Create news.py

tools/news.py

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+from typing import Any, Optional
+from smolagents.tools import Tool
+
+class News(Tool):
+    name = "News"
+    description = "Fetches the latest NYTimes RSS feed and returns the headlines of the most recent 5 stories."
+    inputs = {}  # This tool does not require any inputs.
+    output_type = "string"
+
+    def __init__(self, feed_url: str = "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml", max_results: int = 5, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.feed_url = feed_url
+        self.max_results = max_results
+        try:
+            import feedparser
+        except ImportError as e:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "You must install package `feedparser` to run this tool: for instance run `pip install feedparser`."
+            ) from e
+        self.feedparser = feedparser
+
+    def forward(self) -> str:
+        feed = self.feedparser.parse(self.feed_url)
+        if not feed.entries:
+            raise Exception("No entries found in the feed.")
+        latest_entries = feed.entries[:self.max_results]
+        headlines = [entry.title for entry in latest_entries]
+        result = "## NYTimes Latest Headlines\n\n" + "\n".join(f"- {headline}" for headline in headlines)
+        return result