News Crawler skill for OpenClaw
What this skill does
新闻自动爬取与总结工具。用于抓取指定网站或RSS源的新闻内容,并生成摘要报告。 使用场景: 1. 用户要求"获取今日新闻"、"爬取某网站内容" 2. 用户需要"总结新闻"、"生成日报" 3. 用户指定具体URL要求抓取内容 4. 需要监控特定新闻源的最新动态
The News Crawler skill is part of the Other Skills category — OpenClaw skills that extend your agent with new capabilities. You can install it on its own or alongside other other skills skills from the OpenClaw catalog.
How to install the News Crawler skill
The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:
- Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
- Open the in-app Skills panel.
- Search for
news-crawlerand click Install. - The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.
Install from the command line
If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add the News Crawler skill with a single command:
openclaw skills add news-crawler
This pulls news-crawler from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/news-crawler/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.
How to use the News Crawler skill
Once installed, the News Crawler skill activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.
Manual install (advanced)
If you prefer manual installation:
- Click the Download skill .zip button above to grab
news-crawler-1.0.0.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/news-crawler/(create the directory if it does not exist). - Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install News Crawler?
Install News Crawler in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for news-crawler, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add news-crawler. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/news-crawler/.
Is the News Crawler skill free?
Yes. It is free to download and run through ClawHub, with no account or payment required. Each skill is published by its own author under its own licence — see its ClawHub page for the licence and source.
What does News Crawler do?
新闻自动爬取与总结工具。用于抓取指定网站或RSS源的新闻内容,并生成摘要报告。 使用场景: 1. 用户要求"获取今日新闻"、"爬取某网站内容" 2. 用户需要"总结新闻"、"生成日报" 3. 用户指定具体URL要求抓取内容 4. 需要监控特定新闻源的最新动态
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