News Summarizer Official

Fetch and summarize global news from BBC, Reuters, NPR RSS feeds into concise text or voice briefings covering major current events.

News Summarizer

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