news-roundup

name	news-roundup
description	search the news using Tavily News Search API with a query as argument. Use this skill when the user asks to search for recent news or current events. Use when this capability is needed.
metadata	{"author":"aiden-liu"}

News Roundup

Purpose

Generate a comprehensive Markdown news report on a given topic (default: "artificial intelligence, the open-source ecosystem, data engineering/modelling, software engineering, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity").

Steps to follow

Step 1 — Search for recent news

Command to execute

curl -s -X POST https://api.tavily.com/search \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TAVILY}" \
  -d '{"query": "$ARGUMENTS_REST", "search_depth": "advanced", "max_results": 3, "time_range": "week"}'

Step 2 — Enrich each article

For each article returned in Step 1, use the below command with the article URL to retrieve additional context and details.

Command to execute

curl -s -X POST https://api.tavily.com/search \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TAVILY}" \
  -d '{"query": "$ARTICLE_URL", "max_results": 4}'

Step 3 — Generate the Markdown report

Using all the collected information, write a well-structured Markdown report saved to /workspace/news-report.md.

The report must follow this structure:

# IT News Report — {topic}

> Generated on {date}

## Summary

A short paragraph summarizing the main trends found across all articles.

## Articles

### {Article Title}

- **Source**: {source name}
- **URL**: {url}
- **Published**: {date}

{2-3 sentence summary of the article content and its significance for IT professionals}

---

(repeat for each article)

## Key Trends

A bullet list of the main technology trends identified across all articles.

Save the final report to /workspace/data/news-report-{YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS}.md using tool write_file, where {YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS} is the current date and time (e.g. news-report-20260318-143012.md). To get the current timestamp, run:

date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"

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Source: aiden-liu/news_roundup_agent — distributed by TomeVault.