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Google News

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outsharp·vlatest·other·Apache-2.0

This skill provides current news headlines from Google News, offering a quick and convenient way to stay informed about global events.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add outsharp/shipp-skills --skill google-news -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

outsharp

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 2 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: news.google.com, search.yahoo.com.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    search.yahoo.comundeclarednews.google.comundeclared

    What it found

    • skills/google-news/SKILL.md:172contacts search.yahoo.com
      <rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0">
    • skills/google-news/SKILL.md:218contacts news.google.com
      curl -s "https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en" \
    • skills/google-news/SKILL.md:241contacts news.google.com
      curl -s "https://news.google.com/rss/topics/${TOPIC}?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en" \

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned outsharp/shipp-skills at c623cae557.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
c623cae557
Manifest
skills/google-news/SKILL.md
Scanned
2 files, 504 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
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About this skill

What it does

This skill connects AI agents directly to Google News, enabling real-time retrieval of current headlines and articles. It allows agents to synthesize breaking news from a wide range of sources into coherent summaries or specific reports.

When to use it

  • Breaking News Analysis: Quickly gather context on sudden events like market crashes, natural disasters, or political shifts.
  • Trend Monitoring: Track emerging topics across multiple publications to identify public sentiment or viral stories.
  • Daily Briefings: Automate the creation of personalized morning digests based on specific industry keywords.
  • Fact-Checking: Cross-reference claims made in other data sources against current reporting from reputable outlets.

Key capabilities

  • Real-time access to Google News search results
  • Aggregation of articles from diverse publishers
  • Extraction of headlines and summaries for rapid consumption
  • Support for dynamic topic filtering via natural language queries

Example prompts

  • "Summarize the top three stories about renewable energy developments published today."
  • "What are the latest updates regarding the global semiconductor shortage?"
  • "Find recent articles discussing the impact of AI regulation in Europe."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your queries are specific enough to filter out noise, as Google News aggregates a vast volume of content. Be aware that article availability depends on real-time indexing and may vary by region or publisher restrictions.