| name | feed-to-md |
| title | Feed to Markdown |
| description | Convert RSS or Atom feed URLs into Markdown using the bundled local converter script. Use this when a user asks to turn a feed URL into readable Markdown, optionally limiting items or writing to a file. |
| metadata | {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"📰","requires":{"bins":"[Truncated]"}}} |
RSS/Atom to Markdown
Use this skill when the task is to convert an RSS/Atom feed URL into Markdown.
What this skill does
- Converts a feed URL to Markdown via a bundled local script
- Supports stdout output or writing to a Markdown file
- Supports limiting article count and summary controls
Inputs
- Required: RSS/Atom URL
- Optional:
- output path
- max item count
- template preset (
short or full)
Usage
Run the local script:
python3 scripts/feed_to_md.py "<feed_url>"
Write to file:
python3 scripts/feed_to_md.py "https://example.com/feed.xml" --output feed.md
Limit to 10 items:
python3 scripts/feed_to_md.py "https://example.com/feed.xml" --limit 10
Use full template with summaries:
python3 scripts/feed_to_md.py "https://example.com/feed.xml" --template full
Security rules (required)
- Never interpolate raw user input into a shell string.
- Always pass arguments directly to the script as separate argv tokens.
- URL must be
http or https and must not resolve to localhost/private addresses.
- Every HTTP redirect target (and final URL) is re-validated and must also resolve to public IPs.
- Output path must be workspace-relative and end in
.md.
- Do not use shell redirection for output; use
--output.
Safe command pattern:
cmd=(python3 scripts/feed_to_md.py "$feed_url")
[[ -n "${output_path:-}" ]] && cmd+=(--output "$output_path")
[[ -n "${limit:-}" ]] && cmd+=(--limit "$limit")
[[ "${template:-short}" = "full" ]] && cmd+=(--template full)
"${cmd[@]}"
Script options
-o, --output <file>: write markdown to file--limit <number>: max number of articles--no-summary: exclude summaries--summary-max-length <number>: truncate summary length--template <preset>: short (default) or full
