news-summary

What the source does

• FilesystemNone observedNo reads or writes in the source
• NetworkNone observedNo outbound calls in the source
• ShellNone observedNo commands run in the source
• DependenciesPinnedNothing floats
• SecretsNone foundNo keys in source

Five audit layers

Gates applied: no behavioural pass.

Audit 0.4.1 · source sha 3acc7a260379 · 28 Oct 2026Report an issue or request a re-scan

• Publishersundial-org GitHub organizationOwner of the repository this skill is read from
• Source foldersundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills/skills/news-summaryThe exact folder we audited
• LicenceNot declaredAs the repository states it
• Commit pinned for this verdict3acc7a260379A new audit runs when the source changes
• Repository statusNot archivedLast push 235 days ago
• Sandboxed runNot runSkills are read, not executed; layer L4 is skipped

Its description: This skill should be used when the user asks for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world. Fetches news from trusted international RSS feeds and can create voice summaries.

---
name: news-summary
description: This skill should be used when the user asks for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world. Fetches news from trusted international RSS feeds and can create voice summaries.
---

# News Summary

## Overview

Fetch and summarize news from trusted international sources via RSS feeds.

## RSS Feeds

### BBC (Primary)
```bash
# World news
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml"

# Top stories
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"

# Business
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/business/rss.xml"

# Technology
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"
```

### Reuters
```bash
# World news
curl -s "https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-regions=world&post_type=best"
```

### NPR (US perspective)
```bash
curl -s "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"
```

### Al Jazeera (Global South perspective)
```bash
curl -s "https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml"
```

## Parse RSS

Extract titles and descriptions:
```bash
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml" | \
  grep -E "<title>|<description>" | \
  sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | \
  sed 's/^[ \t]*//' | \
  head -30
```

## Workflow

### Text summary
1. Fetch BBC world headlines
2. Optionally supplement with Reuters/NPR
3. Summarize key stories
4. Group by region or topic

### Voice summary
1. Create text summary
2. Generate voice with OpenAI TTS
3. Send as audio message

```bash
curl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "tts-1-hd",
    "input": "<news summary text>",
    "voice": "onyx",
    "speed": 0.95
  }' \
  --output /tmp/news.mp3
```

## Example Output Format

```
📰 News Summary [date]

🌍 WORLD
- [headline 1]
- [headline 2]

💼 BUSINESS
- [headline 1]

💻 TECH
- [headline 1]
```

## Best Practices

- Keep summaries concise (5-8 top stories)
- Prioritize breaking news and major events
- For voice: ~2 minutes max
- Balance perspectives (Western + Global South)
- Cite source if asked

Excerpt, first 2,082 characters of SKILL.md, verbatim from the audited commit. It is text from someone else’s repository, quoted so you can judge it before your agent reads it.

git clone https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills
git -C awesome-openclaw-skills checkout 3acc7a260379

Works in

1. 2026-10-28
   ✓SAFE B 89 / 100

   first audit · source 3acc7a260379

Questions about news-summary

• github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills/tree/main/skills/ — the audited source at commit 3acc7a260379 and every finding aboveObserved · 28 Oct 2026

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