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github.com/kesslerioProductivity1181 installsUpdated 15w ago
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About technews

technews is a skill for people who want a concise roundup of technology coverage from TechMeme. It fetches linked articles, summarizes them, and highlights Twitter reactions and topic-preference relevance.

Key features

  1. 01Scrapes top TechMeme stories
  2. 02Fetches linked articles in parallel
  3. 03Creates concise article summaries
  4. 04Highlights Twitter reactions
  5. 05Scores relevance by topic preferences

Use cases

  1. 01Scan the day's technology news
  2. 02Review social responses to top stories

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

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

After installing, type/technewsin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled files

References and scripts installed along with SKILL.md.

README.md
.gitignore
requirements.txt
VERSION
scripts/
social_reactions.py
techmeme_scraper.py
technews.py
article_fetcher.py
tests/
test_technews.py

Details

From the project README

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.

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