| 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. |
News Summary
Overview
Fetch and summarize news from trusted international sources via RSS feeds.
Trigger Words (触发词)
Use this skill when user requests:
- Chinese: 国际新闻、国外新闻、海外新闻、英文新闻、翻译新闻、世界新闻、全球新闻
- English: news updates, daily briefings, what's happening, world news, global news, international news, BBC, Reuters, NPR, Al Jazeera
RSS Sources
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
