| name | news-summary |
| description | 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. |
| whenToUse | User asks for news updates, daily briefings, or what's happening recently |
News Summary
Overview
Fetch and summarize news from trusted international sources via RSS feeds.
RSS Feeds
BBC (Primary)
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml"
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/business/rss.xml"
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"
Reuters
curl -s "https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-regions=world&post_type=best"
NPR (US perspective)
curl -s "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"
Al Jazeera (Global South perspective)
curl -s "https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml"
Parse RSS
Extract titles and descriptions:
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml" | \
grep -E "<title>|<description>" | \
sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | \
sed 's/^[ \t]*//' | \
head -30
Workflow
Text summary
- Fetch BBC world headlines
- Optionally supplement with Reuters/NPR
- Summarize key stories
- Group by region or topic
Voice summary
- Create text summary
- Generate voice with OpenAI TTS
- Send as audio message
curl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/speech \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "tts-1-hd",
"input": "<news summary text>",
"voice": "onyx",
"speed": 0.95
}' \
--output /tmp/news.mp3
Example Output Format
📰 News Summary [date]
🌍 WORLD
- [headline 1]
- [headline 2]
💼 BUSINESS
- [headline 1]
💻 TECH
- [headline 1]
Best Practices
- Keep summaries concise (5-8 top stories)
- Prioritize breaking news and major events
- For voice: ~2 minutes max
- Balance perspectives (Western + Global South)
- Cite source if asked
