rss-reader
Discover the RSS/Atom feed URL for a website, then run the fetch-rss.mjs script to retrieve and parse articles from the feed.
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RSS / Atom Feed Reader
Use this skill when:
- The user wants to monitor or retrieve updates from a website
- The user provides an RSS or Atom feed URL directly
- You need to efficiently collect multiple articles from one source without visiting each page
通过 PATH 调用 wrapper：
rss-reader <cmd>，无需拼接脚本路径。
Step 1 — Discover the feed URL
If you already have an RSS/Atom URL, skip to Step 2.
Method A — page source
Navigate to the website, take a snapshot, and look for <link rel="alternate"> tags in <head>:
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="/feed">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" href="/atom.xml">Method B — common paths (try one at a time until one returns XML)
/feed /feed.xml /rss /rss.xml /atom.xml /index.xml
/?feed=rss2 /feeds/posts/defaultMethod C — look for RSS icons 🟠 or links labelled "RSS", "Subscribe", "Feed".
A valid feed URL returns XML starting with <rss, <feed, or <rdf:RDF.
Step 2 — Run the script
rss-reader <feed_url> [--limit N] [--skip url1,url2,...]| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--limit N | Max entries to return (default: 20) |
--skip url1,url2,... | Skip entries whose URLs are already processed (deduplication) |
Output is markdown with two sections:
- Full-content articles — entries where the feed includes the complete article body (>200 chars). Process these directly; no need to visit the article URL.
- Summary-only links — entries with only a short snippet. Visit each URL to retrieve the full content.
Step 3 — Handle results
- For full-content articles: extract title, author, date, and content directly from the script output.
- For summary-only links: use
browser.navigate(url)to fetch each article page. - Pass the script output directly to the user or to your processing pipeline.
Edge cases
| Situation | Action |
|---|---|
| Feed returns 404 | Try alternative paths from Step 1 |
| Feed requires login | Follow the browser-guide skill |
| Script error "Failed to parse feed" | Feed XML may be malformed; report the URL to the user |
| Empty feed | Report: "This RSS feed has no entries." |
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