A powerful NewsAPI integration that enables AI agents to programmatically search, aggregate, and analyze real-time news articles and headlines.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install newsapi
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 newsapi using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is NewsAPI Integration?
The NewsAPI skill for Openclaw Skills provides a robust bridge between AI agents and over 150,000 news sources and blogs. By leveraging the Membrane framework, this skill abstracts the complexities of API authentication and credential refreshing, allowing developers to focus on building intelligent news-driven workflows. Whether you are building a daily briefing bot or a trend analysis tool, this skill provides the necessary endpoints to fetch high-quality news data with minimal overhead.
Using this integration within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem ensures that your agent can interact with news data securely. The skill manages the full lifecycle of connections, providing pre-built actions for common tasks like fetching top headlines or searching for specific historical articles, all while maintaining a secure, server-side auth posture.
NewsAPI Integration Use Cases
- Aggregating live breaking news headlines based on specific categories or countries.
- Searching millions of historical and current articles for trend analysis and research.
- Building automated daily news summaries for specific industries or keywords.
- Monitoring specific news publishers and sources for brand or competitor mentions.
- Filtering news content programmatically to feed into data analytics pipelines.
How NewsAPI Integration Works
- Installation: The user installs the Membrane CLI to provide the agent with the necessary environment for Openclaw Skills execution.
- Authentication: The agent initiates a secure login session, establishing a tenant-based connection that handles OAuth or API keys server-side.
- Connection Management: A connection to newsapi.org is ensured, where Membrane validates the state and handles any required client actions.
- Action Discovery: The agent uses natural language intent to search for specific NewsAPI actions like 'search-everything' or 'get-sources'.
- Execution: The agent runs the selected action or performs a proxy request, receiving structured JSON news data in response.
NewsAPI Integration Setup
First, install the required CLI globally:
npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest
Authenticate your agent to use Openclaw Skills:
membrane login --tenant --clientName=openclaw
Initialize the NewsAPI connection:
membrane connection ensure "https://newsapi.org" --json
NewsAPI Integration Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes news data into several core entities, providing structured responses for easy consumption by AI models:
| Entity | Description |
|---|---|
| Article | Contains metadata including author, title, description, and content snippet. |
| Source | Identifies the originating publisher (e.g., BBC News, TechCrunch). |
| Category | Groups news into segments like technology, business, or entertainment. |
| Country | Allows filtering of headlines based on specific geographic regions. |
NewsAPI Integration Advanced Features
- Natural Language Intent: Search for API capabilities using plain English instead of rigid method names.
- Transparent Proxying: Send direct requests to any NewsAPI endpoint while Membrane automatically injects authentication headers.
- Long-Polling Connections: Built-in support for waiting on asynchronous connection states using the
--waitflag. - Harness Optimization: Adjusts tooling output specifically for agents like Openclaw, Claude, or Windsurf.
- Automated Credential Refresh: Server-side management of tokens ensures long-running automations never fail due to expired keys.
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