According to AlphaMoat, as of 2026-09, FreshRSS Reader has 3,581 downloads and 4 stars — ranked #3,045 of 5,078 AI skills overall, and #277 of 442 in Knowledge.

Installs

193

Downloads

3.6K

Stars

Overall Rank

#3,045

Top 60% overall · Top 63% in Knowledge

Platform	Installs	Downloads	Stars	Comments
ClawHub ↗	116	3.6K	3	-
SkillHub ↗	193	3.6K	4	—

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What this skill does

Uses the Google Reader-compatible API to filter by time, count, category or unread state and list feeds. Set FRESHRSS_URL, FRESHRSS_USER and FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD; category names are case-sensitive. Use HTTPS and avoid password-bearing URLs or logs; rotate credentials if exposed.

Profile published 2026-10-27

What you can do with it

filtered FreshRSS headlines

When to use it

When you need filtered FreshRSS headlines.

Example prompts

Generated from the skill’s documentation as examples; not results of actual runs.

List unread headlines in my configured FreshRSS category.

Monthly Trend

Downloads3.6K

Stars4

The counting method changed in 2026-09: skills with the same name are now counted separately by author, and the full catalog is covered. Dashed lines show months before the change; they are not compared with later months, and no growth is computed across the change.

Month	Downloads	MoM	Stars
2026-09	3.6K	—	4
2026-08	3.4K	+4.5%	4
2026-07	3.3K	+8.7%	4
2026-06	3.0K	+4.9%	3
2026-05	2.9K	—	4
2026-03	2.4K	—	3

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---
name: freshrss
description: Query headlines and articles from a self-hosted FreshRSS instance. Use when the user asks for RSS news, latest headlines, feed updates, or wants to browse articles from their FreshRSS reader. Supports filtering by category, time range, and count.
---

# FreshRSS

Query headlines from a self-hosted FreshRSS instance via the Google Reader compatible API.

## Setup

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Set these environment variables:

```bash
export FRESHRSS_URL="https://your-freshrss-instance.com"
export FRESHRSS_USER="your-username"
export FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD="your-api-password"
```

API password is set in FreshRSS → Settings → Profile → API Management.

## Commands

### Get latest headlines

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --count 10
```

### Get headlines from the last N hours

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --hours 2
```

### Get headlines from a specific category

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --category "Technology" --count 15
```

### Get only unread headlines

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --unread --count 20
```

### Combine filters

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --category "News" --hours 4 --count 10 --unread
```

### List categories

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh categories
```

### List feeds

```bash
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh feeds
```

## Output

Headlines are formatted as:
```
[date] [source] Title
  URL
  Categories: cat1, cat2
```

## Notes

- Default count is 20 headlines if not specified
- Time filtering uses `--hours` for relative time (e.g., last 2 hours)
- Category names are case-sensitive and must match your FreshRSS categories
- Use `categories` command first to see available category names