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News Aggregator Skill

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cclank·vlatest·other

This skill gathers top news stories from various sources, providing you with a concise overview of current events and saving time on research.

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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 cclank/news-aggregator-skill --skill news-aggregator-skill -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

cclank

Taken from the source listing. We haven't verified who controls this account.

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 41 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: 36kr.com, ai2roi.substack.com, aihot.virxact.com, api-one.wallstcn.com, bensbites.beehiiv.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

    huggingface.comodel providerwww.bensbites.comundeclaredbensbites.beehiiv.comundeclaredhn.algolia.comundeclarednews.ycombinator.comundeclaredweibo.comundeclareds.weibo.comundeclaredgithub.comsource host36kr.comundeclaredwww.v2ex.comundeclaredi.news.qq.comundeclarednews.qq.comundeclaredapi-one.wallstcn.comundeclaredwww.producthunt.comundeclaredwww.latent.spaceundeclaredlobste.rsundeclareddev.toundeclaredsspai.comundeclaredexport.arxiv.orgundeclaredwww.infoq.cnundeclaredaihot.virxact.comundeclaredtldr.techundeclaredimportai.substack.comundeclaredfeeds.bbci.co.ukundeclaredwww.theguardian.comundeclaredwww.aljazeera.comundeclaredwww.france24.comundeclarednews.google.comundeclaredwww.interconnects.aiundeclaredwww.oneusefulthing.orgundeclaredchinai.substack.comundeclaredmemia.substack.comundeclaredai2roi.substack.comundeclaredwww.kdnuggets.comundeclaredlexfridman.comundeclaredfeeds.transistor.fmundeclaredlatent.spaceundeclaredwaitbutwhy.comundeclaredjamesclear.comundeclaredfs.blogundeclaredwww.aaronsw.comundeclaredwww.scotthyoung.comundeclaredthedankoe.comundeclared

    What it found (3 of 58)

    • scripts/fetch_bensbites.py:21contacts www.bensbites.com
      url = "https://www.bensbites.com/"
    • scripts/fetch_bensbites.py:25contacts www.bensbites.com
      api_url = "https://www.bensbites.com/api/v1/archive?sort=new&limit=12"
    • scripts/fetch_bensbites.py:41contacts www.bensbites.com
      "url": f"https://www.bensbites.com/p/{post.get('slug')}",

  • 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 cclank/news-aggregator-skill at b639b622a7.

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

Commit
b639b622a7
Manifest
SKILL.md
Scanned
23 files, 2,834 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The news-aggregator-skill enables AI agents to gather and summarize news articles from multiple sources, providing users with concise updates on current events. It supports filtering by topic, source, or date range, making it useful for staying informed without sifting through large volumes of content.

When to use it

  • You need a daily summary of global news tailored to specific interests like technology or politics.
  • You want to monitor breaking news from trusted sources in real time.
  • You're preparing for meetings and require up-to-date information on industry trends.

Key capabilities

  • Aggregates news from multiple reputable sources
  • Filters content by topic, date, or source
  • Provides summarized versions of articles

Example prompts

  • "Summarize the latest tech news from the past week."
  • "Find all recent articles about climate change from The Guardian and BBC."
  • "Give me a brief update on global politics from the last 24 hours."

Tips & gotchas

  • Ensure internet access is available for real-time data retrieval.
  • Some sources may require API keys or have usage limits, so check requirements before deployment.