# news-summary

Pulls international RSS headlines into a concise briefing and can produce an audio version. Use it for daily updates or questions about current events.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 installs · ★ 670
- Author: sundial-org
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/news-summary/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-07
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/news-summary

## What it does

The skill reads headlines and descriptions from RSS feeds published by BBC, Reuters, NPR, and Al Jazeera. It turns major stories into a short briefing and can organise them by region or topic. World news, business, and technology feeds are included.

For an audio briefing, it creates the text first and then calls OpenAI TTS with the `tts-1-hd` model and `onyx` voice, writing audio to `/tmp/news.mp3`. Voice output requires `OPENAI_API_KEY`, so that mode will fail without a key. Its guidance calls for 5-8 leading stories and audio of about 2 minutes.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill news-summary -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/news-summary/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/news-summary/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill news-summary -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/news-summary/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill news-summary -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/news-summary/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills news-summary
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/news-summary/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill news-summary -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --path skills/news-summary
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/news-summary/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill news-summary -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/news-summary/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- collect international headlines from RSS feeds
- create a daily news briefing
- group stories by topic or region
- generate an audio news summary with OpenAI TTS

## Example prompts
- Give me a concise world news briefing for today.
- Summarise business and technology news from the RSS feeds.
- Create an audio version of the news briefing.

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