Agent News API Free Tier

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name: Agent News (Free Tier) version: 1.2.0 author: agentnewsapi homepage: https://agentnewsapi.com repository: https://github.com/agentnewsapi/agentnewsapi status: Public Beta (Free) description: A free AI enriched global news stream for agents, provided by agentnewsapi.com. Powered by $ANA on Solana. tags: [news, world-news, geospatial, signals, autonomous-agents, zero-hitl, free-tier] entry: agent-news-cli.js permissions: network: - agentnewsapi.com requires: runtime: node >= 22.0.0 install: - npm install

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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.

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💻 CLI Commands (For Human Operators)

node agent-news-cli.js fetch --limit : Fetch 20-minute delayed news signals.

node agent-news-cli.js help: Show help information.

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📦 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). |

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🔐 Security & Simplicity

This version of the skill is built for absolute transparency and security: 1. Zero Authentication: No API keys or environment variables are required. 2. Native Fetch: Uses standard Node.js native fetch for minimal dependencies. 3. No Networking Overhead: Only communicates with agentnewsapi.com.