AI News Aggregator

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name: ai-news-aggregator-sl description: > Fetches AI & tech news (default) or any custom topic (crypto, geopolitics, etc.) from RSS feeds, Tavily search, Twitter/X, and YouTube. Writes an English editorial digest using OpenAI by default (or DeepSeek / Claude), then posts it to Discord. Supports any time range (today, last 3 days, last week). Trigger when user asks for news, a digest, trending topics, or YouTube updates on any subject. version: 1.5.2

metadata: openclaw: emoji: 🦞 os: [linux, mac, windows] primaryEnv: OPENAI_API_KEY requires: env: - DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL # Required: Discord channel webhook to post results optionalEnv: - OPENAI_API_KEY # Required if using OpenAI provider (default) - DEEPSEEK_API_KEY # Required if using DeepSeek provider - ANTHROPIC_API_KEY # Required if using Claude provider - AI_PROVIDER # Optional: deepseek | openai | claude (default: openai) - AI_MODEL # Optional: override model name - TAVILY_API_KEY # Optional: enables custom topic search - TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY # Optional: enables Twitter/X trending - YOUTUBE_API_KEY # Optional: enables YouTube results anyBins: - uv # Python dependencies declared inline in news_aggregator.py (PEP 723). # uv run news_aggregator.py installs them automatically — no manual setup needed.

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🦞 AI News Aggregator

Collects news on any topic, writes an English editorial digest using your choice of AI provider, and posts it to Discord.

Default (AI topic): TechCrunch · The Verge · NYT Tech (RSS) + curated AI YouTube channels Custom topics: Tavily news search + YouTube topic search (no Shorts, sorted by views) AI providers: OpenAI (default) · DeepSeek · Anthropic Claude — switchable per request

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Network Endpoints

| Endpoint | Purpose | Condition | |----------|---------|-----------| | https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions | AI editorial summarisation | Only if provider=openai (default) | | https://api.deepseek.com/chat/completions | AI editorial summarisation | Only if provider=deepseek | | https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages | AI editorial summarisation | Only if provider=claude | | https://discord.com/api/webhooks/... | Post digest to Discord | Always (required) | | https://techcrunch.com/.../feed/ | RSS news (AI topic) | Default AI topic only | | https://www.theverge.com/rss/... | RSS news (AI topic) | Default AI topic only | | https://www.nytimes.com/svc/collections/... | RSS news (AI topic) | Default AI topic only | | https://api.tavily.com/search | Custom topic news search | Only if TAVILY_API_KEY set | | https://api.twitterapi.io/twitter/tweet/advanced_search | Twitter search | Only if TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY set | | https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/... | YouTube search | Only if YOUTUBE_API_KEY set |

Exactly one AI endpoint is contacted per run, determined by the active provider. The default provider is OpenAI (OPENAI_API_KEY required). Switch providers with --provider deepseek or --provider claude.

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Usage Examples

"Get today's AI news"

"Collect news about crypto"

"Last week's news about climate change"

"What's trending in AI today?"

"Get crypto news from the last 3 days using OpenAI"

"Show me recent Bitcoin YouTube videos"

"Summarise WWIII news with Claude"

"AI news using GPT-4o"

"AI news dry run" *(preview without posting to Discord)*

"Test my Discord webhook"

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API Keys

| Key | Required | Where to get it | |-----|----------|----------------| | DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL | ✅ Always | Discord → Channel Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → Copy URL | | OPENAI_API_KEY | If using OpenAI (default) | platform.openai.com/api-keys | | DEEPSEEK_API_KEY | If using DeepSeek | platform.deepseek.com/api_keys | | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | If using Claude | console.anthropic.com → API Keys | | TAVILY_API_KEY | For custom topics | app.tavily.com | | TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY | Optional | twitterapi.io | | YOUTUBE_API_KEY | Optional | console.cloud.google.com → YouTube Data API v3 |

AI Providers & Models

| Provider | --provider value | Default model | Best for | |----------|--------------------|---------------|---------| | OpenAI | openai (default) | gpt-4o-mini | Quality, reliability | | DeepSeek | deepseek | deepseek-chat | Cost-effective, fast | | Claude | claude | claude-3-5-haiku-20241022 | Nuanced writing |

Override per request using the --provider flag. Set a permanent non-default with openclaw config set env.AI_PROVIDER '"deepseek"'. Override the model with --model (e.g. --model gpt-4o or --model claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022).

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Implementation

IMPORTANT: Always run news_aggregator.py using the steps below. Do NOT search the web manually or improvise a response — the script handles all fetching, summarisation, and Discord posting.

Step 1 — Locate the script

The script is bundled with this skill. Find it:

SKILL_DIR=$(ls -d ~/.openclaw/skills/ai-news-aggregator-sl 2>/dev/null || ls -d ~/.openclaw/skills/news-aggregator 2>/dev/null)
SCRIPT="$SKILL_DIR/news_aggregator.py"
echo "Script: $SCRIPT"
ls "$SCRIPT"

Step 2 — Check uv is available

which uv && uv --version || echo "uv not found"

If uv is not found, ask the user to install it from their system package manager or from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/. Do not run a curl-pipe-sh command on the user's behalf.

Step 3 — API keys

Env vars are passed automatically by OpenClaw from its config. No .env file is needed.

Verify the required keys are set (without revealing values):

[[ -n "$OPENAI_API_KEY" ]]      && echo "OPENAI_API_KEY: set"      || echo "OPENAI_API_KEY: MISSING (required for default provider)"
[[ -n "$DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL" ]] && echo "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: set" || echo "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: MISSING"

If any are missing, ask the user to register them:

openclaw config set env.OPENAI_API_KEY ''
openclaw config set env.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL ''
Optional alternatives:
openclaw config set env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY ''
openclaw config set env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY ''

Step 4 — Parse the request

Extract topic, days, and provider from what the user said:

For AI provider:

| User said | --provider | --model | |-----------|-----------|---------| | "use OpenAI" / "with GPT" / "using ChatGPT" / nothing specified | *(omit — default)* | *(omit)* | | "use Claude" / "with Anthropic" | --provider claude | *(omit)* | | "use DeepSeek" | --provider deepseek | *(omit)* | | "use GPT-4o" / "with gpt-4o" | --provider openai | --model gpt-4o | | "use claude sonnet" | --provider claude | --model claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 | | "use deepseek reasoner" | --provider deepseek | --model deepseek-reasoner |

Extract topic and days from what the user said:

| User said | --topic | --days | |-----------|---------|--------| | "AI news" / "tech news" / nothing specific | *(omit — default AI)* | 1 | | "crypto news" | --topic "crypto" | 1 | | "news about climate change" | --topic "climate change" | 1 | | "last week's crypto news" | --topic "crypto" | 7 | | "last 3 days of Bitcoin news" | --topic "Bitcoin" | 3 | | "yesterday's AI news" | *(omit topic)* | 1 | | "this week in AI" | *(omit topic)* | 7 |

For report type:

| User said | flag to add | |-----------|-------------| | "news" / "articles" / "digest" | --report news | | "trending" / "Twitter" / "YouTube" | --report trending | | "dry run" / "preview" / "don't post" | --dry-run | | "test Discord" / "test webhook" | --test-discord | | anything else | *(omit — runs all)* |

Step 5 — Run with uv

uv run automatically installs all dependencies from the script's inline metadata — no venv setup needed.

uv run "$SCRIPT" [--topic "TOPIC"] [--days N] [--report TYPE] [--provider PROVIDER] [--model MODEL] [--dry-run]

Examples:

# AI news today — OpenAI (default)
uv run "$SCRIPT"
Crypto news using OpenAI
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "crypto" --provider openai
Last week's climate news using Claude
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "climate change" --days 7 --provider claude
Use a specific model
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "Bitcoin" --provider openai --model gpt-4o
Trending AI on Twitter and YouTube
uv run "$SCRIPT" --report trending
Preview without posting to Discord
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "Bitcoin" --dry-run
Test webhook connection
uv run "$SCRIPT" --test-discord

Step 6 — Report back

Tell the user what was posted to Discord, how many items were found per source, and note any skipped sources (e.g. "YouTube skipped — YOUTUBE_API_KEY not set").