News
Search and summarize news on any topic via web_search or DuckDuckGo. Use when: user asks about recent news, current events, headlines, or wants a news briefing on any subject. NOT for: historical news archives, paywalled articles, or real-time breaking news alerts.
Install
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Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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News Skill
Search for recent news on any topic using web_search (Tavily) or the bundled DuckDuckGo script.
When to Use
✅ USE this skill when:
- "What's happening in the tech industry today?"
- "Latest AI news"
- "News about the 2026 World Cup"
- "Give me a news briefing on climate"
- "Headlines about [topic]"
- User wants recent or current events on any subject
When NOT to Use
❌ DON'T use this skill when:
- Historical news archives → use specialized archive/search tools
- Paywalled articles → web_search may surface snippets only
- Real-time breaking news alerts → use dedicated news APIs or feeds
Usage/Commands
Option A — web_search tool (preferred when Tavily is configured)
web_search(query="latest news about ", topic="news", max_results=10)Option B — Bundled script (works without Tavily)
python {skill_path}/search_news.py "topic" [--max 10]Examples
- "What's happening in the tech industry today?" → web_search or
search_news.py "tech industry" - "Give me the latest AI news" → web_search or
search_news.py "AI artificial intelligence"
Notes
- Tavily (web_search) is preferred when configured in pythonclaw.json
- search_news.py uses DuckDuckGo and requires no API key
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: ericwang915
- Source: ericwang915/PythonClaw
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://github.com/ericwang915/PythonClaw
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.