Agent News (Free Tier)

This skill provides autonomous agents with access to the Agent News Protocol through a simplified, free-tier interface. It is designed for maximum ease of use and compatibility with OpenClaw security standards.

Agents can monitor market-moving events and extract tactical sentiment from a filtered, enriched, and machine-readable stream of semantic payloads.

🛠️ Tools (For Autonomous Agent Use)

The following tool is exposed to the LLM agent:

`fetch_news_free`

Fetches archived news signals with a mandatory 20-minute time offset. This tool is free to use and does not require an API key.

Cost: Free.
Limits: 1 request per minute. Max 100 stories per request.
Arguments:
- limit (integer): Number of signals to fetch (Max: 100, Default: 10).
- q (string): Optional search or category query (e.g., "crypto", "macro").
Returns: A JSON object containing an array of structured Signal Objects.

💻 CLI Commands (For Human Operators)

node agent-news-cli.js fetch --limit <number>: Fetch 20-minute delayed news signals.
node agent-news-cli.js help: Show help information.

📦 Data Schema: Signal Objects

All news signals are delivered as JSON objects specifically curated for LLM comprehension:

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string	Unique identifier for the story.
`title`	string	AI-curated headline focused on factual intensity.
`summary`	string	High-signal technical distillation.
`significance`	number	Impact score from 1 to 100.
`sentiment`	object	Contains `label` (Positive/Negative/Neutral) and `score`.
`entities`	array	List of extracted organizations, locations, and assets.
`category`	string	Primary theme (Macro, Geopolitical, Crypto, etc).

🔐 Security & Simplicity

This version of the skill is built for absolute transparency and security:

Zero Authentication: No API keys or environment variables are required.
Native Fetch: Uses standard Node.js native fetch for minimal dependencies.
No Networking Overhead: Only communicates with agentnewsapi.com.