Openclaw Feeds

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user asks about current news
• Whats happening
• Says whats up in news
• Whats up in finance

Example prompts

• “s happening, what”
• “s up in news”
• “s up in finance”
• “/openclaw-feeds”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires Python 3, feedparser (pip install feedparser), and network access to fetch RSS feeds.
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(python3:*)

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Group by theme — cluster related stories under headings (e.g. "Tech & Industry", "Science", "Markets", "Crypto")
2. 2Keep it tight — headline + one-line summary + source attribution per item
3. 3Link to sources — use markdown links so the user can read more
4. 4Deduplicate — if multiple feeds cover the same story, mention it once and note cross-source coverage
5. 5Highlight big stories — if a story appears across 3+ sources, call it out prominently

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 these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Bash(python3:*)

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • python3

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  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.

• Compatibility

  Requires Python 3, feedparser (pip install feedparser), and network access to fetch RSS feeds.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Openclaw Feeds loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 156 tokens; SKILL.md has 358 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~156

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.1k

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

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

The full file from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills at commit b80cde2, republished under its MIT licence (© sundial-org). 358 words, ~1,064 tokens.

name

openclaw-feeds

description

RSS news aggregator. Fetches headlines from curated feeds across three categories: news, games, and finance. Use when the user asks about current news, headlines, what's happening, what's going on, or says "what's up in news", "what's up in finance", "what's up in games", or the German equivalents "was geht mit nachrichten", "was geht mit money", "was geht mit gaming". Also activates for requests like "give me a news rundown", "latest headlines", "market news", "gaming news", "tech news", "finance roundup", or "briefing". Returns structured JSON from public RSS feeds — no API keys, no web search needed.

allowed-tools

Bash(python3:*)

compatibility

Requires Python 3, feedparser (pip install feedparser), and network access to fetch RSS feeds.

license

MIT

metadata.author

nesdeq

metadata.version

3.1.1

metadata.tags

rss, news, feeds, headlines, aggregator

python3 scripts/feeds.py --category news
python3 scripts/feeds.py --category games
python3 scripts/feeds.py --category finance

[{"category": "news", "total_entries": 142, "sources": ["aeon.co", "arstechnica.com"], "fetched_at": "2026-01-31 22:00:00"}
,{"title": "Headline Here", "url": "https://example.com/article", "source": "arstechnica.com", "date": "Fri, 31 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT", "summary": "Brief summary text..."}
]

### Tech & Industry
- **[Headline](url)** — One-line summary *(Source)*
- **[Headline](url)** — One-line summary *(Source)*

### Science
- **[Headline](url)** — One-line summary *(Source)*

© sundial-org, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts) in skills/openclaw-feeds of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

• SKILL.md
• README.md
• scripts/feeds.py
• scripts/lists.py
• spec/specification.mdx

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2