A command-line utility for programmatically fetching and parsing BBC News RSS feeds across global, regional, and topical categories.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install bbc-news
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install bbc-news using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is BBC News Fetcher?
The BBC News skill is a robust data retrieval tool designed to integrate live news streams into your development environment or AI workflows. By leveraging BBC's extensive RSS infrastructure, this skill allows users to pull curated headlines and summaries from a wide array of sections, including technology, business, politics, and science.
As part of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, it provides a structured way to consume news content without manual browsing. It is particularly useful for developers building monitoring tools or AI agents that require up-to-date world context to perform their tasks accurately.
BBC News Fetcher Use Cases
- Generating automated daily briefings on specific topics like technology or health.
- Monitoring regional news across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland for localized research.
- Providing real-time current events context to AI agents within a larger Openclaw Skills workflow.
- Exporting news metadata into JSON format for integration into custom dashboards or data pipelines.
How BBC News Fetcher Works
- The user executes the script specifying a target news section (e.g., world, business, or technology).
- The script maps the requested section to a verified BBC RSS feed URL.
- The feedparser library retrieves the XML data from BBC's servers and parses the feed structure.
- The tool applies user-defined constraints, such as the number of items to return via the limit flag.
- The results are rendered in the terminal as human-readable text or exported as a structured JSON object for further processing.
BBC News Fetcher Setup
To get started with this component of Openclaw Skills, you must first install the feedparser dependency:
pip3 install feedparser
Once installed, you can verify the available news sections by running:
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py --list
BBC News Fetcher Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes news data into a clean, predictable format. When the JSON output flag is used, the following schema is followed:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| title | The headline of the news article |
| link | The direct URL to the full story on the BBC website |
| description | A short summary or lead paragraph of the article |
| published | The date and time the article was last updated |
BBC News Fetcher Advanced Features
- Support for 7 distinct world regions including Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- Specialized UK regional feeds for localized reporting.
- JSON output mode for high-compatibility with other Openclaw Skills and data analysis tools.
- Adjustable result limits to optimize performance and reduce bandwidth usage during automated polling.
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