RSS Feed Digest

Fetch, filter, and summarize RSS/Atom feeds into a clean daily or weekly digest. Supports multiple feeds, keyword filtering, deduplication, and outputs Markdown or plain text summaries.

Aggregate multiple RSS/Atom feeds into a clean, summarized digest. Perfect for automated newsletters, news monitoring, or daily briefings.

Usage

Fetch and display recent items

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/rss_digest.py fetch \
  --feeds "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" "https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/technology-lab" \
  --hours 24 \
  --limit 20

Filter by keywords

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/rss_digest.py fetch \
  --feeds "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" \
  --keywords "AI,LLM,agent,OpenClaw" \
  --hours 48

Output as Markdown file

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/rss_digest.py fetch \
  --feeds "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" \
  --output digest.md \
  --format markdown

Use a feed list file

bash

# Create feeds.txt with one URL per line
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/rss_digest.py fetch \
  --feed-file feeds.txt \
  --hours 24

Features

• 📰 Supports RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds
• 🔍 Keyword filtering (include/exclude)
• 🔄 Deduplication across multiple feeds
• 📅 Time-based filtering (last N hours)
• 📝 Markdown or plain text output
• 📋 Feed list file support for managing many sources

Dependencies

bash

pip3 install feedparser

Example: Daily AI News Digest

bash

# feeds.txt
https://hnrss.org/frontpage
https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/technology-lab
https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/feed/
https://openai.com/blog/rss.xml

# Run daily via cron
python3 rss_digest.py fetch --feed-file feeds.txt --keywords "AI,LLM,GPT,Claude,agent" --hours 24 --output /tmp/daily-ai-digest.md

Use Cases

• Daily briefings: Summarize industry news for your team
• Newsletter automation: Generate content for Beehiiv/Substack newsletters
• Competitive monitoring: Track mentions of competitors or keywords
• Research: Aggregate academic/industry feeds on a topic
• Heartbeat integration: Run during OpenClaw heartbeat to check for relevant news