daily-news

What This Skill Does

The daily-news skill is a powerful automation tool for OpenClaw that enables your agent to aggregate current events and trending topics from major information hubs like Baidu and Google Trends. By leveraging a dedicated Python backend, the skill parses real-time data to provide a concise, high-level summary of what is happening in the world. It is designed to act as your digital newspaper, filtering through the noise of the internet to present you with relevant headlines, allowing you to stay informed without manually browsing multiple websites or social feeds.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, use the command-line interface provided by the platform. First, run clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/ym2760184260/daily-news to pull the necessary files into your local directory. Once installed, navigate to the skill's base directory and install the mandatory dependencies by executing pip install -r requirements.txt. This ensures all internal libraries required for web parsing and API interaction are properly configured for your agent's runtime environment.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for professionals who need a quick morning brief before starting their workday, students conducting research on current societal trends, or automated agents that track market sentiment. You can use it to maintain situational awareness in fast-moving industries or as a source of information for other downstream agents that require context on global events. It is particularly effective for teams that need to synchronize their daily agenda with public interest stories.

Example Prompts

1. "What are the top three news headlines globally for today?"
2. "Search Baidu and Google for the biggest tech stories of the morning."
3. "Summarize the current news trends and give me a brief overview of the main highlights."

Tips & Limitations

The daily-news skill relies on external web sources; therefore, it requires active internet connectivity to function correctly. If the source websites change their page structure, the script might require updates to maintain accuracy. To optimize performance, run this skill during off-peak hours to avoid potential rate-limiting from news aggregation services. Always ensure your environment is updated to prevent compatibility issues with Python dependencies.