# News Roundup

> search the news using Tavily News Search API with a query as argument. Use this skill when the user asks to search for recent news or current events. Use when this capability is needed.

- Skill: `tomevault-io/news-roundup` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/news-roundup`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/news-roundup/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/news-roundup

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# News Roundup

## Purpose

Generate a comprehensive Markdown news report on a given topic (default: "artificial intelligence, the open-source ecosystem, data engineering/modelling, software engineering, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity").

## Steps to follow

### Step 1 — Search for recent news

#### Command to execute

```bash
curl -s -X POST https://api.tavily.com/search \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TAVILY}" \
  -d '{"query": "$ARGUMENTS_REST", "search_depth": "advanced", "max_results": 3, "time_range": "week"}'
```

### Step 2 — Enrich each article

For each article returned in Step 1, use the below command with the article URL to retrieve additional context and details.

#### Command to execute

```bash
curl -s -X POST https://api.tavily.com/search \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TAVILY}" \
  -d '{"query": "$ARTICLE_URL", "max_results": 4}'
```


### Step 3 — Generate the Markdown report

Using all the collected information, write a well-structured Markdown report saved to `/workspace/news-report.md`.

The report must follow this structure:

```markdown
# IT News Report — {topic}

> Generated on {date}

## Summary

A short paragraph summarizing the main trends found across all articles.

## Articles

### {Article Title}

- **Source**: {source name}
- **URL**: {url}
- **Published**: {date}

{2-3 sentence summary of the article content and its significance for IT professionals}

---

(repeat for each article)

## Key Trends

A bullet list of the main technology trends identified across all articles.
```

Save the final report to `/workspace/data/news-report-{YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS}.md` using tool `write_file`, where `{YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS}` is the current date and time (e.g. `news-report-20260318-143012.md`).
To get the current timestamp, run:

```bash
date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"
```

---
> Source: [aiden-liu/news_roundup_agent](https://github.com/aiden-liu/news_roundup_agent) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).
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