BBC News Skill

A Clawdbot skill for fetching BBC News stories from various sections and regions via RSS feeds.

Features

• 📰 Multiple Sections: Top stories, UK, World, Business, Politics, Health, Education, Science, Technology, Entertainment
• 🌍 UK Regional News: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
• 🗺️ World Regions: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, US & Canada
• 📊 Flexible Output: Text or JSON format
• ⚙️ Customizable: Limit number of stories

Installation

Via ClawdHub

clawdhub install bbc-news

Manual Installation

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/ddrayne/bbc-news-skill.git ~/.clawdbot/skills/bbc-news

# Install dependencies
pip3 install feedparser

Usage

With Clawdbot

Ask your agent:

• "What's the latest BBC news?"
• "Show me UK technology news from BBC"
• "Get top 5 Scotland stories"

Direct Script Usage

# Top stories (default)
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/bbc-news/scripts/bbc_news.py

# Specific section
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/bbc-news/scripts/bbc_news.py technology

# Limit results
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/bbc-news/scripts/bbc_news.py uk --limit 5

# JSON output
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/bbc-news/scripts/bbc_news.py world --json

# List all sections
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/bbc-news/scripts/bbc_news.py --list

Available Sections

Main Sections

top, uk, world, business, politics, health, education, science, technology, entertainment

UK Regional

england, scotland, wales, northern-ireland

World Regions

africa, asia, australia, europe, latin-america, middle-east, us-canada

Dependencies

• Python 3
• feedparser (pip3 install feedparser)

License

MIT