openclaw-feeds

### Quick judgement A solid, focused RSS-based news aggregator that is well-suited for producing concise, link-rich briefings in **news**, **finance**, and **gaming** without needing web search or API keys. It is high-utility for “what’s going on” / “latest headlines” style queries, provided the assistant correctly detects the category and respects the constraint not to supplement results with other web tools while it is active. ### Strengths - **Purpose-built for current awareness**: Curated feeds across news, games, and finance cover many mainstream sources, enabling timely overviews. - **Simple integration**: Single CLI flag (`--category`) and stable JSON structure (metadata object + entries) make parsing and post-processing straightforward. - **Good for structured briefings**: Designed for clustering by theme, deduplication, and prominent highlighting of widely covered stories. - **No credentials required**: Uses public RSS feeds only; no API keys or auth flows. ### Risks & limitations - **RSS/feed dependency**: Coverage and timeliness are limited to what the curated RSS feeds expose; if feeds lag, break, or narrow their content, results will be incomplete or stale. - **No external verification allowed**: The skill explicitly forbids using web search or other URL-fetching tools concurrently, so the assistant must not cross-check, expand, or correct stories via other live sources while using this tool. - **Potential gaps/bias in coverage**: Curation emphasizes certain outlets (e.g., major US/EU tech, finance, and gaming sites); this may introduce topical or regional bias and omit important stories outside those ecosystems. - **Not a decision engine**: For finance/markets, it only aggregates headlines and short summaries; it should not be treated as sufficient for trading decisions or deep financial analysis. - **Category detection edge cases**: Category mapping is keyword-based (including some German phrases). Ambiguous or multi-topic user requests may require careful interpretation and potentially multiple calls. ### Recommended scenarios - Use as the **primary tool** when a user asks for: - “What’s up in news/finance/games?” or the listed German equivalents. - “Latest headlines”, “market news”, “gaming news”, “finance roundup”, “news briefing/briefing”. - Call **once per requested category** (e.g., both `news` and `finance` if the user wants a combined briefing), then merge results into a single, themed summary. - After fetching, the assistant should: - Group items into themes (e.g., Tech & Industry, Science, Markets, Crypto, Gaming/Industry), - Provide **headline + one-line summary + source** using markdown links, - Deduplicate overlapping coverage and explicitly note multi-source stories. Avoid using it when the user needs: - Historical or deeply analytical context beyond the headlines and brief summaries. - Verified, cross-checked reporting from outside the curated RSS list. - Non-news tasks (e.g., detailed financial modeling, how-to guides, or domain explanations).