Independent European news from Pollar: search, explainers, brief, threads, audio, films. Read-only.
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Fetches the full text of one Pollar article by the id returned from the search tool. Returns {id, title, text, url, metadata} with the article's summary and source citations.
An id returned by the search tool
Fetches the full text of one Pollar article by the id returned from the search tool. Returns {id, title, text, url, metadata} with the article's summary and source citations.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | string | An id returned by the search tool |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "An id returned by the search tool"
}
}
}Fetches today's fixed, curated Pollar daily brief with a greeting, headline, executive summary, themed sections, related events, and charts. Intended only for explicit requests for Pollar's daily brief or curated digest; questions about a subject, person, place, or country belong to search_news. Locale changes the brief's language, not its editorial scope.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Fetches Pollar's profile for a person or organisation by slug (slugs come from list_trending_entities). With withTimeline, it also lists recent events that mention the subject. Returns the profile and a canonical Pollar URL.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| slug* | string | |
| type* | string | |
| locale | string | |
| withTimeline | boolean |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"type",
"slug"
],
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"type": {
"enum": [
"person",
"organization"
],
"type": "string"
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
},
"withTimeline": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
}
}
}Fetches the full Pollar coverage of a single event by its slug (get slugs from search_news or list_top_news). Returns title, lead, full summary, source citations, mentioned people, locations, charts, links to the same story in other languages, and a canonical pollar.news url. When explainer is set, get_explainer returns a narrated walk-through of the story; when film is set, get_film returns the film's transcript.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| slug* | string | Event slug (per-locale) |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"slug"
],
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Event slug (per-locale)"
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Fetches the explainer for one news event by its event slug (from list_explainers, or get_event when its explainer field is set). Returns the question it answers, the narration beat by beat, and each beat's visual data: a map with places and coordinates, a dated timeline (entries marked next are what comes next), a key figure with its source, a bar chart, or a quote. Suited to questions about why a story matters. Returns a canonical pollar.news url.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| slug* | string | Event slug (per-locale) |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"slug"
],
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Event slug (per-locale)"
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Fetches one Pollar film by slug (from list_films, or the film field of get_event) with its full transcript in the requested language, taken from the reviewed captions. Returns a canonical pollar.news url.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| slug* | string | |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"slug"
],
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Fetches the current snapshot of a breaking-news moment by id, including ordered updates and a source summary. Accepts a moment id or a story id; a story id resolves to that story's latest chapter. The result is a point-in-time read, not a stream.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | string | |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Fetches the current snapshot of a story by id, including its title, status (active, developing, concluded or dormant) and ordered chapters. Returns the whole multi-chapter arc; a single chapter comes from get_live_moment.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | string | |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Returns market data tracked by Pollar, including European and global indices, currencies, crypto, commodities, and bonds. Without arguments it returns the quote catalogue; with an exact catalogue symbol, that quote's detail, and with a range, its price history.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| range | string | |
| symbol | string | Exact symbol from the catalogue, e.g. '^GDAXI'; the catalogue (no arguments) lists valid symbols. |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"range": {
"enum": [
"1d",
"1w",
"1m",
"3m",
"1y",
"5y"
],
"type": "string"
},
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Exact symbol from the catalogue, e.g. '^GDAXI'; the catalogue (no arguments) lists valid symbols."
}
}
}Fetches one Pollar Sounds episode by slug (from list_sounds): description, the people and outlets whose recordings are heard, and the full transcript in the requested language with each speaker named. Episodes still in the members-only window come without a transcript. Returns a canonical pollar.news url.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| slug* | string | |
| locale | string | |
| withTranscript | boolean |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"slug"
],
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
},
"withTranscript": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": true
}
}
}Fetches a single Pollar thread by slug (from list_threads): its thesis, current state-of-play, and the most recent chronicle entries with citations (15 by default, up to 100 with limit). With withHistory, it also includes the last ten changes to the thesis. Returns the thread detail with a canonical url.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| slug* | string | Thread slug, e.g. 'demokracje-populizm' |
| limit | integer | Number of most recent chronicle entries |
| locale | string | |
| withHistory | boolean |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"slug"
],
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Thread slug, e.g. 'demokracje-populizm'"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 15,
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Number of most recent chronicle entries"
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
},
"withHistory": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
}
}
}Returns Pollar's category taxonomy with mention counts: the valid dot-paths for filtering list_top_news. Takes no arguments.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {}
}Lists Pollar's latest explainers, newest first. An explainer is a short narrated walk-through of one news event that answers the question behind it, with maps, timelines, key figures, charts and quotes. get_explainer takes a returned eventSlug for the content.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 30,
"minimum": 1
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Lists Pollar films, newest first: short videos in which a Pollar journalist answers one question about a news story. Each film links its event when one is attached. get_film takes a returned slug for the transcript.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 15,
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Lists Pollar's live and recently ended breaking-news moments: what is breaking now and what ended within the past 24 hours. A moment that belongs to a multi-chapter story carries its storyId and chapterIndex, and chapters of one story come in chapter order. get_live_moment takes a returned id for the current snapshot.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Lists Pollar's active and developing breaking-news stories, each with an umbrella title and its chapters in order. Suited to showing how a story has unfolded (for example, a strike with three chapters over 48 hours) rather than single moments. get_live_moment takes a returned story id for the current snapshot; it accepts story ids and moment ids.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Lists episodes of Pollar Sounds, Pollar's narrative audio series that takes one story back to its roots, newest first. Episodes with access 'early' are for Pollar members until publicAt. get_sound_episode takes a returned slug for the transcript and sources.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Lists Pollar's active evergreen threads: ongoing storylines tracked over time and grouped by section, with the latest change magnitude. Suited to discovering long-running topics; get_thread takes a returned id for the detail.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Lists Pollar's current leading news events, ranked by freshness and editorial momentum. Suited to broad requests for current headlines with no named subject, place, or country; subject and geographic requests belong to search_news. Can filter by a taxonomy dot-path such as 'world.politics'; valid paths come from list_categories.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| locale | string | |
| category | string | Taxonomy dot-path, e.g. 'world.politics' |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 20,
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Taxonomy dot-path, e.g. 'world.politics'"
}
}
}Lists the people, organisations or places most present in Pollar's recent coverage, ranked by recent mentions. Suited to questions like who is in the news this week; get_entity takes a returned person or organization slug for the profile and timeline.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type | string | |
| limit | integer | |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"person",
"organization",
"place"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "person"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 15,
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Lists recent Pollar events located in or around a named city or town, nearest first, with the distance in km. Accepts the place name in English, Polish, German or French, with an optional country for ambiguous names. A whole country, a region or a topic is a job for search_news.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| place* | string | City or town name, e.g. 'Kraków', 'Krakau' or 'Lyon' |
| locale | string | |
| country | string | Country name or ISO code, only to disambiguate |
| radiusKm | number |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"place"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 15,
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1
},
"place": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 100,
"minLength": 1,
"description": "City or town name, e.g. 'Kraków', 'Krakau' or 'Lyon'"
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 60,
"description": "Country name or ISO code, only to disambiguate"
},
"radiusKm": {
"type": "number",
"default": 50,
"maximum": 3000,
"minimum": 1
}
}
}Shows up to 10 stories from earlier search_news, list_top_news or search results as a compact linked list. Titles and canonical URLs are displayed exactly as given.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| items* | array | |
| heading | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"items"
],
"properties": {
"items": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"title",
"url"
],
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"lead": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"publishedAt": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"maxItems": 10,
"minItems": 1
},
"heading": {
"type": "string",
"default": "Pollar News",
"maxLength": 120,
"minLength": 1
}
}
}Searches Pollar's published news and returns a ranked list of matching articles as {id, title, url}. Suited to queries about a subject, person, organisation, place, or country, with that subject or place as the query. Locale controls response language, not geographic scope. fetch takes a returned id and returns the article.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query* | string | Free-text search query |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Free-text search query"
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}Searches Pollar's news archive with semantic and keyword matching. Suited to any question about a subject, person, organisation, place, or country (for example, interesting news in Poland); the subject or place goes in query. Locale controls response language, not geographic scope. Current headlines with no subject or place come from list_top_news.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| query* | string | Free-text search query |
| locale | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Free-text search query"
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"pl",
"de",
"fr"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "en"
}
}
}