Competitor News Monitor
NousResearch/hermes-agent
Watch named companies for material news; cited digests. An agent skill from NousResearch/hermes-agent.
AI新闻搭子 — 不只推新闻，而是告诉你「这条跟你有什么关系」+「你能做什么」。基于隐式画像的个性化深度解读，让每一条新闻都与你相关。当用户说"看新闻"、"有什么新闻"、"最新热点"、"今日热点"时触发。
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Install News Buddy
$ npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill news-buddy -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install infometa/workbuddyskills news-buddy --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy .claude/skills/news-buddy && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "news-buddy" agent skill from https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills/tree/main/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy into .claude/skills/news-buddy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "news-buddy", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills/tree/main/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddyType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill news-buddy -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install infometa/workbuddyskills news-buddy --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy .agents/skills/news-buddy && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "news-buddy" agent skill from https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills/tree/main/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy into .agents/skills/news-buddy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "news-buddy", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill news-buddy -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install infometa/workbuddyskills news-buddy --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy .cursor/skills/news-buddy && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "news-buddy" agent skill from https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills/tree/main/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy into .cursor/skills/news-buddy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "news-buddy", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills.git --path experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill news-buddy -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install infometa/workbuddyskills news-buddy --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy .gemini/skills/news-buddy && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "news-buddy" agent skill from https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills/tree/main/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy into .gemini/skills/news-buddy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "news-buddy", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install infometa/workbuddyskills news-buddyInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill news-buddy -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy .github/skills/news-buddy && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "news-buddy" agent skill from https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills/tree/main/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy into .github/skills/news-buddy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "news-buddy", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill news-buddy -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install infometa/workbuddyskills news-buddy --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy .opencode/skills/news-buddy && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "news-buddy" agent skill from https://github.com/infometa/workbuddyskills/tree/main/experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy into .opencode/skills/news-buddy/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "news-buddy", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
news-buddy- GitHub stars
- 348
- Token cost
- ~2.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 503 words
- Files
- 16 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 218
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
AI新闻搭子 — 不只推新闻，而是告诉你「这条跟你有什么关系」+「你能做什么」。基于隐式画像的个性化深度解读，让每一条新闻都与你相关。当用户说"看新闻"、"有什么新闻"、"最新热点"、"今日热点"时触发。
- Works in 3 steps: 安装依赖 + 检测 tencent-news-cli → 构建初始画像 → 完成安装
- SKILL.md covers Gotchas, P0: 从 Agent 记忆文件预填画像, 首次安装 — 三件事 and 使用流程总览, plus 6 more sections
- Runs JavaScript scripts from its folder; calls node and npm
What it does
News Buddy is an agent skill from infometa/workbuddyskills. AI新闻搭子 — 不只推新闻，而是告诉你「这条跟你有什么关系」+「你能做什么」。基于隐式画像的个性化深度解读，让每一条新闻都与你相关。当用户说"看新闻"、"有什么新闻"、"最新热点"、"今日热点"时触发。
Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 18 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `SETUP.md`, `_meta.json` and `_skillhub_meta.json`).
The repository describes itself as: WorkBuddy skills / connectors / experts archive for offline study.
Example prompts
- “/news-buddy”
Requirements
- Node.js
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- 安装依赖 + 检测 tencent-news-cli
- 构建初始画像
- 完成安装
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 91b77ea. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 3 files in scripts/ (JavaScript), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
nodenpm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
News Buddy loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 28 tokens; SKILL.md has 503 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 503 words (~2,421 tokens).
- name
- news-buddy
Files
SKILL.md and 15 other files (scripts, references) in experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy of infometa/workbuddyskills.
- SKILL.md
- SETUP.md
- _meta.json
- _skillhub_meta.json
- config.cjs
- data/profile-templates.json
- package.json
- references/automation-prompts.md
- references/error-handling.md
- references/examples.md
- references/profile-schema.md
- references/signal-detection.md
- references/source-tiers.md
- scripts/interest-utils.cjs
- scripts/news-buddy.cjs
- scripts/tag-registry.cjs
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 91b77ea
Compare with similar skills
News Buddy next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Buddy this skillinfometa/workbuddyskills | 348 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Competitor News MonitorNousResearch/hermes-agent | 252k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Newsalsk1992/CloddsBot | 3k | — | ~462 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Buddy Program Managersickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| News Sentiment Enginesickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~918 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Newsmateaix/mateclaw | 1.2k | — | ~493 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about News Buddy
What does News Buddy do?
AI新闻搭子 — 不只推新闻，而是告诉你「这条跟你有什么关系」+「你能做什么」。基于隐式画像的个性化深度解读，让每一条新闻都与你相关。当用户说"看新闻"、"有什么新闻"、"最新热点"、"今日热点"时触发。. News Buddy is an agent skill from infometa/workbuddyskills.
How do I install News Buddy in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill news-buddy -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy in infometa/workbuddyskills) into .claude/skills/news-buddy in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install News Buddy in Codex?
Run `npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill news-buddy -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (experts/news-buddy/skills/news-buddy in infometa/workbuddyskills) into .agents/skills/news-buddy in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use News Buddy in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add infometa/workbuddyskills --skill news-buddy -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/news-buddy, .gemini/skills/news-buddy, .github/skills/news-buddy and .opencode/skills/news-buddy in your project.
What does News Buddy need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, News Buddy needs JavaScript for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (node and npm). Our summary lists: Node.js.
Does News Buddy access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is News Buddy safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does News Buddy use?
No licence was found for News Buddy or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does News Buddy use?
About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to News Buddy?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with News Buddy: Competitor News Monitor (NousResearch/hermes-agent, 252k stars), News (alsk1992/CloddsBot, 3k stars), Buddy Program Manager (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and News Sentiment Engine (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains News Buddy?
infometa (a GitHub user) maintains it in infometa/workbuddyskills, which has 348 GitHub stars. The repository holds 218 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: infometa/workbuddyskills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.