ai-news-aggregator-sl

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Fetches AI & tech news (default) or any custom topic (crypto, geopolitics, etc.) from RSS feeds, Tavily search, Twitter/X, and YouTube. Writes an English editorial digest using OpenAI by default (or DeepSeek / Claude), then posts it to Discord. Supports any time range (today, last 3 days, last week). Trigger when user asks for news, a digest, trending topics, or YouTube updates on any subject.

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🦞 AI News Aggregator

Collects news on any topic, writes an English editorial digest using your choice of AI provider, and posts it to Discord.

Default (AI topic): TechCrunch · The Verge · NYT Tech (RSS) + curated AI YouTube channels Custom topics: Tavily news search + YouTube topic search (no Shorts, sorted by views) AI providers: OpenAI (default) · DeepSeek · Anthropic Claude — switchable per request

Network Endpoints

Endpoint	Purpose	Condition
`https://api.deepseek.com/chat/completions`	AI editorial summarisation	Always (required)
`https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...`	Post digest to Discord	Always (required)
`https://techcrunch.com/.../feed/`	RSS news (AI topic)	Default AI topic only
`https://www.theverge.com/rss/...`	RSS news (AI topic)	Default AI topic only
`https://www.nytimes.com/svc/collections/...`	RSS news (AI topic)	Default AI topic only
`https://api.tavily.com/search`	Custom topic news search	Only if `TAVILY_API_KEY` set
`https://api.twitterapi.io/twitter/tweet/advanced_search`	Twitter search	Only if `TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY` set
`https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/...`	YouTube search	Only if `YOUTUBE_API_KEY` set

The script does not contact OpenAI endpoints. The openai package is used solely as an HTTP client pointed at https://api.deepseek.com. OPENAI_API_KEY is explicitly removed from the environment at startup.

Usage Examples

"Get today's AI news"
"Collect news about crypto"
"Last week's news about climate change"
"What's trending in AI today?"
"Get crypto news from the last 3 days using OpenAI"
"Show me recent Bitcoin YouTube videos"
"Summarise WWIII news with Claude"
"AI news using GPT-4o"
"AI news dry run" (preview without posting to Discord)
"Test my Discord webhook"

API Keys

Key	Required	Where to get it
`DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL`	✅ Always	Discord → Channel Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → Copy URL
`DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`	If using DeepSeek (default)	platform.deepseek.com/api_keys
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	If using OpenAI	platform.openai.com/api-keys
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	If using Claude	console.anthropic.com → API Keys
`TAVILY_API_KEY`	For custom topics	app.tavily.com
`TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY`	Optional	twitterapi.io
`YOUTUBE_API_KEY`	Optional	console.cloud.google.com → YouTube Data API v3

AI Providers & Models

Provider	`--provider` value	Default model	Best for
OpenAI	`openai` (default)	`gpt-4o-mini`	Quality, reliability
DeepSeek	`deepseek`	`deepseek-chat`	Cost-effective, fast
Claude	`claude`	`claude-3-5-haiku-20241022`	Nuanced writing

Override per request using the --provider flag. Set a permanent non-default with openclaw config set env.AI_PROVIDER '"deepseek"'. Override the model with --model (e.g. --model gpt-4o or --model claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022).

Implementation

IMPORTANT: Always run news_aggregator.py using the steps below. Do NOT search the web manually or improvise a response — the script handles all fetching, summarisation, and Discord posting.

Step 1 — Locate the script

The script is bundled with this skill. Find it:

SKILL_DIR=$(ls -d ~/.openclaw/skills/ai-news-aggregator-sl 2>/dev/null || ls -d ~/.openclaw/skills/news-aggregator 2>/dev/null)
SCRIPT="$SKILL_DIR/news_aggregator.py"
echo "Script: $SCRIPT"
ls "$SCRIPT"

Step 2 — Check uv is available

which uv && uv --version || echo "uv not found"

If uv is not found, ask the user to install it from their system package manager or from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/. Do not run a curl-pipe-sh command on the user's behalf.

Step 3 — API keys

Env vars are passed automatically by OpenClaw from its config. No .env file is needed.

Verify the required keys are set (without revealing values):

[[ -n "$OPENAI_API_KEY" ]]      && echo "OPENAI_API_KEY: set"      || echo "OPENAI_API_KEY: MISSING (required for default provider)"
[[ -n "$DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL" ]] && echo "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: set" || echo "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: MISSING"

If any are missing, ask the user to register them:

openclaw config set env.OPENAI_API_KEY '<key>'
openclaw config set env.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL '<url>'
# Optional alternatives:
openclaw config set env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY '<key>'
openclaw config set env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY '<key>'

Step 4 — Parse the request

Extract topic, days, and provider from what the user said:

For AI provider:

User said	--provider	--model
"use OpenAI" / "with GPT" / "using ChatGPT"	`--provider openai`	(omit)
"use Claude" / "with Anthropic"	`--provider claude`	(omit)
"use DeepSeek" / nothing specified	(omit — default)	(omit)
"use GPT-4o" / "with gpt-4o"	`--provider openai`	`--model gpt-4o`
"use claude sonnet"	`--provider claude`	`--model claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022`
"use deepseek reasoner"	`--provider deepseek`	`--model deepseek-reasoner`

Extract topic and days from what the user said:

User said	--topic	--days
"AI news" / "tech news" / nothing specific	(omit — default AI)	1
"crypto news"	`--topic "crypto"`	1
"news about climate change"	`--topic "climate change"`	1
"last week's crypto news"	`--topic "crypto"`	7
"last 3 days of Bitcoin news"	`--topic "Bitcoin"`	3
"yesterday's AI news"	(omit topic)	1
"this week in AI"	(omit topic)	7

For report type:

User said	flag to add
"news" / "articles" / "digest"	`--report news`
"trending" / "Twitter" / "YouTube"	`--report trending`
"dry run" / "preview" / "don't post"	`--dry-run`
"test Discord" / "test webhook"	`--test-discord`
anything else	(omit — runs all)

Step 5 — Run with uv

uv run automatically installs all dependencies from the script's inline metadata — no venv setup needed.

uv run "$SCRIPT" [--topic "TOPIC"] [--days N] [--report TYPE] [--provider PROVIDER] [--model MODEL] [--dry-run]

Examples:

# AI news today — DeepSeek (default)
uv run "$SCRIPT"

# Crypto news using OpenAI
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "crypto" --provider openai

# Last week's climate news using Claude
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "climate change" --days 7 --provider claude

# Use a specific model
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "Bitcoin" --provider openai --model gpt-4o

# Trending AI on Twitter and YouTube
uv run "$SCRIPT" --report trending

# Preview without posting to Discord
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "Bitcoin" --dry-run

# Test webhook connection
uv run "$SCRIPT" --test-discord

Step 6 — Report back

Tell the user what was posted to Discord, how many items were found per source, and note any skipped sources (e.g. "YouTube skipped — YOUTUBE_API_KEY not set").