| name | tech-news-digest |
| description | Aggregate tech news from RSS feeds, GitHub releases, and web search into a scored, deduplicated digest. Use when asked for a tech news roundup, daily digest, or AI/open-source news summary. |
| homepage | https://github.com/hesamsheikh/awesome-openclaw-usecases |
| metadata | {"openclaw":{"emoji":"📰","requires":{"bins":["uv"]},"install":[{"id":"uv-brew","kind":"brew","formula":"uv","bins":["uv"],"label":"Install uv (brew)"}]}} |
Tech News Digest
Aggregate, deduplicate, and score tech news from multiple sources.
Generate a digest
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/digest.py --hours 24 --max-items 30
Custom sources file (JSON):
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/digest.py --sources /path/to/sources.json --hours 48 --max-items 50
JSON output (for further processing):
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/digest.py --hours 24 --output json
Sources
The script ships with 30+ built-in sources across three layers:
| Layer | Examples | Env var |
|---|
| RSS feeds | Hacker News, OpenAI Blog, MIT Tech Review, Ars Technica, TechCrunch AI, The Verge | (none) |
| GitHub releases | vLLM, LangChain, Ollama, Dify, Open-WebUI, LiteLLM | GITHUB_TOKEN (optional, higher rate limit) |
| Web search | "AI breakthroughs", "open source LLM news" | BRAVE_API_KEY (optional) |
Custom sources file
{
"rss": ["https://my-company-blog.com/feed"],
"github": ["my-org/my-framework"],
"search_queries": ["AI agents news this week"]
}
Scoring
Priority source (+3), multi-source (+5), recency within 6h (+2), keyword relevance (+1). Duplicates merged by title similarity (Jaccard > 0.6).
Delivery
Outputs markdown to stdout. To deliver via Discord or email, pipe through the message tool or himalaya.
Cron
Set up a daily tech digest at 9am: run the tech-news-digest script and send results here.
API keys
BRAVE_API_KEY — web search layer (optional)GITHUB_TOKEN — higher GitHub API rate limit (optional, 60 req/hr without)X_BEARER_TOKEN — reserved for future Twitter/X layer
Notes
- Fully offline-capable with just RSS + GitHub (no keys needed).
- Use timestamps in filenames:
yyyy-mm-dd-digest.md.
