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World News Grounding Data for AI Agents

Headlines by topic, country, edition and language, merged across outlets

OperationalCredits 6 per callp50 3383msNews

Overview

Feeds are read when a request needs them and kept for an hour, so headlines are at most an hour old. Each story lists the other outlets carrying it, with their headlines and links.

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The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveContext server, this appears in its tool list as WorldNewsGroundingDataforAIAgents. It is read-only and open-world — it fetches and never mutates anything on your side — so most clients call it without asking you to confirm.

Tool call
{
  "name": "WorldNewsGroundingDataforAIAgents",
  "arguments": {}
}

Connecting

One server URL covers every source in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth: the client opens a browser once, and there is no key to paste into a config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervecontext": {
      "url": "https://api.vervecontext.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Per-client setup — Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.

Arguments

These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made. Premium arguments are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

ArgumentTypeDescription
categoryOptionalstringOnly stories on this topic. A story is in every topic its headline and summary name, not only its feed's section.
businessentertainmentworldhealthsciencesportstechnologypolitics+5
countryOptionalstringOnly stories about this country, from any outlet: an ISO 3166 code or English name, for example JP or Japan.
length 0–60
editionOptionalstringOnly stories run by outlets based in this country: what its press is covering, in the languages it writes in. See list=editions.
USGBCAAUINIENZSG+21
languageOptionalstringOnly stories in this language. Defaults to English, or with edition to the languages that edition's press writes in. Stories are never translated.
enesfrdeptit
sortOptionalstringtop ranks stories by how many outlets carry them, favouring the last 12 hours; latest is newest first.
toplatest
default top
qOptionalPremiumstringOnly stories whose headlines or summaries contain every word given, in any case.
length 0–100
sinceOptionalPremiumstringOnly stories published at or after this date or date-time (ISO 8601), for example 2026-10-01 or 2026-10-01T14:00:00Z.
length 0–30 · date
limitOptionalintegerMaximum number of stories to return: up to 10 on the free plan, 50 on paid plans.
range 1–∞

What the model gets back

The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client reads fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" and error is null on success; a null field means the value was not available for that input, not that the call failed.

Result
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "date": "2026-10-06",
    "category": "technology",
    "edition": null,
    "languages": [
      "en"
    ],
    "country": null,
    "sort": "top",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-06T21:25:23.605Z",
    "articleCount": 3,
    "articles": [
      {
        "category": "technology",
        "website": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input",
        "pubDate": "2026-10-06T17:03:16.000Z",
        "image": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/71I6oj6ZFBL._SL1000_-1000x648.jpg",
        "description": "Amazon hasn't made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years.",
        "link": "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/amazon-bricks-alexas-ability-to-control-echo-speakers-aux-input/",
        "id": "1c4e377fb78ebbb0",
        "categories": [
          "technology"
        ],
        "countries": [],
        "edition": "US",
        "language": "en",
        "coverage": 2,
        "sources": [
          {
            "website": "The Verge",
            "title": "Alexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymore",
            "link": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1006103/amazon-alexa-aux-voice-commands",
            "pubDate": "2026-10-06T19:03:56.000Z"
          }
        ],
        "sentiment": "neutral",
        "sentimentScore": -1
      },
      {
        "category": "technology",
        "website": "TechRadar",
        "title": "ASOS hacked? Customers receive threatening notification from hackers, here’s what we know",
        "pubDate": "2026-10-06T09:51:14.000Z",
        "image": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vcsoVeYWsa449Faq6GXYyf-1920-80.jpg",
        "description": "The ASOS app sent out a threatening notification to thousands of users.",
        "link": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/asos-hacked-customers-receive-threatening-notification-from-hackers-heres-what-we-know",
        "id": "2f99fc0e8c1c33ac",
        "categories": [
          "technology"
        ],
        "countries": [],
        "edition": "GB",
        "language": "en",
        "coverage": 2,
        "sources": [
          {
            "website": "BBC News",
            "title": "Asos confirms hackers sent 'unauthorised' notification to app users",
            "link": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj62ylzpr6d3o",
            "pubDate": "2026-10-06T17:50:19.000Z"
          }
        ],
        "sentiment": "very negative",
        "sentimentScore": -5
      },
      {
        "category": "technology",
        "website": "CBC News",
        "title": "Belgian physicist awarded Nobel Prize for pioneering work tracking neutrino particles at South Pole",
        "pubDate": "2026-10-06T10:33:19.000Z",
        "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/817f3f8b-5650-4364-afd6-852d370b00ba,1791288766832/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C25%2C2200%2C1237%29%3B",
        "description": "Belgian American particle physicist Francis Halzen was announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday in Stockholm.",
        "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nobel-award-physics-9.7369209?cmp=rss",
        "id": "912e072816d90c8e",
        "categories": [
          "technology"
        ],
        "countries": [
          "BE",
          "US",
          "SE"
        ],
        "edition": "CA",
        "language": "en",
        "coverage": 2,
        "sources": [
          {
            "website": "Ars Technica",
            "title": "Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize",
            "link": "https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/neutrino-physicist-wins-2026-nobel-physics-prize/",
            "pubDate": "2026-10-06T16:53:17.000Z"
          }
        ],
        "sentiment": "very positive",
        "sentimentScore": 7
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

FieldTypeExampleDescription
datestring2026-10-06Date of the request in YYYY-MM-DD format
categorystringtechnologyThe category requested, or null
editionobjectnullThe edition requested, or null
languagesarray["en"]The languages news can be requested in (list=languages)
countryobjectnullISO 3166 code of the country requested, or null
sortstringtopThe ranking used: top or latest
lastUpdatedstring2026-10-06T21:25:23.605ZWhen the newest of the feeds read was last fetched (ISO 8601)
articleCountnumber3Number of stories returned
articlesarray[3]The stories, ranked
articles.0.categorystringtechnologyThe category requested, or the story's primary category
articles.0.websitestringArs TechnicaOutlet that published the lead article
articles.0.titlestringAmazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX inputHeadline of the lead article
articles.0.pubDatestring2026-10-06T17:03:16.000ZPublication date and time of the lead article in ISO 8601 format
articles.0.imagestringhttps://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/71I6oj6ZFBL._SL1000_-1000x648.jpgImage for the story from the outlets' feeds, or null
articles.0.descriptionstringAmazon hasn't made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years.Summary of the lead article
articles.0.linkstringhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/amazon-bricks-alexas-ability-to-control-echo-speakers-aux-in…URL of the lead article
articles.0.idstring1c4e377fb78ebbb0Stable identifier of the lead article
articles.0.categoriesarray["technology"]Every topic the story is about
articles.0.countriesarray[]ISO 3166 codes of the countries the story is about
articles.0.editionstringUSCountry the lead outlet is based in
articles.0.languagestringenLanguage of the lead article (ISO 639-1)
articles.0.coveragenumber2Number of outlets carrying the story
articles.0.sourcesPremiumarray[1]The other outlets carrying the story
articles.0.sources.0.websitePremiumstringThe VergeOutlet name
articles.0.sources.0.titlePremiumstringAlexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymoreThat outlet's headline
articles.0.sources.0.linkPremiumstringhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1006103/amazon-alexa-aux-voice-commandsURL of that outlet's article
articles.0.sources.0.pubDatePremiumstring2026-10-06T19:03:56.000ZPublication date and time of that outlet's article (ISO 8601)
articles.0.sentimentPremiumstringneutralTone of the headline and summary: very positive, positive, neutral, negative or very negative; English stories only, null for other languages
articles.0.sentimentScorePremiumnumber-1Tone score of the headline and summary; above zero is positive, below zero negative; English stories only, null for other languages

Why ground on it

A model can produce something that looks like this answer from its training data, and be confidently out of date or simply wrong. This source returns the current value in a shape you can check, which is the difference between an answer you can cite and one you have to hedge.

Point an evaluation at date: it is the field most worth pinning a claim to, and it is either present and current or absent — never plausibly invented.

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors carrying a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code. Error handling covers the full list.

StatusWhat it means
400 / 422The arguments did not validate. The message names the offending one.
401The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server.
403Blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Never a bad identity.
404This source is not part of VerveContext. Check the catalog.
429Out of credits, or a brief rate limit. The message tells them apart.

A call costs 6 credits each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Use cases

Morning Executive Briefings
Digest bots pull business and technology summaries each morning to deliver quick industry reading directly into team messaging channels.
Sports Fan Hubs
When match results break, community forums display new sports headlines and links directly to the original publisher.
Clinic Waiting Displays
Show recent health and science summaries within waiting room screens to keep patients updated on public health reporting.
Trading Desk Terminals
To track market developments, financial dashboards stream business headlines and source links next to active ticker quotes.

Other ways to use World News Grounding Data for AI Agents

Set up World News Grounding Data for AI Agents on VerveContext, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveContext account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

Call it as a REST APIOne HTTPS endpoint and an x-api-key header, with SDKs for Node, Python and .NET.APIVerve →Reference →
Give it to an AI agentConnect over MCP and your agent calls it as a native tool — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT.VerveKit →Reference →
Google Sheets or ExcelA =VERVE() formula fills a column — no script, no export, recalculates in place.VerveSheets →Reference →
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