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What this server holds: how many published items each publication has, the date range each covers, when the VI Update and Good Day data were last refreshed, how each publication is credited, and what is not included. Use for questions about scope, or before reading an empty search as a gap in coverage.

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Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {}
}

claims_of_the_week

The Claim of the Week fact check from Straight Record Sunday editions, newest first: the claim as quoted, who said it and when, the verdict and the analysis, with the edition date, URL and citeAs line. Use for what The Straight Record has fact-checked. Verdicts are the edition's assessment as of its date.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	any	How many, 1 to 50. Default 10.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40
        }
      ],
      "description": "How many, 1 to 50. Default 10."
    }
  }
}

fetch

The full text of one published item, by the id search or a list returns (such as "viupdate:<slug>", "goodday:036" or "straightrecord:042") or by its public URL. Use for reading an article or edition before quoting or summarizing it. Returns up to 40,000 characters at a time inside a fence labeled as untrusted data; a longer item continues from next_offset. Metadata carries the date, the credit, the citeAs line and, for a VI Update article with a video, the Facebook link.

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Argument	Type	Description
id*	string	An id from search, latest or list_items, or the item's public URL.
offset	any	Character position to start from, for the next window of a long item. Default 0.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300,
      "description": "An id from search, latest or list_items, or the item's public URL."
    },
    "offset": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40
        }
      ],
      "description": "Character position to start from, for the next window of a long item. Default 0."
    }
  }
}

get_good_day_edition

One Good Day, This Week edition in full and in structure, by its number (such as "036" or "36"), or the newest when no number is given. Use for the week's stories with their sources, the tracked weekly items (WAPA, government, federal, infrastructure), By the Numbers and Also This Week. Good Day is an automated news digest and analysis, operated by Brian Louden, and each edition says so in its byline.

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Argument	Type	Description
edition	any	Edition number, such as "036" or 36, or the edition URL. Default: the newest edition.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "edition": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 300
        },
        {
          "type": "number"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Edition number, such as \"036\" or 36, or the edition URL. Default: the newest edition."
    }
  }
}

get_straight_record_edition

One Straight Record edition in full, by its id (such as "042", "42" or "P001", or the edition URL), or the newest when no id is given. Use for reading every story's The Gap, Left Said, Right Said and The Record (or The Record So Far), with sources, verbatim quotes and their attributions, per-story anchor URLs, Consensus Watch, and on Sundays the Claim of the Week and Democracy Watch. Facts are as of the edition date.

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Argument	Type	Description
id	any	Edition id, such as "042" or "P001", or an edition URL. Default: the newest edition.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 300
        },
        {
          "type": "number"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Edition id, such as \"042\" or \"P001\", or an edition URL. Default: the newest edition."
    }
  }
}

latest

The newest published items: by default the newest VI Update articles, the newest Good Day, This Week edition and the newest Straight Record edition; or the newest items of one publication. Use for "what is new" or for current coverage. Each item has an id for fetch, its date, headlines or an excerpt, a URL and a citeAs line.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
limit	any	How many items per publication, 1 to 20. Default 5 for VI Update and 1 for each edition series when all three are asked for; 5 for one publication.
section	string	One publication: "vi_update", "good_day" or "straight_record". Default: all three.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40
        }
      ],
      "description": "How many items per publication, 1 to 20. Default 5 for VI Update and 1 for each edition series when all three are asked for; 5 for one publication."
    },
    "section": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "One publication: \"vi_update\", \"good_day\" or \"straight_record\". Default: all three."
    }
  }
}

list_items

Published items of one publication, newest first, optionally between two dates, with paging. Use for browsing what a publication ran in a week, month or year. VI Update articles are dated by the date the article shows; Good Day and Straight Record editions by their publication date.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	any	How many items, 1 to 50. Default 20.
offset	any	How many items to skip, for the next page. Default 0.
date_to	any	Latest date, inclusive: a year, a month (its last day) or a day.
section*	string	Which publication: "vi_update" (VI Update articles), "good_day" (Good Day, This Week editions) or "straight_record" (The Straight Record editions).
date_from	any	Earliest date, inclusive: a year (2026), a month (2026-10) or a day (2026-10-05).

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "section"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40
        }
      ],
      "description": "How many items, 1 to 50. Default 20."
    },
    "offset": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40
        }
      ],
      "description": "How many items to skip, for the next page. Default 0."
    },
    "date_to": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40
        }
      ],
      "description": "Latest date, inclusive: a year, a month (its last day) or a day."
    },
    "section": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Which publication: \"vi_update\" (VI Update articles), \"good_day\" (Good Day, This Week editions) or \"straight_record\" (The Straight Record editions)."
    },
    "date_from": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40
        }
      ],
      "description": "Earliest date, inclusive: a year (2026), a month (2026-10) or a day (2026-10-05)."
    }
  }
}

Keyword search across published VI Update articles, Good Day, This Week editions and The Straight Record editions, or one of them. Use for finding coverage of a person, place, agency or event. Each result has an id for fetch, a title, a URL with a story anchor where there is one, a snippet, a match tier (exact phrase, all words, some words) with the reason, and its own citeAs line. Results are ranked by tier, then by whether the headline carries the match; across all three publications they take turns within a tier. Paging uses offset and next_offset. Facts are as of each item's date.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	any	How many results, 1 to 25. Default 10.
query*	string	Words or a phrase, such as "WAPA rationing" or "Strait of Hormuz".
offset	any	How many ranked results to skip, for the next page. Default 0.
section	string	Limit to one publication: "vi_update", "good_day" or "straight_record". Default: all three.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40
        }
      ],
      "description": "How many results, 1 to 25. Default 10."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 1000,
      "description": "Words or a phrase, such as \"WAPA rationing\" or \"Strait of Hormuz\"."
    },
    "offset": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 40
        }
      ],
      "description": "How many ranked results to skip, for the next page. Default 0."
    },
    "section": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Limit to one publication: \"vi_update\", \"good_day\" or \"straight_record\". Default: all three."
    }
  }
}

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