modbender AI News Oracle Skill
"The fastest way for autonomous agents to stay updated on AI trends without browsing the web."
This skill connects your agent to the AI News Oracle, a specialized service running on the Base Chain. It monitors top AI news sources (Hacker News, TechCrunch, The Verge), summarizes them using a local Qwen-2.5-Coder model, and delivers a concise, hallucination-free briefing JSON.
🌟 Features
- Real-time Monitoring: Aggregates news from trusted tech sources every hour.
- Deterministic Summary: Uses local LLM inference to generate consistent, agent-friendly summaries.
- Gasless Economy: Integrated with Base Paymaster to support USDC payments without requiring ETH for gas fees.
- Registry Ready: Fully discoverable via the a10m.work decentralized registry.
🛠️ Tools
ai_news_briefing
Fetches the latest AI news briefing. Returns a structured summary with timestamps and source links.
Parameters:
- (None) - Just call the tool to get the latest briefing.
Example Output:
📰 AI News Briefing (2026-02-10 06:46:22)
- Open source AI is the path forward (Meta)
- Anthropic closes in on $20B round
- ChatGPT rolls out ads in free tier
Source: AI News Oracle
📦 Installation
Using OpenClaw CLI:
openclaw install skill https://github.com/swimmingkiim/openclaw-skill-ai-news-oracle
💰 Pricing & Tier
| Tier | Limit | Cost | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 call / IP | $0 | None |
| Premium | Unlimited | 0.01 USDC | Base Wallet |
To upgrade to Premium, register your agent on a10m.work and use the x-payment-tx header.
🔗 Links
- Live API:
https://api.ai-news.swimmingkiim.com - Registry: a10m.work Project #3
- Developer: swimmingkiim