- 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
Set these environment variables:
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
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --count 10Get headlines from the last N hours
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --hours 2Get headlines from a specific category
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --category "Technology" --count 15Get only unread headlines
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --unread --count 20Combine filters
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --category "News" --hours 4 --count 10 --unreadList categories
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh categoriesList feeds
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh feedsOutput
Headlines are formatted as:
[date] [source] Title
URL
Categories: cat1, cat2Notes
- Default count is 20 headlines if not specified
- Time filtering uses
--hoursfor relative time (e.g., last 2 hours) - Category names are case-sensitive and must match your FreshRSS categories
- Use
categoriescommand first to see available category names