Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Fetches top stories from TechMeme, summarizes linked articles, and highlights social media reactions. Use when user wants tech news or says /technews.
Fetches top stories from TechMeme, summarizes linked articles, and highlights social media reactions. Use when user wants tech news or says /technews.
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
Fetches top stories from TechMeme, summarizes linked articles, and highlights social media buzz.
Command: /technews Fetches the top 10 stories from TechMeme, provides summaries from the linked articles, and highlights notable social media reactions.
This skill requires: Python 3.9+ requests and beautifulsoup4 packages Optional: tiktoken for token-aware truncation Install dependencies: pip install requests beautifulsoup4
The skill works in three stages: Scrape TechMeme — scripts/techmeme_scraper.py fetches and parses top stories Fetch Articles — scripts/article_fetcher.py retrieves article content in parallel Summarize — scripts/summarizer.py generates summaries and finds social reactions
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
Scrapes TechMeme's homepage for top stories (by default, top 10) For each story, fetches the linked article Generates a concise summary (2-3 sentences) Checks for notable social media reactions Presents results in a clean, readable format
<workspace>/memory/technews_history.json — cache of recently fetched stories to avoid repeats
/technews — Get the latest tech news summary
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.
Messaging, meetings, inboxes, CRM, and teammate communication surfaces.
Largest current source with strong distribution and engagement signals.