What this skill does
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.
How to install News Summary
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-summaryand click Install. - The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.
Manual install (advanced)
If you prefer manual installation:
- Click the Download .zip button above to grab
news-summary-1.0.1.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/news-summary/(create the directory if it does not exist). - Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.
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Free, open-source · Apache-2.0 · Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or local Ollama models