News Summary

by sundial-orgb80cde2ef852No license663 starsListed Oct 8, 2026Updated Oct 8, 2026Repository updated 7 months ago

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.

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AI-generated overview

Fetches news from international RSS feeds and produces grouped text or voice summaries.

What it does
This skill fetches headlines and descriptions from RSS feeds such as BBC, Reuters, NPR and Al Jazeera, then summarizes the key stories. It groups the summary by region or topic and can optionally turn the text into a voice summary using OpenAI text-to-speech. It provides example output formatting and guidance on keeping summaries concise.
When to use it
Use it when the user asks for news updates, a daily briefing, or what is happening in the world. It also fits requests for a short spoken news roundup.
Requirements
Network access to fetch RSS feeds via curl, and an OPENAI_API_KEY for the optional voice summary. It ships no scripts; instructions only.

News Summary

Overview

Fetch and summarize news from trusted international sources via RSS feeds.

RSS Feeds

BBC (Primary)

bash
# World newscurl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml"
# Top storiescurl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
# Businesscurl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/business/rss.xml"
# Technologycurl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"

Reuters

bash
# World newscurl -s "https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-regions=world&post_type=best"

NPR (US perspective)

bash
curl -s "https://feeds.npr.org/1001/rss.xml"

Al Jazeera (Global South perspective)

bash
curl -s "https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml"

Parse RSS

Extract titles and descriptions:

bash
curl -s "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml" | \  grep -E "<title>|<description>" | \  sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | \  sed 's/^[ \t]*//' | \  head -30

Workflow

Text summary

  1. Fetch BBC world headlines
  2. Optionally supplement with Reuters/NPR
  3. Summarize key stories
  4. Group by region or topic

Voice summary

  1. Create text summary
  2. Generate voice with OpenAI TTS
  3. Send as audio message
bash
curl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/audio/speech \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "model": "tts-1-hd",    "input": "<news summary text>",    "voice": "onyx",    "speed": 0.95  }' \  --output /tmp/news.mp3

Example Output Format

📰 News Summary [date]
🌍 WORLD- [headline 1]- [headline 2]
💼 BUSINESS- [headline 1]
💻 TECH- [headline 1]

Best Practices

  • Keep summaries concise (5-8 top stories)
  • Prioritize breaking news and major events
  • For voice: ~2 minutes max
  • Balance perspectives (Western + Global South)
  • Cite source if asked

Source and attribution

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