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name: news-fetcher description: Install, configure, validate, and run the news-fetcher Python CLI for aggregating RSS/Atom and HTML news sources with deduplication, clustering, ranking, source diversity, and summaries. Use when an agent needs to fetch news, create or validate a config, troubleshoot news-fetcher installation, or produce JSON/Markdown/CSV/RSS output from multiple sources.

News Fetcher

Use this skill to get a working news-fetcher installation and run it correctly.

Important

• Installing the ClawHub skill does not install the Python package.
• Install the Python package separately with pip.
• Put global options before run.

Correct:

news-fetcher --config config.yaml --limit 10 run

Wrong:

news-fetcher run --config config.yaml --limit 10

Minimal working install

python3 -m venv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install "git+https://github.com/miniade/news-fetcher.git@v0.1.4"
news-fetcher version

Expect news-fetcher version 0.1.4.

Minimal working config

Generate a starter config:

news-fetcher config example > config.yaml

Or create one manually:

sources:
  - name: BBC News
    url: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml
    weight: 1.0
    type: rss

  - name: Reuters Tech
    url: https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-topics=tech
    weight: 1.2
    type: rss

  - name: Example HTML Source
    url: https://example.com/news
    weight: 0.9
    type: html
    selector: main article

thresholds:
  similarity: 0.8
  min_score: 0.3
  cluster_size: 2
  max_per_source: 3

weights:
  content: 0.6
  source: 0.2
  publish_time: 0.2

Validate it:

news-fetcher config validate config.yaml

Common commands

Run with a config:

news-fetcher --config config.yaml --limit 20 run

Write Markdown output:

news-fetcher --config config.yaml --format markdown --output news.md run

Filter by time:

news-fetcher --config config.yaml --since 2026-03-01T00:00:00 run

Raise the score threshold:

news-fetcher --config config.yaml --min-score 0.5 run

Override sources directly from the CLI:

news-fetcher --sources "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml,https://news.ycombinator.com/rss" --limit 10 run

HTML sources

For type: html sources, set selector when the site does not use clean <article> blocks.

Example:

sources:
  - name: Example HTML Source
    url: https://example.com/news
    type: html
    selector: .story-card

Troubleshooting

If news-fetcher is missing after installing the skill, install the Python package:

pip install "git+https://github.com/miniade/news-fetcher.git@v0.1.4"

If config validation fails, run:

news-fetcher config validate config.yaml

If results are too sparse, lower thresholds.min_score or raise thresholds.max_per_source.

References

• Tagged source install: pip install "git+https://github.com/miniade/news-fetcher.git@v0.1.4"
• PyPI (optional, if published): https://pypi.org/project/news-fetcher/
• Source: https://github.com/miniade/news-fetcher
• Version targeted by this skill: 0.1.4