{"skill":{"slug":"news-summary","displayName":"News Summary","summary":"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.","description":"---\nname: news-summary\ndescription: 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.\n---\n\n# News Summary\n\n## Overview\n\nFetch and summarize news from trusted international sources via RSS feeds.\n\n## RSS Feeds\n\n### BBC (Primary)\n```bash\n# World news\ncurl -s \"https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml\"\n\n# Top stories\ncurl -s \"https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml\"\n\n# Business\ncurl -s \"https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/business/rss.xml\"\n\n# Technology\ncurl -s \"https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml\"\n```\n\n### Reuters\n```bash\n# World news\ncurl -s \"https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-regions=world&post_type=best\"\n```\n\n### NPR (US perspective)\n```bash\ncurl -s \"https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml\"\n```\n\n### Al Jazeera (Global South perspective)\n```bash\ncurl -s \"https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml\"\n```\n\n## Parse RSS\n\nExtract titles and descriptions:\n```bash\ncurl -s \"https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml\" | \\\n  grep -E \"<title>|<description>\" | \\\n  sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | \\\n  sed 's/^[ \\t]*//' | \\\n  head -30\n```\n\n## Workflow\n\n### Text summary\n1. Fetch BBC world headlines\n2. Optionally supplement with Reuters/NPR\n3. Summarize key stories\n4. Group by region or topic\n\n### Voice summary\n1. Create text summary\n2. Generate voice with OpenAI TTS\n3. Send as audio message\n\n```bash\ncurl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/speech \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\n    \"model\": \"tts-1-hd\",\n    \"input\": \"<news summary text>\",\n    \"voice\": \"onyx\",\n    \"speed\": 0.95\n  }' \\\n  --output /tmp/news.mp3\n```\n\n## Example Output Format\n\n```\n📰 News Summary [date]\n\n🌍 WORLD\n- [headline 1]\n- [headline 2]\n\n💼 BUSINESS\n- [headline 1]\n\n💻 TECH\n- [headline 1]\n```\n\n## Best Practices\n\n- Keep summaries concise (5-8 top stories)\n- Prioritize breaking news and major events\n- For voice: ~2 minutes max\n- Balance perspectives (Western + Global South)\n- Cite source if asked\n","tags":{"latest":"1.0.1"},"stats":{"comments":1,"downloads":44544,"installsAllTime":554,"installsCurrent":554,"stars":136,"versions":2},"createdAt":1767689741145,"updatedAt":1778485729679},"latestVersion":{"version":"1.0.1","createdAt":1767689990078,"changelog":"- Added detailed documentation of news sources and RSS feed usage, with example `curl` commands for BBC, Reuters, NPR, and Al Jazeera.\n- Clarified workflows for fetching, parsing, and summarizing news headlines, both as text and as short audio using OpenAI TTS.\n- Included example output format for news summaries, grouped by topic.\n- Outlined best practices: concise coverage (5–8 stories), balanced perspectives, and citation guidance.\n- No functional changes to skill logic—documentation only.","license":null},"metadata":null,"owner":{"handle":"joargp","userId":"s17cgsw61wsmttvbcvyhscm735883mj7","displayName":"joargp","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1954952?v=4"},"moderation":null}