How to Add Google News to OpenClaw

OpenClaw runs locally and uses Telegram, Discord, or Signal as its interface. It’s a solid personal agent setup, but out of the box it can’t pull live news. Adding Google News access through AgentPatch fixes that in about two minutes.

Why This Matters

News lookups come up constantly in agent workflows — market updates, competitor mentions, topic research. Without a news integration, you’re copy-pasting headlines manually or telling the agent to skip it. With AgentPatch connected, OpenClaw can fetch recent Google News results directly when you ask, no additional configuration needed per query.

The broader point: this isn’t about wiring up a single news API. When you connect AgentPatch, OpenClaw gains access to every tool on the marketplace through the same connection.

Setup

The AgentPatch CLI is designed for AI agents to use via shell access. Install it, and your agent can discover and invoke any tool on the marketplace.

Install (zero dependencies, Python 3.10+):

pip install agentpatch

Set your API key:

export AGENTPATCH_API_KEY=your_api_key

Example commands your agent will use:

ap search "web search"
ap run google-search --input '{"query": "test"}'

Get your API key from the AgentPatch dashboard.

Install the AgentPatch skill from ClawHub — it teaches OpenClaw when to use AgentPatch and how to use the CLI:

clawhub install agentpatch

MCP Server (Alternative)

If you prefer raw MCP tool access instead of the skill, add AgentPatch to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "agentpatch": {
        "transport": "streamable-http",
        "url": "https://agentpatch.ai/mcp",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual key from the AgentPatch dashboard. Restart OpenClaw and it discovers all AgentPatch tools automatically.

Example

You’re using OpenClaw via Telegram and you send:

“What’s happening with AI regulation in the EU this week?”

OpenClaw calls the Google News tool through AgentPatch, retrieves recent articles on EU AI regulation, and replies with a summary to your Telegram chat. You didn’t set up a news API. You didn’t configure any search parameters. The agent handled the query end-to-end.

Another example — you’re monitoring a competitor and you message:

“Find me the latest news about Anthropic.”

OpenClaw fetches current articles and summarizes what’s new. Same tool, different query, no extra setup on your end.

Wrapping Up

Once AgentPatch is connected, OpenClaw can pull Google News results on demand alongside everything else on the marketplace — web search, image generation, email, maps, and more. Grab an API key at agentpatch.ai to get started.

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