hotnews
by @zhengzhuangpro
CLI tool to fetch trending news and hot topics from 8 sources across Chinese platforms and GitHub. Returns structured news items with titles, URLs, and metad...
clawhub install hotnewsπ About This Skill
name: hotnews description: | CLI tool to fetch trending news and hot topics from 8 sources across Chinese platforms and GitHub. Returns structured news items with titles, URLs, and metadata.
USE FOR: - Fetching trending/hot news from Chinese and international platforms - Monitoring hot topics across social media, tech, finance, and news sites - Getting structured news data as JSON for further processing - Listing available news sources
Requires npm install. allowed-tools: - Bash(hotnews *) - Bash(npx hotnews *)
hotnews CLI
Fetch trending news and hot topics from 8 sources. Returns news items with title, URL, hot metric, and rank.
Run hotnews --help for usage details.
Workflow
Follow this pattern:
1. List - Don't know what sources are available? List them first.
2. Fetch - Know the source? Fetch news directly.
3. JSON - Need structured data? Add --json for machine-readable output.
| Need | Command | When |
|---|---|---|
| See all sources | hotnews list | Don't know source names |
| Get news | hotnews | Know the source, want readable output |
| Get news as JSON | hotnews | Need structured data for processing |
| Control item count | hotnews | Want specific number of results (1-50, default 10) |
Commands
list
List all available sources.
hotnews list
Fetch a source
hotnews baidu
hotnews baidu --json
hotnews weibo --limit 5
hotnews douyin -l 15 --json
Options
| Flag | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
| --json | | Output as JSON |
| --limit N | -l N | Number of items to return (default: 10, max: 50) |
Output fields (JSON mode):
title - News headlineurl - Link to the articlehot - Popularity metric, e.g. "871 stars today", "5.3k" (optional)rank - Position in the ranking (1-based)Sources
8 source endpoints:
| Platform | ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baidu | baidu | Baidu real-time search trends |
| Weibo | weibo | Weibo real-time trending topics |
| Douyin | douyin | Douyin real-time trending |
| Hupu | hupu | Hupu street hot posts |
| 36Kr | kr36 | 36Kr tech news flashes |
| Zhihu | zhihu | Zhihu trending questions |
| Juejin | juejin | Juejin developer community hot articles |
| GitHub | github | GitHub trending open source projects today |
Source Selection Guide
| Category | Recommended Sources |
|---|---|
| General News | baidu, weibo, toutiao |
| Social/Trending | weibo, douyin, zhihu |
| Tech/Developer | juejin, github, kr36 |
| Sports/Lifestyle | hupu |
Working with Results
hotnews baidu --json | jq '.[].title'
hotnews baidu --json --limit 5
hotnews weibo --json | jq '.[] | "\(.rank). \(.title) \(.hot // "")"'
hotnews github --json | jq '.[] | "\(.title) - \(.hot)"'
βοΈ Configuration
| Flag | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
| --json | | Output as JSON |
| --limit N | -l N | Number of items to return (default: 10, max: 50) |
Output fields (JSON mode):
title - News headlineurl - Link to the articlehot - Popularity metric, e.g. "871 stars today", "5.3k" (optional)rank - Position in the ranking (1-based)