openclaw-feeds – OpenClaw Skill

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name: openclaw-feeds description: > RSS news aggregator. Fetches headlines from curated feeds across three categories: news, games, and finance. Use when the user asks about current news, headlines, what's happening, what's going on, or says "what's up in news", "what's up in finance", "what's up in games", or the German equivalents "was geht mit nachrichten", "was geht mit money", "was geht mit gaming". Also activates for requests like "give me a news rundown", "latest headlines", "market news", "gaming news", "tech news", "finance roundup", or "briefing". Returns structured JSON from public RSS feeds — no API keys, no web search needed. license: MIT compatibility: Requires Python 3, feedparser (pip install feedparser), and network access to fetch RSS feeds. allowed-tools: Bash(python3:*) metadata: author: nesdeq version: "3.1.1" tags: "rss, news, feeds, headlines, aggregator"

Feeds

RSS news aggregator. Fetches all current entries from curated feeds across three categories — news, games, and finance. Concurrent fetching, streamed JSON output. No API key needed.

Constraint

Do NOT use web search, WebFetch, browser tools, or any other URL-fetching tool when this skill is active. The RSS feeds are the sole data source. Do not supplement, verify, or expand results with external searches. Do not fetch article URLs — summaries are already included in the output.

Categories

Detect the category from the user's message:

• "news", "headlines", "nachrichten", "tech news" → news
• "finance", "markets", "money", "stocks", "economy" → finance
• "games", "gaming" → games

Category	Feeds	Sources
news	21	Ars Technica, Wired, TechCrunch, The Verge, NYT, Heise, Quanta, Aeon, Nautilus, and more
games	10	GameStar, GamesGlobal, PC Gamer, Polygon, Kotaku, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, GamesIndustry.biz
finance	26	Bloomberg, WSJ, FT, CNBC, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, The Economist, Forbes, CoinDesk, Fed, ECB

Feed lists are defined in scripts/lists.py.

How to Invoke

Run one invocation per category. Run multiple if the user asks for more than one.

python3 scripts/feeds.py --category news
python3 scripts/feeds.py --category games
python3 scripts/feeds.py --category finance

Output Format

The script streams a JSON array. The first element is metadata, the rest are entries:

[{"category": "news", "total_entries": 142, "sources": ["aeon.co", "arstechnica.com"], "fetched_at": "2026-01-31 22:00:00"}
,{"title": "Headline Here", "url": "https://example.com/article", "source": "arstechnica.com", "date": "Fri, 31 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT", "summary": "Brief summary text..."}
]

Field	Description
title	Headline text
url	Link to full article
source	Domain name of the feed source
date	Publication date as provided by the feed
summary	Brief description, HTML stripped, max 500 chars

CLI Reference

Flag	Description
-c, --category	Feed category: news, games, or finance (required)

Presenting Results

After parsing the output, present a structured, concise rundown:

1. Group by theme — cluster related stories under headings (e.g. "Tech & Industry", "Science", "Markets", "Crypto")
2. Keep it tight — headline + one-line summary + source attribution per item
3. Link to sources — use markdown links so the user can read more
4. Deduplicate — if multiple feeds cover the same story, mention it once and note cross-source coverage
5. Highlight big stories — if a story appears across 3+ sources, call it out prominently

Example output:

### Tech & Industry
- **[Headline](url)** — One-line summary *(Source)*
- **[Headline](url)** — One-line summary *(Source)*

### Science
- **[Headline](url)** — One-line summary *(Source)*

Edge Cases

• Failed or timed-out feeds (15s timeout) are silently skipped — remaining feeds still return results.
• If zero entries are returned, the script exits with {"error": "No entries found", "category": "..."}.
• Some entries may lack summaries — they will still have title, URL, and source.

Feeds

RSS news aggregator skill. Fetches headlines from curated feeds across three categories — news, games, finance. Concurrent fetching, structured JSON output. No API key needed.

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How It Works

1. Pick a category — news, games, or finance
2. Concurrent feed fetching — all RSS feeds for that category fetched in parallel (15s timeout per feed)
3. Streamed output — results print as a JSON array, one element per entry

One call returns all current entries from every feed in the selected category.

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Install

1. Clone

git clone https://github.com/nesdeq/openclaw-feeds.git ~/.openclaw/skills/feeds

2. Install feedparser

feedparser is the only dependency.

pip install --user feedparser

# Or if you use pip3 explicitly
pip3 install --user feedparser

Verify it's importable:

python3 -c "import feedparser; print('ok')"

3. Run

python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/feeds/scripts/feeds.py --category news

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Categories

news — General news (21 feeds)

Tech, science, culture, essays. Sources include Ars Technica, Wired, TechCrunch, The Verge, NYT, Heise, Quanta Magazine, Aeon, Nautilus, and more.

python3 scripts/feeds.py --category news

games — Gaming news (10 feeds)

German and US gaming press. Sources include GameStar, GamesGlobal, PC Gamer, Polygon, Kotaku, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, GamesIndustry.biz.

python3 scripts/feeds.py --category games

finance — Finance & markets (26 feeds)

Markets, business, economy, crypto, central banks. Sources include Bloomberg, WSJ, FT, CNBC, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, The Economist, Forbes, CoinDesk, Fed, ECB.

python3 scripts/feeds.py --category finance

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Output Format

Streamed JSON array — first element is metadata, rest are entries:

[{"category": "news", "total_entries": 142, "sources": ["aeon.co", "arstechnica.com", ...], "fetched_at": "2026-01-31 22:00:00"}
,{"title": "Headline Here", "url": "https://...", "source": "arstechnica.com", "date": "Fri, 31 Jan 2026 ...", "summary": "Brief summary text..."}
,{"title": "Another Headline", "url": "https://...", "source": "wired.com", "date": "...", "summary": "..."}
]

Entry Fields

Field	Description
title	Headline text
url	Link to full article
source	Domain name of the feed source
date	Publication date (as provided by the feed)
summary	Brief summary/description (HTML stripped, max 500 chars)

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CLI Reference

Flag	Description
-c, --category	Feed category: news, games, or finance (required)

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FAQ & Troubleshooting

Q: Do I need an API key?

No. This skill reads public RSS feeds directly.

Q: Why are some entries missing summaries?

Some feeds don't include summary/description fields. The entry will still have title, URL, and source.

Q: Can I add my own feeds?

Edit scripts/lists.py — three lists: NEWS_FEEDS, GAMES_FEEDS, FINANCE_FEEDS.

Error: "feedparser is required but not installed"

pip install --user feedparser
# Then verify: python3 -c "import feedparser; print('ok')"

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License

MIT

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Links

• ClawHub — Skill page
• GitHub — Source code & issues