Daily Ai News

Use when users need comprehensive daily news about AI, large models, and related fields.

Security Scan

The skill mostly does what it says (calls a third‑party AI news API and returns results) but has small inconsistencies and an unknown remote endpoint which warrant caution before installing.

Purpose & Capability

The name/description match the implementation: the script queries an external AI-news API and returns results. Minor incoherence: the skill runtime requires curl (it runs ./scripts/news.sh which calls curl) but the declared required binaries list omits curl. The package also lacks a homepage/source URL to verify the API provider.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructs running scripts/news.sh and the script only builds a query string and performs a curl to https://60s.viki.moe/v2/ai-news. It does not read local files or environment variables. There is an internal inconsistency: SKILL.md's 'Default Strategy (--encoding markdown)' contradicts earlier note that the API defaults to JSON and the script's behavior (it leaves encoding empty, so the API default applies).

Install Mechanism

No install spec and only a small shell script are included (no archive downloads or package installs). This is low-risk from an install mechanism perspective.

Credentials

The skill requests no credentials or environment variables and the script does not access any secrets. This is proportionate to a simple news-fetching skill.

Persistence & Privilege

Skill is not always-enabled and does not request persistent or elevated agent privileges. It does not modify other skills or system configuration.

What to consider before installing

This skill simply fetches news from a remote endpoint and prints the response, but review these points before installing: 1) The script uses curl but the skill metadata doesn't declare curl as a required binary — make sure curl is available in a safe sandbox. 2) The API host (https://60s.viki.moe) has no provided homepage or source in the registry metadata — verify the service operator and trustworthiness before allowing network access. 3) SKILL.md contains a contradictory statement about the default encoding (it says default markdown but the script leaves encoding empty and relies on the API default JSON) — expect the script to return whatever the remote API default is unless you pass --encoding. 4) The script does no URL-encoding of user input; while it validates date and encoding formats, malformed inputs could produce unexpected query strings. 5) Because the skill performs outbound network requests, ensure you are comfortable with the remote server seeing request metadata (requested dates/encodings) and that the agent will not automatically execute or rely on untrusted returned content. If you need to proceed, ask the publisher for a homepage/source, add curl to required binaries, and consider running the skill in an environment with restricted network access or response validation.

Daily AI News Skill

This skill helps AI agents fetch and present daily curated AI news from the 60s API, which provides the latest updates on AI, large models, and related technologies.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when users:

• Ask for today's AI news or updates on large language models
• Want a quick daily briefing on artificial intelligence
• Request AI news summaries
• Need historical AI news from a specific date
• Want AI news in different formats (text, JSON, markdown)

How to Use

Execute the associated scripts/news.sh script to fetch the AI news.

./scripts/news.sh [options] [date]

Options

• --encoding, -e <format>: Optional. Specifies the output response format. Valid options are text, json, and markdown. The API defaults to json if not specified.
• --date, -d <YYYY-MM-DD>: Optional. Fetch historical AI news for a specific date. If omitted, fetches today's news. Note: If this is the only argument provided, you can omit the --date flag entirely.

Return Values

The script securely calls the 60s AI news API and outputs the response to stdout. Depending on the encoding parameter, the response could be a JSON string, plain text, or markdown.

Usage Examples

# Get today's AI news using default API encoding (json)
./scripts/news.sh

# Get today's AI news in plain text format
./scripts/news.sh --encoding text

# Get AI news for a specific date using flags
./scripts/news.sh --date 2024-03-01

# Get AI news for a specific date (simplified usage without flags)
./scripts/news.sh 2024-03-01

# Get AI news for a specific date in markdown format
./scripts/news.sh -e markdown -d 2024-03-01

Response Format

To balance information depth with token consumption, you MUST use the following rules for the encoding parameter:

1. Default Strategy (--encoding markdown)

   • When to use: By default for standard AI news inquiries.
   • Why: Provides well-structured, easy-to-read information with moderate token usage.

2. Brief Information (--encoding text)

   • When to use: When the user explicitly requests brief or summarized AI news.
   • Why: Returns only essential details in plain text, saving maximum tokens.

3. Complete Information (--encoding json)

   • When to use: Only when the user explicitly asks for raw data, detailed fields, or comprehensive data.
   • Why: Returns the complete API payload, which is highly token-heavy.