dvcrn 🦞 AI News Aggregator
Collects news on any topic, writes an English editorial digest via DeepSeek AI, and posts it to Discord.
Default (AI topic): TechCrunch · The Verge · NYT Tech (RSS) + curated AI YouTube channels Custom topics: Tavily news search + YouTube topic search (no Shorts, sorted by views)
Network Endpoints
| Endpoint | Purpose | Condition |
|---|---|---|
https://api.deepseek.com/chat/completions |
AI editorial summarisation | Always (required) |
https://discord.com/api/webhooks/... |
Post digest to Discord | Always (required) |
https://techcrunch.com/.../feed/ |
RSS news (AI topic) | Default AI topic only |
https://www.theverge.com/rss/... |
RSS news (AI topic) | Default AI topic only |
https://www.nytimes.com/svc/collections/... |
RSS news (AI topic) | Default AI topic only |
https://api.tavily.com/search |
Custom topic news search | Only if TAVILY_API_KEY set |
https://api.twitterapi.io/twitter/tweet/advanced_search |
Twitter search | Only if TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY set |
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/... |
YouTube search | Only if YOUTUBE_API_KEY set |
The script does not contact OpenAI endpoints. The openai package is used solely as an HTTP client pointed at https://api.deepseek.com. OPENAI_API_KEY is explicitly removed from the environment at startup.
Usage Examples
- "Get today's AI news"
- "Collect news about crypto"
- "Last week's news about climate change"
- "What's trending in AI today?"
- "Get crypto news from the last 3 days"
- "Show me recent Bitcoin YouTube videos"
- "AI news dry run" (preview without posting to Discord)
- "Test my Discord webhook"
Required API Keys
| Key | Required | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY |
✅ | platform.deepseek.com/api_keys |
DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL |
✅ | Discord → Channel Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → Copy URL |
TAVILY_API_KEY |
For custom topics | app.tavily.com |
TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY |
Optional | twitterapi.io |
YOUTUBE_API_KEY |
Optional | console.cloud.google.com → YouTube Data API v3 |
Implementation
IMPORTANT: Always run news_aggregator.py using the steps below. Do NOT search the web manually or improvise a response — the script handles all fetching, summarisation, and Discord posting.
Step 1 — Locate the script
The script is bundled with this skill. Find it:
SKILL_DIR=$(ls -d ~/.openclaw/skills/ai-news-aggregator-sl 2>/dev/null || ls -d ~/.openclaw/skills/news-aggregator 2>/dev/null)
SCRIPT="$SKILL_DIR/news_aggregator.py"
echo "Script: $SCRIPT"
ls "$SCRIPT"
Step 2 — Check uv is available
which uv && uv --version || echo "uv not found"
If uv is not found, ask the user to install it from their system package manager or from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/. Do not run a curl-pipe-sh command on the user's behalf.
Step 3 — API keys
The env vars DEEPSEEK_API_KEY and DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL are passed automatically by OpenClaw from its config. No .env file is needed.
Verify they are set (without revealing values):
[[ -n "$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" ]] && echo "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY: set" || echo "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY: MISSING"
[[ -n "$DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL" ]] && echo "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: set" || echo "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: MISSING"
If either is missing, ask the user to run:
openclaw config set env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY '<key>'
openclaw config set env.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL '<url>'
Step 4 — Parse the request
Extract topic and days from what the user said:
| User said | --topic | --days |
|---|---|---|
| "AI news" / "tech news" / nothing specific | (omit — default AI) | 1 |
| "crypto news" | --topic "crypto" |
1 |
| "news about climate change" | --topic "climate change" |
1 |
| "last week's crypto news" | --topic "crypto" |
7 |
| "last 3 days of Bitcoin news" | --topic "Bitcoin" |
3 |
| "yesterday's AI news" | (omit topic) | 1 |
| "this week in AI" | (omit topic) | 7 |
For report type:
| User said | flag to add |
|---|---|
| "news" / "articles" / "digest" | --report news |
| "trending" / "Twitter" / "YouTube" | --report trending |
| "dry run" / "preview" / "don't post" | --dry-run |
| "test Discord" / "test webhook" | --test-discord |
| anything else | (omit — runs all) |
Step 5 — Run with uv
uv run automatically installs all dependencies from the script's inline metadata — no venv setup needed.
uv run "$SCRIPT" [--topic "TOPIC"] [--days N] [--report TYPE] [--dry-run]
Examples:
# AI news today (default)
uv run "$SCRIPT"
# Crypto news, last 7 days
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "crypto" --days 7
# Trending AI on Twitter and YouTube
uv run "$SCRIPT" --report trending
# Preview without posting to Discord
uv run "$SCRIPT" --topic "Bitcoin" --dry-run
# Test webhook connection
uv run "$SCRIPT" --test-discord
Step 6 — Report back
Tell the user what was posted to Discord, how many items were found per source, and note any skipped sources (e.g. "YouTube skipped — YOUTUBE_API_KEY not set").