# How to connect World News API to OpenClaw (paste one key, 8 tools) > Connect World News API to OpenClaw with ClawLink: paste your World News API key once and 8 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine. Web version: https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/world-news-api The usual route to World News API access for OpenClaw is an MCP server you configure and keep running, plus your own OAuth app or API keys. ClawLink gives OpenClaw a more practical World News API setup: install one ClawHub skill, connect World News API in the browser, and OpenClaw can call real World News API actions from any chat surface with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself. ## Setup It takes three steps to connect OpenClaw to World News API. 1. **Install ClawLink** — add the plugin to OpenClaw once. 2. **Connect World News API** — one-click OAuth in the ClawLink dashboard. 3. **Use it from chat** — ask OpenClaw in plain English. **Paste this into OpenClaw to set up ClawLink:** > I want to connect my apps to OpenClaw through ClawLink. > Please install the ClawLink plugin from ClawHub and enable it: `openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin` > When it is installed, tell me and stop. After I reply, give me the ClawLink pairing link. Setup notes, if you need them: https://claw-link.dev/skill.md **Alternative for any agent (no plugin needed):** if the OpenClaw plugin route isn't available or doesn't work, any AI agent with shell access can use the ClawLink CLI instead: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login # sign in via browser — no API key to paste npx -y @useclawlink/cli connect world-news-api # connect World News API (browser OAuth) npx -y @useclawlink/cli actions world-news-api # list available actions npx -y @useclawlink/cli run world-news-api --input '' # execute (add --confirm for writes) ``` ### Install by command The setup prompt above does all of this in one paste. By hand, it is one install command plus a browser approval: ```bash openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin ``` Then ask OpenClaw to set up ClawLink. It starts browser pairing and prints an approval link — open it, approve the device, return to the chat, and say `done`. Finally, connect World News API in the [ClawLink dashboard](https://claw-link.dev/dashboard) — paste your World News API API key once. Verify the connection by asking OpenClaw: > Use World News API to extract news and walk me through the result in plain English. ### Using a different agent? The OpenClaw plugin is one client of ClawLink's MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any agent that can run a shell command pairs with the same ClawLink account through the CLI: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login ``` `login` opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once World News API is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 8 World News API tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: [connect apps to any AI agent](https://claw-link.dev/learn/connect-apps-to-any-ai-agent). ## World News API MCP for OpenClaw Looking for a World News API MCP server for OpenClaw? ClawLink connects World News API to OpenClaw and exposes 8 World News API tools your agent can call over [MCP](https://claw-link.dev/learn/what-is-an-mcp-server), with [hosted auth](https://claw-link.dev/learn/oauth-for-ai-agents) and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using Hermes instead? The [Hermes World News API integration](https://claw-link.dev/hermes/world-news-api) works the same way. ## What the OpenClaw World News API integration can do 8 World News API tools are ready for OpenClaw once the account is connected. ### All 8 World News API tools for OpenClaw | Tool | What it does | |---|---| | **Extract news** `world_news_api_extract_news` | Extract structured content from a public article URL | | **Extract news links** `world_news_api_extract_news_links` | Extract article links from a news homepage or section page | | **Generate rss feed** `world_news_api_generate_rss_feed` | Generate an RSS 2.0 XML feed from a public news homepage or section URL | | **Get geo coordinates** `world_news_api_get_geo_coordinates` | Resolve a place name or address to latitude and longitude for use in Search News location_filter | | **Get news by IDS** `world_news_api_get_news_by_ids` | Retrieve full article records for IDs returned by Search News or Get Top News | | **Get top news** `world_news_api_get_top_news` | Return relevance-ranked top-news clusters for a country, language, and optional date | | **Search news** `world_news_api_search_news` | Search indexed news articles | | **Search news sources** `world_news_api_search_news_sources` | Search monitored news sources by partial name and report matching source URLs and languages | ## Example prompts **Extract News** > Use World News API to extract news and walk me through the result in plain English. **Extract News Links** > Use World News API to extract news links and walk me through the result in plain English. **Generate Rss Feed** > Use World News API to generate rss feed and walk me through the result in plain English. **Get Geo Coordinates** > Pull the relevant data from World News API, summarize it in plain English, and point out anything that needs attention. ## ClawLink vs. building it yourself The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want World News API working from chat. | | Manual | ClawLink | |---|---|---| | **Credential handling** | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the World News API API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected World News API account becomes available to the agent without you building credential management. | | **Ongoing maintenance** | You own refresh logic, permission debugging, environment config, and every provider-specific edge case for World News API. | ClawLink handles the repetitive integration plumbing so your team can focus on the workflow instead of the infrastructure. | | **Agent usability** | You still need to expose the right World News API actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 8 tools for World News API are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. | ## ClawLink vs. Composio Composio also exposes World News API to AI agents. It is developer infrastructure: Python and TypeScript SDKs, an MCP server, and a catalog past 1,000 apps, aimed at teams shipping agent products. ClawLink is built for OpenClaw users instead. You install the plugin once, connect World News API in the browser, and the 8 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the World News API key you paste at setup is stored server-side rather than kept in your environment. Choosing between them? Read the full [Composio alternatives](https://claw-link.dev/hub/composio-alternatives) comparison. ### OpenClaw installed the World News API skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about World News API, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure World News API is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. If OpenClaw runs as a persistent gateway, restart it so the new tools register. ### Connection succeeds but no tools appear Reconnect World News API from the dashboard, then start a fresh chat if the runtime still has the old tool catalog loaded. ### "Tool schema not loaded yet" error when calling World News API tools World News API tool schemas load on demand the first time a tool runs and are cached after that, so this error usually clears on its own: wait a few seconds and retry the same request. If every World News API call keeps failing with it in a fresh chat, reconnect from the dashboard, and contact support if it still persists — that pattern points to a configuration problem on our side, not something you can fix by reconnecting again. ### World News API returns 403 or "permission denied" on one action while others work Two usual causes. The connected account may not have access to the specific workspace, inbox, store, or project in the request — check that first. If access looks right, the agent may have sent a placeholder value (like "YOUR_ID" or an example id from documentation) instead of a real one: ask it to run a list or search tool first, then retry the action with a real id from those results. Most failures at this stage are one of these two, not ClawLink bugs. ### API key setup works but results look incomplete Double-check that the API key for World News API has the right scopes or account access. A valid key can still be too limited for some reads or writes. ### Is there a OpenClaw World News API integration? Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect OpenClaw to World News API: link your World News API account once in the browser and OpenClaw can call the World News API API through 8 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling. ### How do I add World News API to OpenClaw with ClawLink? Paste the setup prompt from this page into OpenClaw. It installs the ClawLink World News API skill from ClawHub, then you click Connect in the dashboard to authorize World News API. OpenClaw calls the tools from the next message — no config files, and the World News API key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment. ### How long does it take to connect World News API to OpenClaw? About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to World News API in the dashboard, authenticate, and OpenClaw can use it from the next chat message. ### Why use ClawLink instead of wiring World News API up myself? The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want World News API working from chat. ### OpenClaw installed the World News API skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about World News API, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure World News API is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. 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