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Google News Api Skill

v0.1.3

This skill helps users automatically extract structured news data from Google News via BrowserAct API. Agent should proactively apply this skill when users e...

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byHenk Nie@phheng
MIT-0
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
Name and description claim Google News extraction via BrowserAct. The skill only requires python and a BROWSERACT_API_KEY and the script calls api.browseract.com endpoints with a BrowserAct workflow template ID — this is coherent and expected.
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Instruction Scope
SKILL.md directs the agent to run the provided script, monitor logs, follow a 1-retry policy for non-auth errors, and ask the user for the BrowserAct key if missing. The instructions do not ask the agent to read unrelated files, other environment variables, or exfiltrate data to unexpected endpoints.
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Install Mechanism
This is an instruction-only skill with a small Python script (no install spec). The script uses the Python requests library but the skill does not declare how to ensure that dependency is installed; that is an operational omission but not a security red flag.
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Credentials
Only BROWSERACT_API_KEY is required and the script reads only that env var for authorization. No unrelated secrets, config paths, or additional credentials are requested.
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Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not configured as always: true, does not modify other skills or system settings, and has no installation steps that persist beyond running the script.
Assessment
This skill appears to do what it says: it sends queries to BrowserAct's API and returns results. Before installing, ensure you trust BrowserAct (https://www.browseract.com), are comfortable providing a BROWSERACT_API_KEY, and understand any usage/cost or data-retention policies on that service. Make sure the Python runtime where the agent runs has the 'requests' package available. Treat the API key like any secret—provide it only if you trust the integration and rotate/revoke it if you stop using the skill. If you need higher assurance, review BrowserAct account activity and the API responses the skill will print to confirm no unexpected data is being returned or logged.

Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
Termshttps://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-0.html

Runtime requirements

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EnvBROWSERACT_API_KEY

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