Agenttimes

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name: agenttimes description: Live context layer for AI agents. One /ask endpoint for news, weather, crypto prices, and alerts. 228K+ articles, 3,576 feeds, 14 categories. Enriched with sentiment, entities, and credibility. Free to use, no API key needed. metadata: openclaw: emoji: "\U0001F4F0" homepage: https://agenttimes.live author: penghian skillKey: agenttimes always: false requires: bins: - curl links: homepage: https://agenttimes.live documentation: https://agenttimes.live/info

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Agent Times — Live Context Layer for AI Agents

TL;DR

# News search:
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=why+is+NVDA+down+today"
Weather:
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=weather+tokyo"
Crypto price:
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=bitcoin+price"
Trending stories:
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/trending"

Response is JSON. /ask auto-detects intent: news queries return articles with title, url, summary, sentiment, entities; $TICKER queries search by entity; weather queries return forecasts; crypto queries return prices. Check the source field. No API key needed.

Common Tasks — Copy-Paste Commands

Ticker search (use $ prefix):

curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=%24NVDA"
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=%24SPY"
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=%24AAPL"

Weather (any city):

curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=weather+tokyo"
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=weather+london"

Crypto prices:

curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=bitcoin+price"
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/prices?symbol=ETH,SOL,BTC"

News search:

curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=why+did+NVDA+drop+today"

Job search (remote devops/SRE):

curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/news?category=business&tag=jobs&limit=20"

Country-specific news:

curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=singapore+news"

Filter by any tag: Add &tag=TAG to /news. Example tags: jobs, gaming, space, bitcoin, asia, europe, startups, devtools.

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What This Does

Agent Times is a one-stop information API for AI agents. 3,576 RSS feeds across 14 categories, weather forecasts, and crypto prices — all from one /ask endpoint.

Semantic search + neural re-ranking — AI understands meaning, then a cross-encoder re-ranks results by true relevance. "Why did NVDA drop" finds "NVIDIA Falls 3% as Investors Weigh GTC Optimism Against Risks"

FinBERT sentiment — finance articles scored by a financial-domain neural network. Correctly identifies "Rally fades as investors take profits" as bearish. Only runs on business, crypto, energy, ai, tech categories for accuracy.

Source credibility — tier 1 (Reuters, BBC) get 1.3x ranking boost, tier 3 (unknown) get 0.8x penalty

GLiNER entity extraction — zero-shot NER detects people, companies, locations, organizations, products, events. Plus ticker/crypto dictionary matching (300+ stocks, 100+ crypto).

ModernBERT classification — each article classified by a fine-tuned ModernBERT model (93.9% accuracy, 149M params) reading actual text, not just RSS feed label. Tags auto-assigned by topic + country.

Weather forecasts — global weather via Open-Meteo. Just ask "weather tokyo" or "weather london"

Crypto prices — real-time prices from Pyth Network oracle (BTC, ETH, SOL, and 10+ more). Just ask "bitcoin price"

Country tags — filter by 60+ countries and regions

Webhook subscriptions — get notified when articles matching your topic arrive

4-tier fallback — semantic search → keyword search → web search (70+ engines) → query suggestions

228,000+ articles with 30-day retention. 6 AI models (embedder on GPU, classifier on GPU, cross-encoder, FinBERT, GLiNER NER, tag centroids).

When to Use Which Endpoint

| You want to... | Use this | Free? | |---|---|---| | Search for a topic | GET /ask?q=TOPIC | Yes | | Check weather | GET /ask?q=weather+tokyo or GET /weather?location=tokyo | Yes | | Get crypto prices | GET /ask?q=bitcoin+price or GET /prices?symbol=BTC | Yes | | Get trending stories | GET /trending | Yes | | Browse a category | GET /news?category=CAT | Yes | | Filter by country/tag | GET /news?category=world&tag=singapore | Yes | | Search the web | GET /search?q=QUERY | $0.001 (x402) | | Monitor a topic | POST /subscribe | Yes | | List categories | GET /news/categories | Yes |

Rule of thumb: Start with /ask. It's free, smart, and auto-detects if you're asking about news, weather, or crypto prices. Use /news only when you need bulk category browsing with filters.

/ask — Smart Search (FREE)

Searches all 228K+ articles using AI semantic matching + keyword matching + web search fallback. Returns results ranked by relevance and recency.

curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=bitcoin+etf"
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=singapore+startup+funding"
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=climate+policy+europe&limit=20"
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/ask?q=remote+devops+jobs"

| Param | Default | Description | |-------|---------|-------------| | q | required | Search query. Replace spaces with + | | limit | 10 | Max results (1-50) |

Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "query": "bitcoin etf",
  "source": "news_db",
  "count": 10,
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "SEC Approves Spot Bitcoin ETF Applications",
      "url": "https://example.com/article",
      "summary": "The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved...",
      "category": "crypto",
      "published": "Mon, 24 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0000",
      "sentiment": "bullish",
      "sentiment_score": 0.75,
      "credibility": "high",
      "entities": {
        "companies": ["SEC"],
        "tickers": [],
        "crypto": ["BTC"],
        "people": []
      },
      "tags": ["markets"]
    }
  ]
}

When /ask finds fewer than 3 results, it automatically falls back to web search. When 0 results, it returns suggestions with related categories and terms.

/trending — Trending Stories (FREE)

Detects stories being covered by multiple independent sources.

curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/trending?hours=12"

| Param | Default | Description | |-------|---------|-------------| | hours | 6 | Lookback window (1-48) | | min_sources | 3 | Minimum sources covering the same story | | limit | 20 | Max trending clusters |

/subscribe — Topic Alerts (FREE)

Get webhook notifications when new articles matching your query arrive.

curl -s -X POST https://agenttimes.live/subscribe \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"bitcoin regulation","category":"crypto","webhook":"https://your-agent.com/notify"}'

Response: {"success":true,"subscription_id":1,"secret":"abc123...","note":"Save this secret — you need it to unsubscribe."}

Unsubscribe (requires the secret from subscribe response):

curl -s -X DELETE "https://agenttimes.live/subscribe/1?secret=abc123..."

Your webhook receives a POST with matching articles every time new ones arrive (checked every 5 minutes).

Security: Webhook must be a public HTTPS URL. Localhost, private IPs, and cloud metadata endpoints are blocked.

/news — Category Browsing (FREE)

Browse and filter articles by category with optional tag, date range, and keyword filters.

# All crypto news
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/news?category=crypto&limit=10"
Asian news only
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/news?category=world&tag=asia"
Singapore news
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/news?category=world&tag=singapore"
Gaming news
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/news?category=entertainment&tag=gaming"
Jobs in tech
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/news?category=business&tag=jobs"
AI news from last 2 days
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/news?category=ai&since=2026-03-22"
Search within a category
curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/news?category=tech&q=rust+programming"

| Param | Default | Description | |-------|---------|-------------| | category | required | One of 14 categories, or all | | tag | — | Subcategory/country filter (see table below) | | limit | 20 | Max results (1-1000) | | q | — | Keyword filter within category | | since | — | ISO date — articles after this time | | before | — | ISO date — articles before this time | | dedup | true | Deduplicate similar headlines |

/search — Web Search ($0.001)

Search the open web via 70+ engines when you need non-news results.

curl -s "https://agenttimes.live/search?q=how+to+deploy+docker"

| Param | Default | Description | |-------|---------|-------------| | q | required | Search query | | limit | 5 | Max results (1-50) | | category | general | general, news, images, videos, science, files |

Categories + Tags

14 categories. Use &tag= on /news to filter by subcategory, country, or region.

| Category | What's in it | Available tags | |----------|-------------|----------------| | world | International news, geopolitics, diplomacy | asia, europe, middleeast, africa, india, latam, oceania, defense, government + 50 country tags (see below) | | politics | Elections, policy, legislation, regulation | — | | business | Finance, commerce, employment, markets | finance, startups, jobs, marketing, ecommerce, fintech, realestate, legal, supplychain | | tech | Software, hardware, engineering, data | devtools, engineering, mobile, datascience, telecom | | ai | Artificial intelligence, machine learning | robotics, research | | crypto | Cryptocurrency, blockchain, DeFi | web3, defi, bitcoin, markets | | science | Research, discoveries, academia | biotech, space, research | | health | Medicine, wellness, public health | fitness | | energy | Energy, climate change, environment | climate, environment, agriculture | | security | Cybersecurity, infosec, threats | — | | sports | All sports coverage | — | | entertainment | Film, music, gaming, TV, culture | gaming, film, music | | lifestyle | Food, travel, fashion, daily life | food, travel, fashion, design, education | | automotive | Vehicles, EVs, transportation, logistics | shipping |

Country Tags (use with category=world&tag=COUNTRY)

Asia: singapore, malaysia, philippines, indonesia, thailand, vietnam, japan, korea, china, taiwan, hongkong, india, pakistan, bangladesh

Europe: uk, germany, france, italy, spain, netherlands, sweden, norway, denmark, finland, ireland, poland, austria, switzerland, iceland, romania, hungary, greece, serbia, ukraine, russia

Middle East: israel, turkey, iran, saudiarabia, uae, qatar

Africa: nigeria, southafrica, kenya, ghana, ethiopia

Latin America: brazil, mexico, argentina, colombia, chile, peru

Oceania: australia, newzealand

North America: usa, canada

Response Format

News results (/ask, /news, /trending) return:

{"success": true, "count": N, "results": [...]}

Weather (/ask?q=weather+tokyo) returns: {"source": "open-meteo", "location": "...", "current": {...}, "forecast": [...]}

Crypto prices (/ask?q=bitcoin+price) returns: {"source": "pyth", "prices": [{"symbol": "BTC", "price": 66000}]}

Check the source field to determine response shape: news_db, combined, open-meteo, nea, or pyth.

Each article result contains:

title — headline

url — link to original article

summary — first 200 chars of content

category — one of 14 categories

source_feed — RSS feed URL

published — publication date

timestamp — Unix timestamp (ms)

sentiment — "bullish", "bearish", or "neutral"

sentiment_score — -1.0 (very bearish) to 1.0 (very bullish)

credibility — "high" (tier 1 outlets), "medium" (established), or "unknown"

entities — {people, companies, tickers, crypto, locations} extracted by GLiNER + dictionary matching

tags — subcategory and country tags for this article

Errors: {"success": false, "error": "Missing param: q"}

Payment (x402)

The /search endpoint uses the x402 protocol. Your agent pays $0.001 USDC per request on Base network — no accounts, no subscriptions, just micropayments. All other endpoints are free.

Wallet: 0x536Eafe011786599d9a656D62e2aeAFcE06a96D1 (Base)

Other Free Endpoints

| Endpoint | Description | |----------|-------------| | GET /news/categories | List all 14 categories with counts | | GET /stats | Database statistics | | GET /feeds/health?category=CAT | Per-feed health and status | | GET /health | Health check | | GET /info | Full API docs (JSON for agents, HTML for browsers) |

Tips for Best Results

1. Always start with /ask — it's free, semantic, and handles fallback automatically 2. Country news: Use /ask?q=japan+earthquake not /news?category=japan (no country categories) 3. Filter by country: Use /news?category=world&tag=singapore for source-based filtering 4. Sentiment analysis: Check sentiment_score to gauge market/public mood on a topic 5. Entity detection: Use entities.tickers and entities.crypto to find articles mentioning specific assets 6. Monitor breaking news: POST to /subscribe with a webhook URL to get real-time alerts 7. Parse JSON directly — don't pipe to jq (may not be installed) 8. Replace spaces with + in all query strings 9. Check suggestions when 0 results — it recommends related categories and search terms 10. Credibility matters: Sort by credibility to prioritize tier 1 sources (Reuters, BBC, AP) over unknown blogs