News Summarizer

Fetch and summarize world news from BBC, Reuters, NPR RSS feeds. Can create voice summaries. USE WHEN: "What's happening in the world?", daily briefings, general news updates, current events. DON'T USE: Stock/market news (use stock-analysis), weather (use weather skill), sports scores, stock-specific company news.

News Summary

Overview

Fetch and summarize news from trusted international sources via RSS feeds.

When NOT to Use This Skill

❌ "What's happening with NVDA stock?" → Use stock-analysis skill ❌ "What's the weather in Warren NJ?" → Use weather skill
❌ "Summarize this YouTube video" → Use summarize skill ❌ "What are people saying on Twitter about X?" → Use bird skill ❌ "Give me sports scores" → Use web_search directly

RSS Feeds

BBC (Primary)

bash

# World news
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml"

# Top stories
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"

# Business
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/business/rss.xml"

# Technology
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"

# Asia (good for India/South Asia coverage)
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/asia/rss.xml"

Reuters

bash

# World news
curl -s "https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-regions=world&post_type=best"

NPR (US perspective)

bash

curl -s "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"

The Hindu (India)

bash

curl -s "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/feeder/default.rss"

Parse RSS

Extract titles and descriptions:

bash

curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml" | \
  grep -E "<title>|<description>" | \
  sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | \
  sed 's/^[ \t]*//' | \
  head -30

Workflow

Text summary

1. Fetch BBC world headlines
2. Optionally supplement with Reuters/NPR
3. Summarize key stories
4. Group by region or topic

Voice summary

1. Create text summary
2. Generate voice with OpenAI TTS
3. Send as audio message

bash

curl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "tts-1-hd",
    "input": "<news summary text>",
    "voice": "onyx",
    "speed": 0.95
  }' \
  --output /tmp/news.mp3

Example Output Format

text

📰 News Summary [date]

🌍 WORLD
- [headline 1]
- [headline 2]

💼 BUSINESS
- [headline 1]

💻 TECH
- [headline 1]

Best Practices

• Keep summaries concise (5-8 top stories)
• Prioritize breaking news and major events
• For voice: ~2 minutes max
• Balance perspectives (Western + Indian/Asia)
• Cite source if asked