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How to Scrape News for Monitoring with OpenClaw

Use OpenClaw and ToolRouter for news scraping and media monitoring. Automated press coverage tracking.

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Web Scraper

OpenClaw scrapes news from multiple outlets simultaneously, producing structured article records with headlines, publication dates, authors, and full text. The batch approach enables daily automated news collection that feeds into monitoring dashboards, alert systems, or media analysis pipelines.

Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw

1Install the CLI
npm install -g toolrouter-mcp
2Call tools directly from OpenClaw
toolrouter-mcp call web-search search --query "AI tools"
toolrouter-mcp tools
No API key needed — account created automatically.All platforms →

Steps

Once connected (see setup above), use the Web Scraper tool:

  1. Ask: "Search for news articles about our-company and extract full article content"
  2. OpenClaw finds and scrapes relevant articles with metadata
  3. Request: "Summarize the coverage and flag any negative sentiment"
  4. Use the structured data to feed your media monitoring pipeline

Example Prompt

Try this with OpenClaw using the Web Scraper tool
Find news coverage of "our-company" this month. Extract article titles, sources, dates, and full text. Flag any negative coverage.

Tips

  • OpenClaw efficiently processes multiple news sources in parallel
  • Ask for structured JSON output for import into monitoring dashboards
  • Run daily for comprehensive media coverage tracking

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