News Express

Use this skill when users ask for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world.

Install

openclaw skills install news-express

News Express

Overview

Use this skill when users ask for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world. Fetches news from reliable international and Chinese RSS feeds, requiring no API keys. Simply use the web_fetch tool to read RSS XML directly.

Trigger Scenarios

User asks "what's the news today", "latest updates", "daily briefing"
User asks "what's happening domestically/internationally"
User requests categorized news such as technology, finance, sports
User asks for "morning briefing", "evening briefing", "news summary"

RSS Feeds

🇨🇳 Domestic Sources

Source	Category	URL
36Kr	Latest Flash News	`https://36kr.com/feed-newsflash`
Solidot	Technology	`https://www.solidot.org/index.rss`
SSPAI	Technology/Digital	`https://sspai.com/feed`
IThome	AI/Technology/Digital	`https://www.ithome.com/rss/`
Zhidx	Flash News/Headlines/AI/Robotics	`https://zhidx.com/rss`
ITJuzi	Finance	`https://www.itjuzi.com/api/telegraph.xml`
cnBeta	AI/Technology/Digital	`https://plink.anyfeeder.com/cnbeta`
Odaily	Flash News	`https://rss.odaily.news/rss/newsflash`
People's Daily	Headlines	`http://www.people.com.cn/rss/politics.xml`

🌍 International Sources

Source	Category	URL
OpenAI	AI	`https://openai.com/news/rss.xml`
NPR	United States	`https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml`
Hacker News	Technology	`https://hnrss.org/frontpage`
PANews	Flash News	`https://www.panewslab.com/rss.xml?lang=en&type=NEWS&featured=true`
ArXiv	AI	`https://rss.arxiv.org/rss/cs.AI`
China Daily	English/International	`https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/rss/china_rss.xml`
TechCrunch	Technology	`https://techcrunch.com/feed/`

Workflow

Step 1: Fetch RSS Content

Use the web_fetch tool to read RSS XML directly:

web_fetch(url="https://openai.com/news/rss.xml")

Step 2: Parse Headlines

In the RSS XML structure, news headlines are within <title> tags, summaries within <description> tags, and links within <link> tags. Simply extract them from the markdown text returned by web_fetch.

Step 3: Compile and Output

Organize by domestic and international categories, taking 6-8 items each, outputting each headline with a concise summary.

Output Format

📰 [Latest News]
🗓️ [Date] · [Day of Week]

---

## 🇨🇳 Domestic

• [Headline 1] 
[Summary 1]
• [Headline 2] 
[Summary 2]
• [Headline 3] 
[Summary 3]
...

---

## 🌍 International

• [Headline 1] 
[Summary 1]
• [Headline 2] 
[Summary 2]
• [Headline 3] 
[Summary 3]
...

---
Data Source: RSS Feeds

Important Notes

No API Key Required: All data is obtained through public RSS feeds
Some domestic sources may require proper network access: If access fails, automatically switch to backup sources
Content Timeliness: RSS typically updates every 15-60 minutes
Language: Domestic sources output in Chinese, international sources can be bilingual (Chinese/English)