News
v1.0.1Personalized news briefings that learn your interests, formats, and timing preferences.
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byIván@ivangdavila
MIT-0
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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OpenClaw
Benign
high confidencePurpose & Capability
Name and description (personalized news briefings) align with the instructions: building/reading a local profile in ~/news/, producing briefings, and updating engagement history are appropriate and expected for this purpose.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md confines activity to ~/news/ and behavioral rules for composing briefings. It does not include concrete fetch/scrape steps; however it references optional related skills (e.g., 'scrape', 'summarizer') which, if installed, could introduce external network activity. The file also asserts it 'does NOT send data to external services' — that is a policy statement in the instructions but is not technically enforced by the skill format.
Install Mechanism
Instruction-only skill with no install spec or downloaded code; this minimizes risk since nothing is written or executed by an installer.
Credentials
The skill declares no required environment variables, credentials, or config paths beyond the local ~/news/ directory; this is proportionate to its stated functionality.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill stores local memory under ~/news/ which is consistent with personalization. It is not forced always-on and does not request elevated or cross-skill privileges.
Assessment
This skill appears coherent and low-risk, but before installing: 1) confirm you are comfortable with a directory (~/news/) being created and storing your preferences/history locally; avoid putting secrets there. 2) The SKILL.md states it won't send data externally, but that relies on the agent and any additional skills you install (e.g., 'scrape' or 'summarizer'); if you want to prevent network access, check the agent's network permissions or avoid installing network-capable companion skills. 3) Review or provide the referenced memory-template.md so you know what personal data will be recorded and consider filesystem permissions or encryption if you store sensitive preferences. 4) If you later install related skills, review their install and credential requirements (they may need API keys or web access).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.
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