Search tech blogs, developer forums, and IT media (TechCrunch, Hacker News, 36氪, etc.) for software and hardware industry updates with heat ranking and EN↔CN translation.
SkillScore73Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 8/16/2026
What it changes
Passed 14 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 19 without it.
Without skill41%
With skill73%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Adds +10 bonus points for official source feeds.
Caches network accessibility detection for 5 minutes.
Passes `--no-balance` when executing the search command.
and 6 more in the full report
8 fixed8 passed either way5 still failing1 broke
Pass-rate lift
+32 pp
Tokens
+190%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-55%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/16/2026v116 of 22 cases passed with skill · 19 comparable
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 8 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 8
Prompt
An article published 12 hours ago with exact title match (+30) is evaluated. How many freshness points are awarded for articles published within 24 hours?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Assigns +40 time decay points for articles published within 24 hours.
Missed
Passed
case-10 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/16/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md294 lines5 filesincludes scripts
Technology News Search
Real-time keyword-based search across 75 tech news sources with smart domain routing, automatic network adaptation, domain aliases, heat analysis, and translation.
Overview
This skill searches multiple technology news sources simultaneously, automatically detects technical domains from your keyword (with alias support), routes to relevant sources only, ranks results by "heat score" (based on cross-source appearance, recency, and keyword relevance), and presents them in a clean Markdown format with automatic English-to-Chinese translation.
Total Sources: 75 (18 China + 57 Global, across 9 core technical domains)
Automatic Network Adaptation: The skill silently detects network accessibility and automatically adjusts source selection:
✅ Global network accessible: Uses all 75 sources (China + Global)
🇨🇳 China-only network: Automatically uses 18 China sources only
⚡ Completely transparent: Detection is cached for 5 minutes, no user notification needed
News Sources by Domain:
General (25 sources):
🌍 International: TechCrunch, The Verge, Wired, Ars Technica, MIT Technology Review, VentureBeat, Hacker News