modbender Kaspa News Skill
Query the public kaspa.news API for Kaspa ecosystem intelligence. No API keys needed.
Quick Start
SCRIPT="~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/kaspa-news/scripts/kaspa-news.sh"
$SCRIPT focused # Curated community tweets
$SCRIPT builders # Ecosystem/builder tweets
$SCRIPT top # Most viewed tweets
$SCRIPT developers # Core dev tweets (includes replies)
$SCRIPT videos # YouTube videos
$SCRIPT reddit # r/kaspa posts
$SCRIPT pulse # Latest AI pulse report
Requirements
python3withrequestsmodulejq- Internet access to
https://kaspa.news/api - No API keys, no tokens, no auth — all endpoints are public
Commands Reference
focused — Curated Community Tweets
Community-curated tweets. Excludes replies. Best for "what's the Kaspa community talking about?"
$SCRIPT focused # Latest 10
$SCRIPT focused -n 5 # Latest 5
$SCRIPT focused --since 12 # Last 12 hours only
builders — Ecosystem/Builder Tweets
Projects building on Kaspa (labeled "Ecosystem" on kaspa.news frontend). Excludes replies.
$SCRIPT builders # Latest 10
$SCRIPT builders -n 20 # Latest 20
top — Highest Engagement Tweets
Sorted by view count (most views first). This is the only command that shows view counts (👁️).
$SCRIPT top # Top 10 by views
$SCRIPT top -n 3 # Top 3
developers — Developer Tweets
Tweets from known Kaspa core developers. Includes replies (unlike other tweet commands). Shows dev discussions and technical debates.
The script has a built-in list of known dev usernames, but this is only for the default developers command filter. Per-user searches (see below) work for ANY username.
$SCRIPT developers # Latest 10 dev tweets
$SCRIPT developers -n 15 # Latest 15
videos — YouTube Videos
Latest Kaspa-related YouTube videos with view/like counts.
$SCRIPT videos # Latest 10
$SCRIPT videos --since 48 # Last 2 days
reddit — Reddit Posts
Latest posts from r/kaspa with upvote scores.
$SCRIPT reddit # Latest 10
$SCRIPT reddit -n 5 # Latest 5
pulse — AI Pulse Report
AI-generated intelligence report summarizing recent Kaspa ecosystem activity. Single latest report.
$SCRIPT pulse # Latest report (text summary)
$SCRIPT pulse --sources # With clickable source links to tweets
$SCRIPT pulse --json # Full JSON (for custom parsing)
Global Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
-n, --limit N |
Number of items to show | 10 |
--since HOURS |
Only items from last N hours | all |
--json |
Raw JSON output (for scripting/parsing) | off |
--sources |
Show source links in pulse reports | off |
-h, --help |
Show help text | — |
Script Output Format
The script outputs plain text. Here's exactly what each command produces:
Tweet Commands (focused, builders, developers)
🎯 Focused Tweets
📝 @DailyKaspa (1h)
Nearly $10 million in short positions are stacked around the 0.037 level...
[SOURCE](https://x.com/DailyKaspa/status/2024047412226978031)
💬 @KaspaHub (10h)
Better late than never, I guess.
[SOURCE](https://x.com/KaspaHub/status/2023918673216311580)
↩️ @hashdag (1h)
@asaefstroem @maxibitcat could be, not ruling that out...
[SOURCE](https://x.com/hashdag/status/2024050945718399078)
Top Command (includes view counts)
🔥 Top Tweets
📝 @BSCNews (23h) — 👁️ 22179
🚨JUST IN: $KAS, $PI, $ASTER AMONG PROJECTS WITH MOST BULLISH SENTIMENT...
[SOURCE](https://x.com/BSCNews/status/2023709720901534048)
💬 @kaspaunchained (14h) — 👁️ 10663
Private messaging on Kaspa L1. Encrypted payloads riding the BlockDAG...
[SOURCE](https://x.com/kaspaunchained/status/2023845437577257447)
Videos
📺 Kaspa Videos
📺 Kaspa Crypto Prediction | Why We Went Bearish?
📡 Crypto MindSet | 👁️ 80 | ❤️ 3 | 6h
🔗 https://youtube.com/watch?v=NgO5iW1B_t4
🟠 Kaspa Reddit
🟠 Did Fred Thiel Dump his Kaspa Bag?
👤 u/Weekly-Fudge1909 | ⬆️ 10 | 2h
🔗 https://reddit.com/r/kaspa/comments/1r7o9oi
Pulse
📊 Kaspa Pulse Reports
[REPORT HERE](https://kaspa.news/pulse/d6167911-21ab-4135-bccb-a4baf4e4480f)
📊 From Silverscript to TangFi...
🕐 13h | 🤖 gpt-5.2
Silverscript compiler goes live on Testnet 12, delivering first high-level
contract language for Kaspa...
🎨 PRESENTATION RULES (MANDATORY FOR ALL AGENTS)
The script outputs plain text. When you present this to a user, follow these rules exactly. This is the approved format — do not deviate.
Tweet Type Emojis
| Emoji | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 📝 | Regular tweet |
| 💬 | Quote tweet (user's own comment only — NOT the quoted source tweet) |
| ↩️ | Reply |
What the Script Already Does (don't redo these)
- ✅ Picks correct emoji (📝/💬/↩️)
- ✅ Shows relative time ("10h", "1d", "5m" — no "ago")
- ✅ Expands t.co links to real URLs
- ✅ Strips trailing t.co image links
- ✅ Decodes HTML entities (& → &, > → >)
- ✅ Truncates at 300 chars
- ✅ Adds SOURCE link on every tweet
- ✅ Shows 👁️ views ONLY on
topcommand
What YOU (the presenting agent) Must Do
X/Twitter Linkification
Convert plain text @handles, #hashtags, and $CASHTAGS into clickable links:
@username→[@username](https://x.com/username)— links to X profile#hashtag→[#hashtag](https://x.com/search?q=%23hashtag)— links to X search$KAS→[$KAS](https://x.com/search?q=%24KAS)— links to X search
Important:
- Only linkify REAL handles/hashtags/cashtags
#2,#4,#10BPS(numbers) are NOT hashtags — leave as-is@inside email addresses are NOT handles — leave as-is- Link to x.com (NOT twitter.com, NOT Telegram)
Pulse Report Formatting
When presenting pulse reports, reformat the summary into grouped sections:
📊 **Latest Kaspa Pulse Report** (date)
**"Report Title Here"**
━━━ Core Development ━━━
🔧 **Silverscript** — First high-level smart contract language, live on TN12.
📐 **Covenants** — Enable programmable spending conditions on UTXO.
━━━ Ecosystem ━━━
💵 **TangFi** — Bridging stablecoins (USDT/USDC) to Kaspa L1.
🔐 **Private Messaging** — Encrypted payloads on BlockDAG at 10 BPS.
━━━ Milestones ━━━
📈 600M total transactions on Kaspa mainnet.
Pulse formatting rules:
- Group by category with
━━━ Category ━━━separators - Bold project/feature names
- One line per item, max 1-2 sentences
- Use emojis as bullet prefixes (🔧💵🔐💬🌉⚡🏦📊📈💎🎤📱)
- Key people to name: @hashdag (Yonatan Sompolinsky), @michaelsuttonil (Michael Sutton), @OriNewman (Ori Newman)
🔍 Per-User Tweet Search
When someone asks for tweets from a specific person (e.g., "show me @michaelsuttonil tweets from last 2 weeks"), this works for ANY username — not limited to the 9 built-in dev names.
How to Query
Fetch ALL endpoints and merge (always go wide):
# Fetch all 4 tweet sources
$SCRIPT focused --json -n 999 > /tmp/focused.json
$SCRIPT builders --json -n 999 > /tmp/builders.json
$SCRIPT top --json -n 999 > /tmp/top.json
$SCRIPT developers --json -n 999 > /tmp/devs.json
# Merge, deduplicate by url, filter by username + date range (safe)
TARGET_USER="michaelsuttonil"
cat /tmp/*.json | jq -s --arg user "$TARGET_USER" 'add | unique_by(.url) | [.[] | select(.author_username == $user)]'
Or use the --json output and filter with jq/python inline.
Security note: never interpolate raw user input directly into jq programs. Always pass user values via --arg / --argjson.
How to Present Per-User Results
Group by date (newest first). Standalone posts first, then replies.
📅 Feb 17 — Smart contracts and Silverscript progress
📝 @michaelsuttonil
Full tweet text here exactly as-is...
[SOURCE](https://x.com/michaelsuttonil/status/123)
💬 @michaelsuttonil
Quote comment here (user's own words only)...
[SOURCE](https://x.com/michaelsuttonil/status/456)
↩️ To @hashdag: "Reply text shown in quotes..."
[SOURCE](https://x.com/michaelsuttonil/status/789)
---
📅 Feb 16 — TN12 testing and validator discussion
📝 @michaelsuttonil
Another tweet...
[SOURCE](url)
Per-user format rules:
📅 Feb 17date headers with em dash + brief theme summary---separator between date groups- Standalone posts first (📝/💬), replies below (↩️)
- Replies:
↩️ To @recipient: "quoted reply text..." - Omit trivial replies ("100%", "sure", "thanks") unless notable
- End with brief editorial summary of themes across the period
- Always search the FULL time range asked — never shorten it
- Show everything found — don't pre-filter or narrow results
❌ DO NOT (hard rules)
These are locked rules. Violating any of these = wrong output.
| Rule | Why |
|---|---|
| ❌ Don't edit, trim, rewrite, or summarize tweet text | Show user's exact words |
| ❌ Don't merge same-author tweets together | Every tweet is separate |
| ❌ Don't show the quoted tweet's source text | Quote tweets show ONLY the user's own comment |
| ❌ Don't show sentiment percentages (bullish/bearish %) | User explicitly forbids this |
| ❌ Don't show "N tweets analyzed" counts | User explicitly forbids this |
| ❌ Don't show model name in pulse output to users | Internal detail |
| ❌ Don't add bold to @usernames in tweet output | Script format is final |
| ❌ Don't add extra emojis or separator lines to tweets | Script format is final |
| ❌ Don't add "(latest N)" to section headers | Clean headers only |
| ❌ Don't add type labels like "— 📝 Tweet" after time | Emoji prefix is enough |
| ❌ Don't use markdown tables for tweets | Use the line-by-line format |
| ❌ Don't say "according to the pulse report" | Just present the info directly |
❌ Don't add engagement metrics (❤️/🔁) to any command except top |
Only top shows 👁️ |
| ❌ Don't link @handles to Telegram | Always link to x.com |
| ❌ Don't strip [SOURCE] links | They're always shown |
✅ DO (best practices)
| Practice | Detail |
|---|---|
| ✅ Run the script, present its output | Don't fabricate or cache old data |
| ✅ Linkify @handles → x.com profiles | [@user](https://x.com/user) |
| ✅ Linkify #hashtags → x.com search | [#kaspa](https://x.com/search?q=%23kaspa) |
| ✅ Linkify $CASHTAGS → x.com search | [$KAS](https://x.com/search?q=%24KAS) |
| ✅ Group pulse reports by category | Use ━━━ separators |
| ✅ Bold project names in pulse | Makes scanning easy |
| ✅ Keep it scannable on mobile | Short lines, emojis, no walls of text |
| ✅ For per-user search: go wide | Search ALL endpoints, full time range |
✅ Use --json for custom filtering |
Then format manually |
Trigger Phrases
Use this skill when the user says anything like:
- "kaspa news", "what's happening in kaspa", "kaspa tweets"
- "kaspa pulse", "kaspa report", "kaspa update"
- "kaspa devs", "what are kaspa developers saying"
- "kaspa videos", "kaspa youtube"
- "kaspa reddit"
- "show me tweets from @someone" (per-user search)
- "top kaspa tweets", "trending kaspa"
- Any mention of kaspa.news
Architecture Notes
- API base:
https://kaspa.news/api(fixed; no env override) - API returns cached data — query params like
?limit=are ignored server-side - All filtering is client-side — script fetches full dataset, filters with jq
- No auth needed — all endpoints are public, no API keys
- No runtime env vars required
- Script outputs plain text — the presenting agent handles linkification
- FORMAT_LOCK.md in the skill directory is the canonical format specification