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Ai News Researcher

v1.0.0

Researches latest AI news, summarizes 5 top stories with sources.

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Prompt PreviewInstall & Setup
Install the skill "Ai News Researcher" (timbu306/ai-news-researcher) from ClawHub.
Skill page: https://clawhub.ai/timbu306/ai-news-researcher
Keep the work scoped to this skill only.
After install, inspect the skill metadata and help me finish setup.
Use only the metadata you can verify from ClawHub; do not invent missing requirements.
Ask before making any broader environment changes.

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Purpose & Capability
Name/description align with the runtime instructions: searching news sites, reading articles, summarizing five stories, and saving a Markdown report. No unrelated binaries, env vars, or config paths are requested.
Instruction Scope
Instructions instruct the agent to use the browser tool to search/read news and to save output to ~/clawd/reports/ai-news-$(date +%Y%m%d).md — this is appropriate for the stated task. The SKILL.md also lists an optional 'email' tool for delivery; that could send report contents externally if configured, so users should confirm email configuration before enabling.
Install Mechanism
No install spec (instruction-only skill). No code will be written to disk by an installer — lowest install risk.
Credentials
The skill declares no environment variables or credentials, which is consistent with just browsing public news. However, the optional email delivery implies external credentials (SMTP/API) may be needed if the email tool is used; those are not declared here and should be provided explicitly by the user if desired.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not force-enabled (always: false) and does not request elevated privileges. It does write reports to a subdirectory in the user's home (~/.clawd/reports), which is a limited and expected level of persistence for a reporting skill.
Assessment
This skill appears coherent and low-risk: it will read public news sites and save a Markdown report in ~/clawd/reports. Before installing, decide whether you want reports written automatically to that path (you can change it) and whether to enable the optional email delivery — if you enable email, supply credentials only to trusted services and understand that report contents will be sent externally. If you want to avoid any data leaving your machine, disable the email tool or ensure it's not configured.

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

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v1.0.0
MIT-0

AI News Researcher Skill

Tools

  • browser: Search and read news sites
  • file: Save markdown reports
  • email: Optional delivery (configure if needed)

Instructions

  1. Search "latest AI news" on Google/news sites.
  2. Read 5+ recent articles (prioritize reputable: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, arXiv).
  3. Extract key facts, trends, impacts.
  4. Summarize in Markdown: bullets per story + links.
  5. Save as ~/clawd/reports/ai-news-$(date +%Y%m%d).md

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