asknews

What problem does it solve?

Accessing historical news articles with specific date cutoffs for backtesting or in-depth research is often challenging with standard news APIs. This Skill provides robust date and content filtering, ensuring you get exactly the news context you need, saving valuable research time.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Historical News Search: Access news archives back to 2023, crucial for backtesting and historical analysis, by setting historical=True and start_timestamp/end_timestamp.
• Flexible Search Methods: Choose between keyword (kw), natural language (nl), or hybrid (both) search to find relevant articles, adapting to your query style.
• Granular Filtering: Filter by categories (e.g., "Business", "Politics"), countries, languages, and even guarantee or exclude specific keywords, ensuring highly targeted results.
• Use Case: Analyze how specific company announcements impacted stock prices by retrieving all relevant news articles published before a certain date, eliminating future bias and improving analytical accuracy.

Quick Start

Use the asknews skill to search for "AI ethics debate" published between "01/01/2023" and "06/30/2023" and return the top 3 articles.