News Aggregator Skill
PassAudited by ClawScan on May 1, 2026.
Overview
The skill is aligned with fetching and summarizing public news, but it references missing helper files and will save local reports, so users should verify the package contents before use.
This skill appears safe to review as a public-news summarizer. Before using it, confirm the missing helper files are supplied from a trusted source, expect it to fetch external news pages and save reports locally, and ask for strict filtering if you do not want expanded keywords or older supplemental items.
Findings (3)
Artifact-based informational review of SKILL.md, metadata, install specs, static scan signals, and capability signals. ClawScan does not execute the skill or run runtime probes.
The skill may not run as described, or an agent/user may need to locate or provide code that was not included in the package.
The skill references helper/template files, but the supplied manifest contains only SKILL.md and no install spec, so the runnable implementation and template provenance are not present in the reviewed artifacts.
python3 scripts/fetch_news.py --source all --limit 15 --deep ... READ the content of `templates.md` in the skill directory
Before executing, verify that scripts/fetch_news.py and templates.md are present, expected, and from a trusted source.
A report may include supplementary older stories even when the user asked for a strict recent time range.
For sparse time-window queries, the skill tells the agent to include older items beyond the user's requested window, although it also requires those items to be clearly annotated.
If the list is short, you MUST include high-value/high-heat items from a wider range (e.g. past 24h)
If strict filtering matters, ask explicitly for only items within the requested time window and review any annotations on older items.
Local report files may remain after use and could reveal the news topics or briefings the user requested.
The skill creates persistent local report files containing generated summaries and links; this is scoped and purpose-aligned, but it leaves durable output on disk.
Always save the full report to `reports/` directory with a timestamped filename
Store reports only where appropriate and delete old reports if the topics or generated briefings are sensitive.