engagement history. The skill acts as an intelligent curator that filters noise, ensures multi-source verification for contested topics, and adapts its delivery schedule to fit your lifestyle—whether that is a quick morning bulleted list or a deep-dive evening narrative.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw agent, execute the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/ivangdavila/news Once installed, ensure you have initialized your configuration files. Navigate to your workspace and ensure the ~/news/ directory is created. Refer to memory-template.md to define your initial preferences. For ongoing updates and improvements, run clawhub sync periodically.

Use Cases

• Professional Situational Awareness: Analysts can monitor niche markets or technical sectors without wading through generalized headlines.
• Bias Mitigation: Users who want to see multiple perspectives on controversial topics will benefit from the skill's multi-source requirement.
• Efficient Time Management: Instead of browsing news feeds, receive a curated digest at a specific time that matches your cognitive capacity (e.g., summary bullets in the morning, analytical articles in the evening).
• Learning & Adaptation: Use this for continuous professional development as the agent tracks what you click and adjusts future briefings to favor higher-value content.

Example Prompts

1. "Give me a morning briefing. Focus on AI regulations and semiconductor supply chains, 50/50 split. Keep it to 5 bullet points."
2. "I'm interested in the latest developments regarding the recent infrastructure bill; provide a balanced summary using multiple sources and note any editorial leanings."
3. "Based on my reading history, what topics should I focus on this week, and can you adjust my profile to emphasize renewable energy a bit more?"

Tips & Limitations

• Specificity is Key: The skill learns best when you are explicit. Avoid broad terms like "tech"; instead, specify "LLM benchmarks" or "cloud computing security."
• Respect the Hierarchy: The skill enforces a "Facts First, Analysis Second" rule. If you feel the analysis is too light, ask for a deep dive on a specific story.
• Privacy First: This skill is strictly local. All your data, from interest profiles to history, stays within your ~/news/ directory. It does not phone home with your personal reading habits.
• Source Management: Regularly review ~/news/sources.md to ensure your trusted sources are up to date and reflective of your desired viewpoints.