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Rss Fetch by vm0-ai — Agent Skill

Name: Rss Fetch
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: vm0-ai

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How to Use

1. Fetch Raw RSS Feed

curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" | head -100

2. Parse RSS with xmllint

Extract titles from RSS feed:

curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" | xmllint --xpath '//item/title/text()' - 2>/dev/null

Extract titles and links:

curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" | xmllint --format - | grep -E '<title>|<link>' | head -20

3. Get Items with Details

curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" | xmllint --xpath '//item' - 2>/dev/null | xmllint --format - | head -50

4. Parse Atom Feeds

Atom feeds use <entry> instead of <item>:

curl -s "https://github.com/blog.atom" | xmllint --xpath '//entry/title/text()' - 2>/dev/null

Popular RSS Feeds

Source	URL
Hacker News	`https://hnrss.org/frontpage`
HN Best	`https://hnrss.org/best`
TechCrunch	`https://techcrunch.com/feed/`
Ars Technica	`https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index`
The Verge	`https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml`
Reddit (any sub)	`https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/.rss`
GitHub Blog	`https://github.blog/feed/`

Examples

Fetch Hacker News Top Stories

curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?count=10" | xmllint --xpath '//item/title/text()' - 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' '\n'

Get Story Links

curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?count=5" | grep -oP '<link>\K[^<]+' | grep -v hnrss

Fetch Multiple Feeds

FEEDS=(
  "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?count=5"
  "https://techcrunch.com/feed/"
)

for feed in "${FEEDS[@]}"; do
  echo "=== $feed ==="
  curl -s "$feed" | xmllint --xpath '//item/title/text()' - 2>/dev/null | head -5
  echo ""
done

Extract Title, Link, and Date

curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?count=3" | xmllint --format - | awk '
  /<item>/ { in_item=1 }
  /<\/item>/ { in_item=0; print "---" }
  in_item && /<title>/ { gsub(/<[^>]*>/, ""); print "Title: " $0 }
  in_item && /<link>/ { gsub(/<[^>]*>/, ""); print "Link: " $0 }
  in_item && /<pubDate>/ { gsub(/<[^>]*>/, ""); print "Date: " $0 }
  '

Save Feed to File

curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" -o /tmp/hn-feed.xml
xmllint --xpath '//item/title/text()' /tmp/hn-feed.xml

HN RSS Options

Hacker News RSS (hnrss.org) supports parameters:

Parameter	Description
`count=N`	Number of items (default 20)
`points=N`	Minimum points
`comments=N`	Minimum comments
`q=keyword`	Search keyword

# Top stories with 100+ points
curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?points=100&count=10"

# Search for "AI" topics
curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?q=AI&count=10"

RSS vs Atom Format

Element	RSS	Atom
Container	`<item>`	`<entry>`
Title	`<title>`	`<title>`
Link	`<link>`	`<link href="...">`
Summary	`<description>`	`<summary>`
Date	`<pubDate>`	`<published>`

Guidelines

Check feed format: Use head first to see if it's RSS or Atom
Use xmllint: Best tool for XPath queries on XML
Handle errors: Some feeds may be slow or rate-limited
Respect robots.txt: Don't hammer feeds with requests
Cache results: Feeds don't update every second

---name: rss-fetchdescription: RSS feed API for fetching news and articles. Use when user mentions "RSS", "feed", "RSS reader", "fetch feed", or asks to get news from RSS sources.--- ## How to Use ### 1. Fetch Raw RSS Feed ```bash curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" | head -100 ``` ### 2. Parse RSS with xmllint Extract titles from RSS feed: ```bash curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" | xmllint --xpath '//item/title/text()' - 2>/dev/null ``` Extract titles and links: ```bash curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" | xmllint --format - | grep -E '<title>|<link>' | head -20 ``` ### 3. Get Items with Details ```bash curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" | xmllint --xpath '//item' - 2>/dev/null | xmllint --format - | head -50 ``` ### 4. Parse Atom Feeds Atom feeds use `<entry>` instead of `<item>`: ```bash curl -s "https://github.com/blog.atom" | xmllint --xpath '//entry/title/text()' - 2>/dev/null ``` ## Popular RSS Feeds | Source | URL | |--------|-----| | Hacker News | `https://hnrss.org/frontpage` | | HN Best | `https://hnrss.org/best` | | TechCrunch | `https://techcrunch.com/feed/` | | Ars Technica | `https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index` | | The Verge | `https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml` | | Reddit (any sub) | `https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/.rss` | | GitHub Blog | `https://github.blog/feed/` | ## Examples ### Fetch Hacker News Top Stories ```bash curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?count=10" | xmllint --xpath '//item/title/text()' - 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' '\n' ``` ### Get Story Links ```bash curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?count=5" | grep -oP '<link>\K[^<]+' | grep -v hnrss ``` ### Fetch Multiple Feeds ```bash FEEDS=( "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?count=5" "https://techcrunch.com/feed/" ) for feed in "${FEEDS[@]}"; do echo "=== $feed ===" curl -s "$feed" | xmllint --xpath '//item/title/text()' - 2>/dev/null | head -5 echo "" done ``` ### Extract Title, Link, and Date ```bash curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?count=3" | xmllint --format - | awk ' /<item>/ { in_item=1 } /<\/item>/ { in_item=0; print "---" } in_item && /<title>/ { gsub(/<[^>]*>/, ""); print "Title: " $0 } in_item && /<link>/ { gsub(/<[^>]*>/, ""); print "Link: " $0 } in_item && /<pubDate>/ { gsub(/<[^>]*>/, ""); print "Date: " $0 } ' ``` ### Save Feed to File ```bash curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage" -o /tmp/hn-feed.xml xmllint --xpath '//item/title/text()' /tmp/hn-feed.xml ``` ## HN RSS Options Hacker News RSS (`hnrss.org`) supports parameters: | Parameter | Description | |-----------|-------------| | `count=N` | Number of items (default 20) | | `points=N` | Minimum points | | `comments=N` | Minimum comments | | `q=keyword` | Search keyword | ```bash # Top stories with 100+ points curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?points=100&count=10" # Search for "AI" topics curl -s "https://hnrss.org/frontpage?q=AI&count=10" ``` ## RSS vs Atom Format | Element | RSS | Atom | |---------|-----|------| | Container | `<item>` | `<entry>` | | Title | `<title>` | `<title>` | | Link | `<link>` | `<link href="...">` | | Summary | `<description>` | `<summary>` | | Date | `<pubDate>` | `<published>` | ## Guidelines 1. **Check feed format**: Use `head` first to see if it's RSS or Atom 2. **Use xmllint**: Best tool for XPath queries on XML 3. **Handle errors**: Some feeds may be slow or rate-limited 4. **Respect robots.txt**: Don't hammer feeds with requests 5. **Cache results**: Feeds don't update every second

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