News Please
news-please - an integrated web crawler and information extractor for news that just works
Install with one command
$ npx skills add fhamborg/news-pleaseBest for
Web scraping
Find skills for crawling websites, extracting structured data, monitoring pages, and turning messy web content into agent-ready inputs.
Choose it when
- You want a GitHub-backed skill with 2.5K stars.
- You need a reusable install command for agents.
- You want to compare it with related marketplace skills.
Check before install
- Pushed 1mo ago
- License: Apache-2.0
- Review the repository README and examples.
Quality profile
Excellent candidate for agent workflows
High-confidence pick with strong adoption and healthy maintenance signals.
Workflow fit
Use this skill in these scenarios
Collect structured data
Web scraping
I need my agent to scrape websites and extract structured data from pages.
Build and ship code
Coding agents
I need a coding agent that can understand a repository, edit code, and review pull requests.
Search private knowledge
RAG and knowledge
I need my agent to build a RAG workflow over documents and retrieve reliable context.
Stack fit
Add it to a complete workflow
Scrape, clean, and reuse web data
Web data pipeline
A practical stack for agents that crawl public pages, extract clean content, normalize data, and hand it to downstream research or RAG workflows.
Inspect, patch, and verify code
Coding review agent
A stack for software agents that inspect repositories, review pull requests, generate tests, and turn findings into shippable patches.
Ingest, retrieve, and cite
RAG knowledge base
A stack for document-heavy agents that ingest files, create searchable knowledge, retrieve relevant context, and answer with grounded sources.
Overview
news-please - an integrated web crawler and information extractor for news that just works
Imported by the skill-only GitHub discovery pipeline because it matches agent skill, automation, RAG, or developer-tool signals. Protocol-server projects are excluded from automated imports.
Platform Compatibility
Technical Details
- Version
- 1.0.0
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last Updated
- 5/23/2026
- Published
- 5/23/2026
Frameworks & Tools
Author
fhamborg✓
@fhamborg
Tags
Platform Fit
Health Signals
- GitHub stars
- 2.5K
- Quality score
- 62/100
- Last GitHub push
- Apr 14, 2026
- Framework hints
- 2
Community Signal
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Trust & Safety
- —Open source (public GitHub repo)
- —AI static analysis passed
- —License: Apache-2.0
- —Manually verified by team
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