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Free AI-curated news summaries from 100+ sources across seven beats, plus entity dossiers.

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get_entity_file

SkimNews keeps a permanent dossier on every person, organisation, product, law, or place it has covered repeatedly. Returns the current 3-sentence status, 60-day mention/source counts, recent coverage, and related entities. Use for "what has SkimNews covered about X" and "what's the latest on X" where X is a trackable entity. Slug form, e.g. 'trump', 'openai', 'iran'.

slugstring

Entity slug, e.g. 'trump', 'openai', 'iran'

Tools (4)

get_entity_file

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Argument	Type	Description
slug	string	Entity slug, e.g. 'trump', 'openai', 'iran'

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Entity slug, e.g. 'trump', 'openai', 'iran'"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_story_detail

The full SkimNews treatment of one story: summary, why-it-matters, sourced bullet points, editorial take, named entities, the source taxonomy, and the canonical URL. Accepts an article id (e.g. '46b45d01'), a canonical skimnews.com URL, or an article slug. Use after get_top_stories or search_stories when a story needs detail or accurate citation.

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Argument	Type	Description
identifier*	string	Article id, canonical URL, or slug

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "identifier"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "identifier": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Article id, canonical URL, or slug"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_top_stories

Today's top SkimNews stories, optionally limited to one beat. Use this for "what's happening today" / "today's news" / "latest in <beat>" questions. Returns summaries plus canonical URLs per story. Categories: geopolitics, tech, finance, health, energy, sports, culture.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	integer	Stories per category, 1-20
category	any	Optional beat: geopolitics \| tech \| finance \| health \| energy \| sports \| culture

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 5,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Stories per category, 1-20"
    },
    "category": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Optional beat: geopolitics | tech | finance | health | energy | sports | culture"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

search_stories

Semantically search SkimNews' archive of 47,000+ summarised stories by topic, theme, or news event, ranked by relevance. Use this to find coverage of a subject across SkimNews' history rather than only today. Returns summaries plus canonical URLs. An empty result list means SkimNews has not covered that topic — say so rather than substituting unrelated stories.

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Argument	Type	Description
days	integer	Only consider stories from the last N days
limit	integer	Maximum results, 1-25
query*	string	Topic, theme, or event, e.g. 'Federal Reserve rate decision'
category	any	Optional beat filter: geopolitics \| tech \| finance \| health \| energy \| sports \| culture

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "days": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 90,
      "maximum": 730,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Only consider stories from the last N days"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 8,
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum results, 1-25"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Topic, theme, or event, e.g. 'Federal Reserve rate decision'"
    },
    "category": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Optional beat filter: geopolitics | tech | finance | health | energy | sports | culture"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}