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technews

by kesslerioMarketing & SEO

Fetches top stories from TechMeme, summarizes linked articles, and highlights social media reactions. Use when user wants tech news or says /technews.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/kesslerio/technews-openclaw-skill --skill technews
  1. 01

    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads technews automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    Review the result

    The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

TechNews Skill

Fetches top stories from TechMeme, summarizes linked articles, and highlights social media buzz.

Usage

Command: /technews

Fetches the top 10 stories from TechMeme, provides summaries from the linked articles, and highlights notable social media reactions.

Setup

This skill requires:

  • Python 3.9+
  • requests and beautifulsoup4 packages
  • Optional: tiktoken for token-aware truncation

Install dependencies:

pip install requests beautifulsoup4

Architecture

The skill works in three stages:

  1. Scrape TechMeme — scripts/techmeme_scraper.py fetches and parses top stories
  2. Fetch Articles — scripts/article_fetcher.py retrieves article content in parallel
  3. Summarize — scripts/summarizer.py generates summaries and finds social reactions

Commands

/technews

Fetches and presents top tech news stories.

Output includes:

  • Story title and original link
  • AI-generated summary
  • Social media highlights (Twitter reactions)
  • Relevance score based on topic preferences

How It Works

  1. Scrapes TechMeme's homepage for top stories (by default, top 10)
  2. For each story, fetches the linked article
  3. Generates a concise summary (2-3 sentences)
  4. Checks for notable social media reactions
  5. Presents results in a clean, readable format

State

  • <workspace>/memory/technews_history.json — cache of recently fetched stories to avoid repeats

Examples

  • /technews — Get the latest tech news summary

Future Expansion

This skill is designed to be extended to other sources:

  • Hacker News (/hn)
  • Reddit (/reddit)
  • Other tech news aggregators

The modular architecture allows adding new source handlers without changing core functionality.

FAQ

What does the technews skill do?

Fetches top stories from TechMeme, summarizes linked articles, and highlights social media reactions. Use when user wants tech news or says /technews.

How do I install technews?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/kesslerio/technews-openclaw-skill --skill technews in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/technews/ (personal) or .claude/skills/technews/ (project).

Which AI agents can use technews?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is technews safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains technews?

It is published by kesslerio in kesslerio/technews-openclaw-skill. It has 181 recorded installs.

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