Automatically fetch, archive, and notify top news headlines from tageblatt.de using a lightweight Python workflow.
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1. ClawHub CLI
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npx clawhub@latest install tageblatt-headlines
2. Manual Installation
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~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
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What is Tageblatt Headlines?
Tageblatt Headlines is a specialized utility designed to scrape and archive article headings from the tageblatt.de news portal. Built to integrate seamlessly into the ecosystem of Openclaw Skills, it provides a lightweight solution for monitoring local news without manual browsing. The tool extracts clean headline data from the site's HTML, allowing users to maintain a local repository of news trends or receive automated daily briefings via integrated messaging platforms like Telegram.
By leveraging standard Python libraries, this skill ensures high portability and minimal setup. It is specifically optimized for developers and power users who want to incorporate localized German news data into their automated environments or personal knowledge management systems using Openclaw Skills.
Tageblatt Headlines Use Cases
- Archiving daily local news for long-term data analysis or historical records.
- Setting up automated morning news briefings at 07:00 via Telegram notifications.
- Ad-hoc fetching of current top headlines directly from the command line for quick updates.
- Integration into larger automation workflows that require localized news data from the Stade region.
How Tageblatt Headlines Works
- The script initiates an HTTP request to the tageblatt.de homepage using standard Python libraries.
- It parses the HTML response using a regex pattern to locate article headings identified by the article-heading class.
- The extracted headlines are cleaned and filtered based on the user-defined limit argument.
- Data is formatted as either plain text or JSON according to the specified CLI arguments.
- The final output is saved to a local file and logged to the console for further processing or immediate notification via Openclaw Skills.
Tageblatt Headlines Setup
No external dependencies are required as the script uses standard Python libraries. Ensure Python 3 is installed and follow these steps:
- Create the data directory:
mkdir -p data/tageblatt/
- Run a manual fetch to verify the setup:
python3 skills/tageblatt-headlines/scripts/fetch_headlines.py --limit 15 --output data/tageblatt/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)_headlines.txt
- To automate, add a cron job using the Openclaw Skills framework:
openclaw cron add <<'JSON'
{
"name": "tageblatt-headlines-07",
"schedule": {
"kind": "cron",
"expr": "0 7 * * *",
"tz": "Europe/Berlin"
},
"sessionTarget": "isolated",
"payload": {
"kind": "agentTurn",
"model": "default",
"message": "Run `python3 skills/tageblatt-headlines/scripts/fetch_headlines.py --limit 15 --output data/tageblatt/$(date +%F)_headlines.txt`. Send Master the list via Telegram (bulleted) and mention where the file was saved."
}
}
JSON
Tageblatt Headlines Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes data within the data/tageblatt/ directory. It supports two primary formats for storage:
| Format | File Extension | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plain Text | .txt | A simple bulleted list of headlines for human reading. |
| JSON | .json | Structured data containing an array of headline strings for programmatic parsing. |
Files are typically named using the YYYY-MM-DD convention to facilitate easy chronological sorting and archiving within Openclaw Skills.
Tageblatt Headlines Advanced Features
- Configurable result limits to control the volume of headlines fetched per request.
- Flexible output formats supporting both human-readable text and machine-readable JSON for integration with other scripts.
- Native integration with Openclaw Skills cron scheduling for reliable, time-zone-aware automation.
- Zero-dependency implementation using only Python standard libraries like urllib and re for maximum security and portability.
- Automated Telegram notification support via agent-turn payload messages, enabling instant mobile updates.
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