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Describes The Aftermath (theaftermath.news): its mission, topics, post count, feeds and podcast shows.
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Describes The Aftermath (theaftermath.news): its mission, topics, post count, feeds and podcast shows.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}Returns one theaftermath.news post with its metadata and full text, looked up by slug or by URL. Bodies over 100,000 characters are truncated with a note.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | string | Post URL on this site, with or without trailing slash or .md. |
| slug | string |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 500,
"description": "Post URL on this site, with or without trailing slash or .md."
},
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Lists the newest posts on theaftermath.news, newest first. Optional topic filters posts by tag (episodes are omitted when a topic is given).
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Maximum items (capped at 20). |
| topic | string | Only posts carrying this tag. |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Maximum items (capped at 20)."
},
"topic": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 80,
"description": "Only posts carrying this tag."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Searches theaftermath.news posts. Every query word of 3+ letters must match; title hits score 3, tag hits 2, excerpt and body hits 1 per word.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | |
| query* | string | |
| since | string | Only results dated on or after this day. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 1
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 1
},
"since": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "Only results dated on or after this day."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
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