This skill should be used when the user asks for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world.

No licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install News Summary

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill news-summary -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills news-summary --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/news-summary .claude/skills/news-summary && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
news-summary
GitHub stars
663
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~521 tokens
SKILL.md length
104 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

This skill should be used when the user asks for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world.

  • Works in 4 steps: Fetch BBC world headlines → Optionally supplement with Reuters/NPR → Summarize key stories → …
  • Asks for news updates
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, RSS Feeds, Parse RSS and Workflow, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls curl; reaches feeds.bbci.co.uk and reutersagency.com; needs OPENAI_API_KEY

What it does

News Summary is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. This skill should be used when the user asks for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world. Fetches news from trusted international RSS feeds and can create voice summaries.

Its SKILL.md is about 520 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Productivity & Automation. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • Asks for news updates
  • Daily briefings
  • Whats happening in the world

Example prompts

  • “/news-summary”

Requirements

  • A credential in OPENAI_API_KEY

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

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

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • feeds.bbci.co.uk
    • reutersagency.com
    • feeds.npr.org
    • aljazeera.com
    • api.openai.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • OPENAI_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

News Summary loads about 521 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 104 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~521

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 104 words (~521 tokens).

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

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
news-summary

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/news-summary of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about News Summary

What does News Summary do?

This skill should be used when the user asks for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world. News Summary is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. This skill should be used when the user asks for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening in the world.

When should I use News Summary?

News Summary fits situations like: asks for news updates; daily briefings; whats happening in the world.

How do I install News Summary in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill news-summary -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/news-summary in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/news-summary in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install News Summary in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill news-summary -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/news-summary in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/news-summary in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use News Summary 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 sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill news-summary -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-summary, .gemini/skills/news-summary, .github/skills/news-summary and .opencode/skills/news-summary in your project.

What does News Summary need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, News Summary needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl) and credentials named OPENAI_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in OPENAI_API_KEY.

Does News Summary access the network?

SKILL.md names 5 domains. In commands or code: feeds.bbci.co.uk, reutersagency.com, feeds.npr.org, aljazeera.com and api.openai.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is News Summary 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does News Summary use?

No licence was found for News Summary or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does News Summary use?

About 521 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains News Summary?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.