RSS news aggregator skill. Fetches headlines from curated feeds across three categories — news, games, finance. Concurrent fetching, structured JSON output. No API key needed.
- Pick a category — news, games, or finance
- Concurrent feed fetching — all RSS feeds for that category fetched in parallel (15s timeout per feed)
- Streamed output — results print as a JSON array, one element per entry
One call returns all current entries from every feed in the selected category.
git clone https://github.com/arc-claw-bot/openclaw-feeds.git ~/.openclaw/skills/feedsfeedparser is the only dependency.
pip install --user feedparser
# Or if you use pip3 explicitly
pip3 install --user feedparserVerify it's importable:
python3 -c "import feedparser; print('ok')"python3 ~/.openclaw/skills/feeds/scripts/feeds.py --category newsTech, science, culture, essays. Sources include Ars Technica, Wired, TechCrunch, The Verge, NYT, Heise, Quanta Magazine, Aeon, Nautilus, and more.
python3 scripts/feeds.py --category newsGerman and US gaming press. Sources include GameStar, GamesGlobal, PC Gamer, Polygon, Kotaku, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, GamesIndustry.biz.
python3 scripts/feeds.py --category gamesMarkets, business, economy, crypto, central banks. Sources include Bloomberg, WSJ, FT, CNBC, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, The Economist, Forbes, CoinDesk, Fed, ECB.
python3 scripts/feeds.py --category financeStreamed JSON array — first element is metadata, rest are entries:
[{"category": "news", "total_entries": 142, "sources": ["aeon.co", "arstechnica.com", ...], "fetched_at": "2026-01-31 22:00:00"}
,{"title": "Headline Here", "url": "https://...", "source": "arstechnica.com", "date": "Fri, 31 Jan 2026 ...", "summary": "Brief summary text..."}
,{"title": "Another Headline", "url": "https://...", "source": "wired.com", "date": "...", "summary": "..."}
]| Field | Description |
|---|---|
title |
Headline text |
url |
Link to full article |
source |
Domain name of the feed source |
date |
Publication date (as provided by the feed) |
summary |
Brief summary/description (HTML stripped, max 500 chars) |
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-c, --category |
Feed category: news, games, or finance (required) |
Q: Do I need an API key?
No. This skill reads public RSS feeds directly.
Q: Why are some entries missing summaries?
Some feeds don't include summary/description fields. The entry will still have title, URL, and source.
Q: Can I add my own feeds?
Edit
scripts/lists.py— three lists:NEWS_FEEDS,GAMES_FEEDS,FINANCE_FEEDS.
Error: "feedparser is required but not installed"
pip install --user feedparser
# Then verify: python3 -c "import feedparser; print('ok')"MIT
- GitHub — Source code & issues