wechat-article-search

What This Skill Does

The wechat-article-search skill is a specialized utility designed for the OpenClaw AI agent to interface with WeChat's vast ecosystem of public account content. It allows users to perform keyword-based searches to retrieve high-quality, long-form content spanning diverse categories such as technology, artificial intelligence, current social affairs, finance, education, and career development. The skill returns structured data including article titles, brief summaries, publication timestamps, the originating公众号 (WeChat Official Account) names, and direct, accessible links. It acts as an bridge between the user's information needs and WeChat's typically siloed content architecture.

Installation

To begin using this skill, ensure you have Node.js installed in your environment. First, install the necessary parsing dependency: npm install -g cheerio

Then, use the OpenClaw command-line interface to install the skill package from the source repository: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/wuchubuzai2018/wechat-article-search

Use Cases

• Research & Knowledge Gathering: Quickly aggregate industry news or specific technical tutorials from top-tier WeChat tech bloggers.
• Content Curation: Collect a list of relevant articles to create a newsletter, reading list, or research report.
• Trend Analysis: Monitor specific keywords to track how social topics or financial markets are being discussed across various influential accounts.
• Reference Retrieval: Find back-dated articles from specific publishers when the direct link is lost or harder to navigate via the mobile app interface.

Example Prompts

1. "帮我搜一下关于生成式AI最新发展的微信公众号文章，找5篇高质量的。"
2. "查找最近一周内关于宏观经济分析的文章，并把结果保存到 research.json 文件中。"
3. "帮我找关于职场规划的深度长文，尽可能获取文章的真实可访问链接，数量设置为10篇。"

Tips & Limitations

• Rate Limiting: WeChat maintains strict anti-scraping measures. Excessive or rapid requests may lead to IP address blocking. Use the tool responsibly and avoid mass-crawling.
• URL Resolution: The -r flag allows for attempting to resolve the final destination URL. Note that this may fail intermittently due to WeChat's dynamic redirect policies. If resolution fails, the intermediate URL provided is still generally valid for browser access.
• Ethical Usage: This tool is intended for research and personal knowledge management. It must not be utilized for commercial scraping, building competing databases, or any activity that violates WeChat’s terms of service. Respect the content creators by citing their work properly.