Agent skill · marketing growth · membranedev
newscatcher
NewsCatcher integration. Manage Topics. Use when the user wants to interact with NewsCatcher data.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific commands and workflows for integrating with the NewsCatcher API that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires @membranehq/cli installed locally. Requires membrane account access. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-04-28. 253 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
NewsCatcher NewsCatcher is a news aggregation API that provides access to a large database of news articles from around the world. Developers use it to build applications that require real-time news data, such as news apps, financial analysis tools, and media monitoring services. It's useful for anyone needing to programmatically access and analyze news content. Official docs: https://newscatcherapi.com/documentation NewsCatcher Overview News Search — Search for articles based on keywords and other parameters. Article — Represents a specific news article. Get Article Text — Extracts the main text content of an article. Summarize Article — Generates a summary of the article. Use action names and parameters as needed. Working with NewsCatcher This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with NewsCatcher. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing. Install the CLI Install the Membrane CLI so you can run membrane from the terminal: Authentication This will either open a browser for authentication or print an authorization URL to the console, depending on whether interactive mode is available. Headless environments: The command will print an authorization URL. Ask the user to open it in a browser. When they see a code after completing login, finish with: Add --json to any command for machine-readable JSON output. Agent Types : claude, openclaw, codex, warp, windsurf, etc. Those will be used to adjust tooling to be used best with your harness Connecting to NewsCatcher Use membrane connection ensure to find or create a connection by app URL or domain: The user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id. This is the fastest way to get a connection. The URL is normalized to a domain and matched against known apps. If no app is found, one is created and a connector is built automatically. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills membranedev/newscatcher