hk-news - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: hk-news description: Get latest Hong Kong news headlines from RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong). Use when the user asks about Hong Kong news, current events, what's happening in HK, latest headlines, or wants a news briefing. Covers local, international, finance, and sports news in English and Chinese.

HK News Skill

Get latest Hong Kong news from RTHK via RSS feeds. No API key needed.

RSS Feeds

Category	English	Chinese
Local 本地	`http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/e_expressnews_elocal.xml`	`http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/c_expressnews_clocal.xml`
International 國際	`http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/e_expressnews_einternational.xml`	`http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/c_expressnews_cinternational.xml`
Finance 財經	`http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/e_expressnews_efinance.xml`	`http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/c_expressnews_cfinance.xml`
Sport 體育	`http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/e_expressnews_esport.xml`	`http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/c_expressnews_csport.xml`

How to Query

curl -sL "http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/e_expressnews_elocal.xml"

Parsing RSS (Python)

curl -sL "http://rthk9.rthk.hk/rthk/news/rss/e_expressnews_elocal.xml" | python3 -c "
import sys, xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
root = ET.parse(sys.stdin).getroot()
for item in root.findall('.//item')[:10]:
    title = item.find('title').text
    link = item.find('link').text
    desc = item.find('description').text or ''
    print(f'📰 {title}')
    print(f'   {desc[:100]}')
    print(f'   {link}')
    print()
"

Response Fields (per item)

title — Headline
link — Full article URL
description — Brief summary
pubDate — Publication date/time

Presentation Tips

Show 5-10 headlines by default
Group by category if user asks for "all news"
Include article links for further reading
Use 📰 emoji for headlines
Match language to user's preference (English feeds for English, Chinese for Chinese)